Apprentice Finance Assistant

RSK Group Limited

Cheshire (WA6 0AR)

Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 June 2025

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Summary

This position would ideally suit someone who is interested in a career in finance. Training will be full-time in the Helsby office. You will be trained in various aspects of finance and administration and work alongside colleagues to assist in the following supervised duties.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am - 4.30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

2

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

Key responsibilities:

  • Process supplier invoices and employee expenses onto the purchase ledger system
  • Checking expense claim receipts against the company expense policy and identifying vat to reclaim in accordance with HMRC guidelines
  • Dealing with supplier requests for payment and supplier queries
  • Weekly supplier and expense payments
  • Daily bank reconciliations, dealing with sterling, euro and dollar bank accounts
  • Maintaining mileage records
  • Reconciliation of supplier statements
  • Raising inter-company sales invoices
  • Maintaining cash flow spreadsheet to be kept up to date with payments
  • Any other ad hoc duties

Where you'll work

Spring Lodge
172 Chester Road
Frodsham
Cheshire
WA6 0AR

Training

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

College or training organisation

CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST

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

The successful candidate will follow a Level 2 Apprenticeship programme and study towards a full standard as an Accounts or Finance Assistant. This training will be structured and delivered by Cheshire College - South & West and one day a week will be spent learning at the college.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • 3 other subjects (grade C/4)
  • English (grade C/4)
  • Maths (grade C/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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Motivated

About this company

The RSK Group is a dynamic, multidisciplinary environmental consultancy and services provider servicing a wide range of property, manufacturing, oil, gas and energy clients. Since 1989, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and retain talented people. Working for RSK is an opportunity to evolve as a professional, to innovate and to make a difference.

After this apprenticeship

Potential for full-time position upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHESHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH AND WEST

Sophie Cain

sophie.cain@ccsw.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324207.

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Closes in 19 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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