Finance Assistant Apprentice
ESG GLOBAL (ENERGY) LTD
Lancashire (PR7 6AQ)
Closes on Monday 25 August 2025
Posted on 15 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We are an innovative and market-leading software & services company based in Chorley, serving clients in the utility sector, ranging from new entrants to large existing suppliers. We deliver sophisticated software solutions and managed services in a Private Cloud infrastructure, servicing both traditional and modern real-time, smart energy clients.
- Wage
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£15,000 a year
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Increase after successful 6 month probation and further increase to National Living Wage after Year 2 of apprenticeship.
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
- Sales ledger
- Setting up customers
- Processing invoices and credit notes
- Processing receipts
- Purchase ledger
- Provide general admin support to the finance team
Where you'll work
Brisance House Euxton Lane
Euxton
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 6AQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
RUNSHAW COLLEGE
Your training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Your training plan
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade A*-C/Grade 9-4)
- Maths (grade Grade A*-C/Grade 9-4)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this company
We are an innovative and market leading software & services company based in Chorley serving clients in the utility sector ranging from new entrants to large existing suppliers. We deliver sophisticated software solutions and managed services in a Private Cloud infrastructure, servicing both traditional and modern real-time, smart energy clients.
Company benefits
25 days holiday + extra day off for Birthday! 2 Wellbeing (ESG) days a year. Discounted gym memberships. Discounted cinema tickets.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression to whatever course or level the apprentice wants to complete after the apprenticeship has finished
- All employees can raise training requests for courses they'd like to complete, so it's their choice what they do in the future
- Internal progression available into other departments or roles
- Some of our current apprentices are in our internal peer support programme and are paired with employees in departments they have expressed a potential interest in to learn what different roles and departments do
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ESG GLOBAL (ENERGY) LTD
People Team
careers@esgglobal.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000331841.
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Closes on Monday 25 August 2025
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