Finance Apprentice
PARADIGM TRUST
Suffolk (IP3 0EW)
Closes in 5 days (Thursday 5 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 May 2025
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Summary
This is an opportunity to take your first steps to a career in accountancy, working in education. This is a rewarding role that will enable you to develop your skills in basic accounts within the Trust’s finance team. You will be an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within the Trust.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Enhanced hourly rate £10.60, £392.20 per week. £20,467 per annum
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm (can be flexible) 52 weeks per year with annual leave allowance.
Time for study included in working hours. This will be day release to attend college.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
- You will be based in the Central Finance Team
- Main duties will involve matching and processing invoices
- Supporting in the accounts payable team
- Processing invoices and purchase orders
- Sharing in the management of queries and ensuring all stakeholders are dealt with promptly and efficiently
Where you'll work
Piper’s Vale Primary Academy
Raeburn Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 0EW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
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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
More training information
- Accounts or Finance Assistant Standard
- AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
- Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and Business
- Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Certificate in Bookkeeping
- English and maths (if required) Level 2
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- or equivalent in English (grade 4/C)
- or equivalent in Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Conscientious
- Good timekeeping
- Willing to learn
Other requirements
PLEASE NOTE - this employer has requested applicants apply directly on their website using the below link https://ce0492li.webitrent.com/ce0492li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=7143933EZI&LANG=USA
About this company
Paradigm Trust (Paradigm) is a not-for-profit educational trust with schools in Ipswich and Tower Hamlets that are free and open to all. Paradigm has a very simple ethos: to develop and sustain great schools where we can make the biggest difference to pupils. Our values are: Integrity – doing the right thing even when no one is watching; Excellence – enabling everyone to achieve more through education and Community – working together; learning from and supporting others. When you join Paradigm, you’ll be joining a Trust that is committed to developing and sustaining great schools to make the biggest difference for pupils. It’s a place where we work together, helping each other to make sure every child can reach their potential. We are only able to do this through the hard work of our staff, and so we value them accordingly. At Paradigm you’ll be supported with your career goals, with ongoing professional development and numerous opportunities to progress on your career path. Staff health is extremely important to us, and as part of Paradigm you’ll enjoy a range of benefits that are designed to support your wellbeing, as well as a highly competitive rewards package.
https://paradigmtrust.org (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
This role has the potential to become permanent on successful completion of AAT studies.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
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Zoe Bradbury
zoe.bradbury@paradigmtrust.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322189.
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Closes in 5 days (Thursday 5 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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