Finance Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

We are looking for an apprentice to work within our small finance team, providing financial services to our 13 (soon to be 16) primary schools in Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

Wage

£14,526.20 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 - Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

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

Raising purchase orders
Checking orders against budgets
Processing invoices
Responding to telephone and email enquiries from suppliers and schools
Supporting the Finance Manager with finding and analysing information for budgets and reporting to Trustees when needed
Providing information for auditors as required

Where you'll work

Woad Farm Road
Boston
Lincolnshire
PE21 0EF

Training

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

College or training organisation

BOSTON COLLEGE

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

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

More training information

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

We have partnered with Mindful Education to deliver this apprenticeship through our Online and On Campus model
Apprentices will attend Boston College fortnightly as well as study online materials during allotted time at work on alternating weeks
Online lessons can be accessed at any time, using a mobile, tablet or desktop - meaning apprentices can fit their study around work commitments, minimising disruption in the workplace
Each lesson lasts around 45 minutes and is accompanied by animations and motion graphics to bring concepts to life
Exercises, interactive case studies and analytical tools help to enhance the learning experience further

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

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Number skills
Team working

Other requirements

The ability to get to our office base in Boston and one of the Boston College sites for training (Boston or Spalding). This role requires you to work during school term time.

About this company

Children are at the heart of everything we do and we strive every day to add value to our schools to enable them to be even better places for our children and young people to learn and grow. We are proud that our trust serves a wide number of different communities and is made up of different kinds of schools. It's this diversity and difference that gives us our strength and broadens our knowledge base of what works best for children.  As a Trust we promote the individuality of our schools and provide them with the freedom to develop their own strengths, distinct character and to meet the needs of their communities whilst at the same time seeking to maximise the benefits of being part of a larger network and organisation. Being part of a Trust gives our staff access to exciting professional development opportunities, gives children the chance to interact with others from different schools and provides challenge and support to school leaders through effective governance. We are driven by a passion to do our very best for the children in our schools and we know that by working together we can achieve things that we could not do alone.

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After this apprenticeship

As the Trust grows, it is expected that the Finance team will also expand and as other staff leave there will be the opportunity to progress for the right candidate.

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