Apprentice Finance Officer

Summary

As an apprentice, come and join our busy Finance Team and you can play a part in helping keep the NHS running smoothly. You will support with processing invoices, managing supplier accounts, and ensuring prompt payments. You will get hands-on experience in financial management, credit control, and data uploads while learning from the best.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday – Friday, between 9am to 5pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 4 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

Support the Finance Team Leader and other finance staff in delivering efficient, accurate financial services across the organisation.
Process data and maintain records in financial systems, for example Oracle, including accounts payable and receivable, ensuring compliance with procedures and VAT rules.
Raise and process invoices and credit notes; manage supplier creation requests and credit control, ensuring prompt payment and debt recovery.
Provide advice to managers, respond to internal and external queries, and help maintain strong working relationships.
Deliver general admin support such as filing, scanning, post, checking mailboxes, and cover for colleagues to ensure consistent service levels.

Where you'll work

St. Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3XT

Training

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

College or training organisation

SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED

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

Most of your time will be on the job working as part of our team. You will attend training once per week either online or face to face with our Training Provider, Skills North East.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade Grade 4/C or higher)
Mathematics (grade Grade 4/C or higher)

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
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

About this company

NTW Solutions Limited is proud to provide services to the NHS. We provide a wide range of services including estates, facilities, and business support services like finance. We are dedicated to being a great inclusive place to work. We provide a wide range of benefits including a good rate of pay and an extensive range of discounts. We care about health and wellbeing and offer a range of support for the people who work here. We believe everyone has potential and welcome applications from people from a culturally diverse background, those who are LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, anyone who is unemployed or has been out of work for a period of time, or those who have served in our armed forces. We were set up by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust to provide support services. As a limited company we have built a commercial ethos onto our NHS values and now provide our services to other NHS organisations and beyond. We are values driven and at NTW Solutions we are caring and compassionate, respectful, and honest and transparent. We make a difference to people’s lives and working here is fulfilling and rewarding. Our social purpose is also driving our plans to become net zero and to tackle discrimination and champion equality. Working here means joining a friendly bunch of people dedicated to supporting better care.

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Smart Tech (payment scheme). Cycle to work & Lease car schemes. Childcare Discounts. Annual travel pass. Flexible working. Free parking on site. Electric car charging. Free onsite gyms. Offers/discounts -local gyms. NHS discounts/benefits.

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

Following successful completion of the apprenticeship and satisfactory manager appraisal, there is the potential to gain full-time employment with NTW Solutions Limited as a Finance Officer.
You will also receive exposure to and awareness of all finance post vacancies across the wider CNTW Group throughout the apprenticeship period.

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