Finance Apprenticeship

TARKA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD

ROUNDSWELL BUSINESS PARK (EX31 3TJ)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 14 April 2025

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Summary

Local family run Home Improvement company seeks customer focused apprentice to train in all aspects of accountancy with a varied daily job role.

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Daily tasks- listing sales from trade counter, entering sales into Sales ledger & cash book, entering purchase invoices into Purchase ledger, entering sales & purchases onto sage, creating  files for new customers, answering customer or suppliers enquiries on the telephone or by email. 
  • Weekly tasks- reconcilling petty cash & other date dependant tasks. 
  • Monthly tasks- reconcilling everything including bank statements, cash books, sales ledgers, purchase ledgers & many other tasks. 

Where you’ll work

UNIT A3
WOODSIDE COURT
BRANNAM ROAD
ROUNDSWELL BUSINESS PARK
EX31 3TJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

PETROC

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Your training plan

Training takes place one day a week at Petroc College Barnstaple for Accounts Assistant Level 2 and the remaining days monday to friday will be worked at our office in Roundswell.

The apprenticeship will start in September, however you will start working with us immediately after a successful interview

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)

GCSE in:

  • Mathmatics (grade 5 or above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Two other GCSE or equivalent & an interest in numbers.

About this company

Family owned & run Home Improvement company supplying double or triple glazed Windows, Fascia, Soffits, guttering , shower panels, & other plastic works to the building trade and offering complete fitting & design service of Conservatories, porches & windows to composite front doors and everything in between.

https://www.tarkahomeimprovements.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Company uniform and free parking provided

After this apprenticeship

After completing level 2 it is encouraged to progress to level 3.

Two of our staff have completed AAT levels 2, 3 & 4.

We are looking for someone long term.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TARKA HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD

Mrs Fieldsend

thi.ltd@hotmail.com

01271 321691

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000314902.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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