AAT Finance Apprentice – Newcastle International Airport Ltd
NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED
Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE13 8BZ)
Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 4 June 2025)
Posted on 22 May 2025
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Summary
Are you looking to start a career in finance within a dynamic and fast-paced environment? Newcastle International Airport Ltd is offering an exciting opportunity for an AAT Finance Apprentice to join our Finance Team and gain real-world experience in one of the region’s most vital and high-performing organisations.
- Wage
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£23,947.70 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday – Thursday, 9:00am - 5:00pm.
Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 9 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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
- Assist with purchase ledger responsibilities, including invoice processing using the SAP accounting system, supplier statement reconciliations, and payment queries
- Support the sales ledger and credit control, helping send customer statements, resolve sales invoice queries, and manage aged debt
- Learn to maintain accurate records in the SAP accounting system, and support routine reporting and analysis tasks
- Provide excellent finance customer service by resolving internal and external queries from colleagues, customers, and suppliers
- Support general accounting tasks including capital project accounting, data entry, reconciliations, and financial analysis
- Assist in preparing financial documentation for external audits
- Participate in ad hoc tasks and finance-related project work under the guidance of the Finance Manager
Where you'll work
Woolsington
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE13 8BZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NCG
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
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What you'll learn
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
You will attend Newcastle College one day per week.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 3)
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
- Attention to detail
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
About this company
Newcastle International Airport is the largest airport in the North East of England, serving over 5 million passengers annually. Known for outstanding customer service and operational excellence, we are proud to be a multi-award-winning airport recognised as the ‘Best Airport in the World’ and a five-time winner of our ASQ category for customer service.
https://www.newcastleairport.com (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Opportunity for a permanent role upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NCG
apprenticeships@ncl-coll.ac.uk
01912004844
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317698.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 4 June 2025)
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