Apprentice Finance Assistant Level 2

Summary

As a Finance Apprentice, you'll join the Finance Team of Weston College and you will be assigned to duties within the College. The Finance Coordinator will provide general supervision, and you will provide assistive and comprehensive financial support to the College Group, always ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service at all times.

Wage

£14,900 a year

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday. Mon - Thurs: 08:30 - 17:00. Friday: 08:30 - 16:30.

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

Supporting the Management Accountants in providing accurate and timely financial reporting.
Undertaking general clerical duties and maintaining processes under supervision.
Using the college financial system to input and process purchase/sales ledger invoices.
Supporting the procurement obligations of the College.
Undertaking spending analyses to help support the College in delivering its efficiency agenda.
Receiving telephone calls and advising appropriate personnel, acting upon instructions given.
Liaising with personnel in other departments to obtain and provide information.
Carrying out other duties as required and commensurate with the grade of post.

Where you'll work

Knightstone Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 2AL

Training

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

College or training organisation

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

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 be pursuing a Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard as Finance Assistant, through Weston College
As part of this programme, you will attend Weston College as instructed, for workshops
An assessor will conduct on-site observations to evaluate your progress, as well as supporting you in college throughout your apprenticeship
At the conclusion of your programme, your qualification will be assessed through an End Point Assessment

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

3 Other GCSEs (grade 4/C+)
English (grade 4/C+)
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
Organisation skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Initiative
Computer Literacy

Other requirements

Please have reliable transport as you may be assigned to other Weston College sites. Experience working in an administrative environment is desired. Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received.

About this company

Weston College is an award-winning college of further and higher education in Weston-Super-Mare. It provides education and vocational training to nearly 30,000 learners across the country. We put the learner first and are entrepreneurial in our approach and innovative in our thinking. As a college, we are ambitious and aspirational and are responsive to the needs of students, staff, businesses, and the community

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Company benefits

Annual Leave - 281.5 hours per annum, inclusive of statutory bank holidays and college closures.

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

Possible employment after the completion of the apprenticeship, dependent on the vacancies at the time. Please note, this is not guaranteed.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WESTON COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Erin Allsworth

erin.allsworth@weston.ac.uk

01934411594

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324442.

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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 6 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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