Accounts and Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship

ARKLE PARTNERS LIMITED

West Sussex (PO19 8DW)

Closes in 30 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 July 2025


Summary

Arkle Partners is looking for an eager and enthusiastic apprentice to join them as an Accounts Apprentice while studying to achieve their Accounts/Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship. The successful candidate will have an interest to work and learn about business with a long-term goal to succeeding in the accounting field.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, including one day at college, 4 days in the office with 30 minutes unpaid for lunch daily. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 23 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to start their career in accounting by working for a company who will teach them as much as they are willing learn. The successful candidate will have a thirst for knowledge and a commitment to succeed in their future career in accounting. In return, the nature of Arkle Partners business will allow them to the opportunity to work with different business types in other areas as well as accounting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing the purchase and sales ledgers efficiently
  • Reviewing and creating sales invoices
  • Sending invoices out copies to the customers and ensuring their accuracy
  • Maintaining good relationships with customers
  • Aiding in the credit control processes of the business ensuring the cashflow is secure
  • Helping customers who have any queries ensuring a quick resolution
  • Handling queries from the members of the sales team
  • Processing and filing supplier invoices
  • Checking supplier invoices against purchase orders and completed delivery notes
  • Processing and filling invoices onto the system
  • Maintaining good supplier relations paying suppliers on time with no delays in the receipt of goods occurs
  • Ensuring that all supplier balances are correct in accordance with statements received
  • Ensuring that the company bank accounts within our accounting system Sage50 are kept correct and reconciled
  • Assist with any other accounting tasks as required to support the finance team

Where you'll work

Becktech House, Terminus Road
Terminus Road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8DW

Training

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

Training provider

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

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

  • AAT Level 2 Apprenticeship
  • On the job training with experienced colleagues

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Maths (grade 9-4)
  • English (grade 9-4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • IT Literature
  • Knowledge of MS Office
  • Enthusiastic
  • Attention to detail
  • Team player
  • Uses own initiative
  • Willing to learn
  • Good communication
  • Eager to develop
  • Good telephone manner
  • Positive nature
  • Proactive approach
  • Can-do attitude
  • Good problem solving
  • Ambitious

Other requirements

18-month apprenticeship (training period) plus 3-month end point assessment Attendance will be at Chichester College for one day per week. There is plenty of parking available at the site (Becktech House, Terminus Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8DW) Very close to public transport and city centre amentities. Applicants are not required to have a driving license. However, there may be occasions where travel to businesses, including overnight stays in hotels, is necessary. In such cases, travel arrangements will be made with a colleague who has a driving license and a suitable vehicle. This is an Apprenticeship Job so applicants MUST BE free from full time education to be eligible to apply for it. Applicants MUST BE resident in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to the start of learning and have work authorisation for the UK. Applicants WILL NOT BE eligible to apply if they have already achieved a qualification which is equal to or higher thank the apprenticeship standard on offer. Applicants MUST BE resident in the area local to the apprenticeship opportunity or be prepared to relocate in time to start employment and study.

About this employer

Arkle Partners are a business acquisitions company who buy and manage a range of diverse businesses from its central administrative office in Chichester, unearthing opportunities to create value in companies that are surplus to requirements in large groups or conglomerates. Our driving motivation is to support the essential role of business in society. For more information, please visit https://arklepartners.com/

After this apprenticeship

  • Arkle Partners are keen to retain and develop their employees as a dynamic and evolving organisation, there are excellent future prospects for the right candidate

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334204.

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Closes in 30 days (Friday 29 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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