Finance Assistant Apprentice

INSTALOFT LTD

TELFORD (TF1 6QJ)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 7 May 2025

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Summary

We’re now looking for a motivated and ambitious Accounts Apprentice to join our finance team. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone ready to work hard, learn fast, and take increasing ownership over the management accounts process. You’ll start with full AAT study support, with a clear pathway to progress onto CIMA or ACA

Wage

£20,000 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Wednesday 4 June 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

As an Accounts Apprentice, you’ll be supported to build a solid foundation in core accounting principles and quickly progress into more hands-on and responsible tasks, with a particular focus on supporting the production of accurate and timely management accounts.

Duties will include:

  • Assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts, including journals, accruals, prepayments, and variance analysis
  • Supporting the month-end close process and contributing to key schedules and reconciliations
  • Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet accounts
  • Processing supplier invoices and employee expenses
  • Helping to maintain the integrity of financial data through accurate bookkeeping and ledger management
  • Reconciling bank and credit card transactions
  • Supporting the finance team in identifying improvements in reporting and financial processes
  • Taking on increasing responsibility over time, with the aim of independently managing key aspects of the management accounts process

Where you'll work

THE HANGAR
HADLEY PARK EAST
HADLEY
TELFORD
TF1 6QJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

SBC TRAINING LIMITED

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

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience
  • You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Initiative

About this company

Instaloft is the largest loft storage installer in the UK with £15m revenue and installing over 10,000 lofts a year. Instaloft has over 190 employees across 9 depots around the UK. Instaloft also owns the award-winning Loftzone.co.uk business. Instaloft is run with a passion for excellence and customer service, which has led to Its becoming a household name in the loft storage industry.

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

After this apprenticeship

  • Clear progression into a more senior role within the finance team

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SBC TRAINING LIMITED

Colin Preece

colin.preece@sbc-training.co.uk

07940086209

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319295.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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