Finance Assistant Apprentice
THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE TRUST
OXFORD (OX1 2LW)
Closes in 23 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 July 2025
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Summary
This is perfect for someone with a keen interest in finance and the arts who is looking to gain experience within a creative environment. You’ll be part of a supportive team that values learning, collaboration and inclusion. A strong focus on personal development, the role offers a future career in finance, arts administration or charity management.
- Wage
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£20,442 a year
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Annual salary increases every April
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- 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
- Process purchase invoices and staff expenses, ensuring correct approvals and accurate data entry.
- Make payments to suppliers, promoters, and staff, and update the accounting system accordingly.
- Raise and send sales invoices; record customer payments in the accounting system.
- Ensure all payments and accounting tasks follow financial procedures.
- Handle internal and external finance queries by phone and email.
- Assist with monthly reconciliations, including card payments and petty cash; investigate outstanding items.
- Record Box Office and Front of House income; bank cash and cheque takings
- Collect and check staff timesheets in line with BECTU terms, ready for payroll processing.
- Support the Development Team with grant income administration.
- Carry out other reasonable finance-related duties as needed.
Where you'll work
11-12 BEAUMONT STREET
OXFORD
OX1 2LW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE
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.
Training schedule
Delivery model:
• Work-based training with your employer
• Day release during term time (approximately 1 day a week)
• Regular meetings with your training coordinator to monitor progress and well-being
• Level 1 Functional Skills in English (7 days at college, if required)
• Off the job training will count for at least 6 hours a week of an apprentice’s time at work
Qualifications included:
• Level 1 Functional Skills in English (if required)
• AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting
• Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
End Point Assessment:
• Knowledge Test - Integrated
• Interview
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Not ordinary office hour and environment. Please be aware there is currently no step free access to the Finance Office. Please apply as soon as possible for this role. Should the right candidate be found prior to the closing date, then the vacancy may be closed early. Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session: Any new person applying for apprenticeship roles where Abingdon and Witney College deliver the training will be required to attend an Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session at Witney or Abingdon campus. This will consist of a series of initial assessments (required prior to any apprenticeship offer), completion of essential paperwork, the opportunity to find out more about the apprenticeship process, the training included, and a forum for your questions. As a new Apprenticeship applicant, you will only have to undergo this process once. If you would like to talk to us about the assessments or if you would need any extra support to attend the Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session, please call us on 01235 216216. Qualification checks: By applying for this vacancy, you are giving Abingdon and Witney College permission to undertake a Learner Record Service check on your previous qualifications. We make every effort to ensure that applicants from non-traditional academic backgrounds or those who may not have the formal GCSE entry requirements can access apprenticeships where possible. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for Apprentices is £7.55 per hour from April 2024. This applies to 16 - 18 year old apprentices and those aged 19 and over during the first year of their apprenticeship. After this, the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The wage for apprentices applies to both time spent on the job plus time spent training.
About this employer
Oxford Playhouse is a vibrant and welcoming theatre in the heart of Oxford and a registered charity. We produce and present over 850 events each year and work with thousands of people through our creative learning and outreach programmes. We are now offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join us as a Finance Apprentice. Oxford Playhouse is one of the UK’s leading regional theatres and the only not-for-profit mid-scale venue in Oxfordshire. Each year, it produces and presents over 850 events, ranging from acclaimed touring productions, dance and opera to community and student performances. As a registered charity, it delivers a vibrant creative learning and outreach programme, engaging over 20,000 people annually.
https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
20 days plus 8 paid public holidays per annum: increasing by 1 day per annum after completion of the first 2 years, up to a total of 25 days plus 8 public holidays.
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
The role offers a fantastic foundation for a future career in finance, arts administration or charity management.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE
Mike
apprenticeships@abingdon-witney.ac.uk
01235216216
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333229.
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Closes in 23 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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