Business Admin Apprentice - Finance Assistant
OES GROUP LTD
Gateshead (NE11 0NY)
Closes in 21 days (Monday 8 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 August 2025
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Summary
A fantastic opportunity has come up in a growing employer that offers strong career development opportunities for the right candidate. Working between the Administration and Finance teams your days will be varied and fast paced as you'll be dealing with a broad range of people in the office and over the phone.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 a year
- Training course
- Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 8.30am - 5.00pm and Friday, 8.30am - 3.45pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Receive, log, and forward supplier invoices to the finance department
- Scan and digitally file delivery notes, ensuring they align with purchase and invoicing records
- Match delivery notes to purchase invoices in accordance with purchasing procedures
- Perform regular bank reconciliations in coordination with the finance team
- Analyse and post corporate credit card expenditures into appropriate categories
- Support petty cash handling, and expense tracking as required
- Assist with general financial record-keeping, reporting, and filing
- Prepare and issue order confirmations to clients and internal teams
- Produce production notes for small orders and ensure handover to relevant departments
- Book and dispatch small orders using approved logistics channels
- Track deliveries and maintain order logs for internal visibility
- Organise and maintain company documentation in digital and paper-based formats
- Manage the office telephone, handling internal and external calls professionally
- Run the shared admin inbox, responding promptly or escalating queries where needed
- Maintain audit trails for all administrative actions, ensuring compliance with internal systems
- Logging & processing tenders and small sale orders and update relevant stakeholders
Where you'll work
Renewable House
Queensway North
Team Valley Trading
Gateshead
NE11 0NY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ZENITH PEOPLE LIMITED
Training course
Business administrator (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themself to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.
Training schedule
- You will be studying a Level 3 Business Administrator Apprenticeship standard over an 18-month period
- This is a fully work-based programme
- You will get allocated time to complete your apprenticeship work and also receive regular meetings with your training provider
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- IT skills
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Discretionary Bonuses,. 22 days plus public holidays. Rising to 25 days after 2 years. Regular social events/corporate days out. Healthcare insurance after 3 months. Life insurance after 3 months.
About this employer
In 2016, CP Consultation was established, with a clear vision to lead in cathodic protection and marine growth prevention. Two years later, in 2018, CP Consultation evolved into OES Group. This marked the beginning of a new era, as the company began developing complete in-house solutions for cathodic protection and anti-fouling systems. In 2020, OES Group reached a significant milestone by signing the first ICCP Anode Cage Contract. The year 2021 brought further growth. OES Group expanded into a new facility with a combined area of 4,200m² to accommodate the growing demand and increasing order book. In 2022, OES Group opened a new office and warehouse dedicated to development and electrical manufacturing in the Netherlands, covering 600m². This expansion enabled them to increase their production capacity and respond to market needs more quickly and efficiently. The success continued in 2023, when OES Group launched a new foundry division and signed three major multimillion-dollar contracts for offshore wind ICCP systems. These developments reinforced their position as a global leader in protecting offshore structures.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential full-time position upon completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ZENITH PEOPLE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337625.
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Closes in 21 days (Monday 8 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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