Apprentice Finance Assistant (36269)
PROTECTOR INSURANCE
MANCHESTER (M3 3HF)
Closes in 29 days (Friday 19 September 2025)
Posted on 21 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Protector Insurance are looking to recruit a motivated, team player with good communication and inter-personal skills to join the Finance Team at our head office in Manchester.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Insurance practitioner (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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6
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
Prior experience or knowledge of insurance or finance is not essential as a structured training programme will be provided including support in attaining industry recognised qualifications alongside gaining real life experience handling large numbers of transactions. The foundations you build in this programme will enable you to forge a successful career in an exciting and dynamic company.
It is vital that you are proficient in Excel and have a flexible approach to changing requirements when supporting the finance function, are confident and can prioritise effectively
A normal day would include:
• Allocation and posting incoming claims recoveries/premium receipts
• Reconciliation and settlement of creditor/supplier accounts
• Checking receipts and coding expense claims
• All aspects of the purchase ledger
• Other ad-hoc finance and administrative duties
How you will be supported
Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role.
What will happen next
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out:
• More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
• Any training you need to complete
• What the next steps will be
How you could get there
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take.
Where you'll work
7TH FLOOR
3 HARDMAN STREET
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
Training course
Insurance practitioner (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
- Identify potential claims fraud and determine the correct action to prevent loss.
- Manage insurance claims and/or payments within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Identify and manage insurance risks within the limits of responsibility in line with policies and procedures.
- Recommend insurance and premiums decisions within the limits of responsibility and in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Gather and interpret relevant information to provide a return on insurance decisions.
- Match client’s needs with available insurance products and services.
- Optimises the potential return on insurance decisions within the scope of own role by identifying and positioning the client’s case with the insurer.
- Achieve desired business outcomes within own area of insurance responsibility, in line with the organisation's commercial aims and objectives.
- Identify information from a range of sources to determine an appropriate course of action including a recommendation, a decision or a referral.
- Analyse data to make evidence based decisions.
- Apply organisational quality assurance policies and procedures in their role and within the limits of own authority.
- Apply appropriate method of communication for audience and circumstances.
- Records, verifies, maintains and where appropriate, shares information.
- Compliant with relevant governance, policies and procedures.
- Identify work with stakeholders and creates and maintains a network of stakeholders needed to undertake casework effectively and to conclusion.
- Balances competing priorities in order to meet deadlines.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships.
- Work as part of a team to help achieve results.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
A Level 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Proactive
- Willing to learn
- Able to work independently
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Confident
- Determination to succeed
- Inquisitive
- Reliable
- Knowledge of Insurance
About this employer
Protector are one of the fastest growing insurers in the UK. We are a Norwegian based company who expanded into the UK in 2015 and have grown rapidly since then. With such rapid growth comes great opportunity for the right people. In return , you get the opportunity to work for a company whose DNA is different. Our culture, DNA & Values make us unique. They are at the center of everything we do and guide us in everyday decisions. At Protector, the path to decisions is shorter, the tasks are broader, relationships are closer and there are opportunities development is endless. We drive a motivating, forward-looking and rewarding work environment with knowledge sharing across age and experience boundaries. At Protector, we believe in equal opportunities and are committed to work actively to reflect the diversity in our society. The most important resource we have is our employees with different backgrounds and perspectives. Protector offers Property, Liability and Fleet insurance products for large and medium-sized companies and for the Public Sector in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the UK. Today, we have over 420 employees and offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Manchester and London. Protector began providing insurance on 1 January 2004. Since then, the company has demonstrated rapid growth and development, and is today among the medium-sized enterprises on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Our goal is to continue the strong growth. We are the challenger in the insurance market, and we endeavour to maintain this role through our cost management and selective distribution strategy. From the launch of Protector in Norway in 2004, we have subsequently expanded and opened offices in Sweden in 2011, in Denmark in 2012, and in Finland and the United Kingdom in 2015. We deliver non-Marine insurance products to the Commercial and Public Sectors in all our territories. The Protector’s business model is the same for all the countries we operate in, although we only sell Change of Ownership insurance in Norway. Much of our future growth will come from markets outside Norway.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338400.
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Closes in 29 days (Friday 19 September 2025)
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