Finance Apprentice
Birds Eye
Lowestoft (NR32 1XQ)
Closes in 30 days (Thursday 17 July 2025)
Posted on 17 June 2025
Contents
Summary
Swarm Training is working with Birds Eye to find a passionate Level 2 Finance Apprentice. This is a fantastic opportunity to begin your career in finance within a well-established company and gain practical experience while working towards your Level 2 AAT qualification.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.45am - 5.00pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 21 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Help with the day-to-day finance work for the UKNI team
- Assist the team with various finance tasks and processes as required
- Support in preparing weekly and monthly financial reports
- Learn to understand SAP transactions and their link to the production order process and factory results
- Support the preparation and maintenance of annual transfer prices
- Support with the administration of all product cost standards, to reflect the production recipe as per the product specification system
- Support of the collation of charges for non-site Costs (e.g. TPV, Development and Head Office charges)
- Support the finance team in the reconciliation of the monthly site results with SAP
- Keep accurate records of all work for both statutory and internal auditing purposes
Where you'll work
Whapload Road
Lowestoft
NR32 1XQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
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
- Training will be with Swarm Training, a national apprenticeship provider in the UK. The successful candidate will work towards a Level 2 Finance qualification, which takes 12-18 months to complete
- The apprentice must complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, with monthly training sessions conducted by a tutor, with tasks assigned to be completed during those hours
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade B/6 or above)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
- Interest in finance
- Positive attitude towards work
- Enthusiasm to learn
About this company
Birds Eye is the leading frozen food brand in the UK, committed to providing high-quality products to consumers. Their portfolio of brands includes Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie's, Goodfella's and Green Cuisine. The company endeavours to serve the nation with better food, promoting the nutritional benefits and convenience of frozen food and the role it plays in helping reduce food waste. As the Finance Apprentice, you will be based at the Lowestoft site, the largest within Nomad Foods. You will also be a key part of a team of six, supporting the finance operations and contributing to the overall success of the finance function.
https://www.birdseye.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, 6% Employer/4.5% Employee (salary sacrifice), On-site Canteen (subsidised), Staff Shop (10% discount).
After this apprenticeship
- Possible opportunities for career progression and further AAT qualifications (Level 3 and 4) upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
Sophie Duffy
Sophie.d@swarmgroup.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326547.
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Closes in 30 days (Thursday 17 July 2025)
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