Finance Apprentice

Summary

This role will provide financial support, assisting with day-to-day income and spend management, general accounting administrative duties whilst developing accounting knowledge and skills.

Wage

£19,684 a year

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, flexible working within core hours.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 3 August 2026

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

• Data Entry & Bookkeeping: Accurately input daily financial data, invoices, and receipts into finance system (Xero)
• Sales/Purchase Ledger: Assist with processing supplier invoices, raising sales invoices, and preparing weekly payment runs
• Bank Reconciliation: Assist with reconciling bank transactions to ensure accuracy in the accounts
• Credit Control: Assist with chasing debtors and keeping communication records up to date
• Cash Management: Manage the petty cash tin, ensuring all receipts are logged and reconciled
• Query Resolution: Act as a point of contact for internal staff and external suppliers regarding invoice or expense queries
• Administrative Duties: Monitor an action the Accounts mailbox, and maintain accurate filing systems, including scanning and archiving of financial documents
• Reporting: Assist the team with month-end and year-end procedures, including VAT return preparation
• Commission: Assist with requesting the monthly commission (income) statements from all suppliers and contractors

Where you'll work

3 MAISIES WAY
SOUTH NORMANTON
ALFRETON
DE55 2DS

Training

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

Training provider

PREMIER BOOKS LTD

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

What you'll learn

• 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.

Training schedule

Training will take place online at the EEM office via tutor led one to one coaching sessions. 

More training information

The training will be provided through, Premier Training and will require a minimum of 12 months learning. This will include on programme learning covering technical training, workplace development and ongoing reviews plus an end point assessment. 

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 3 or equivalent)
• Maths (grade 3 or equivalent)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative