Finance Assistant Apprentice

City of London Corporation

LONDON (EC2P 2EJ)

Closes in 13 days (Thursday 16 October 2025)

Posted on 29 September 2025

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Summary

A range of financial and management services are provided including stewardship of the City's finances and assets, budget setting, forecasting, and monitoring; strategic financial advice, departments, and the Corporation as a whole; corporate accounting; monitoring of investment securities portfolios and treasury management of cash balances.

Wage

£25,280 a year

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City of London Corporation staff can take advantage of the pension scheme. They also receive discounts and special offers for a wide range of products and services.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9:15am - 5pm core hours. Flexibility will be required for business needs.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 December 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Monthly comparison of expenditure to budget for a range of project and service areas and investigation of significant variances. Preparation of budget monitoring statements and supporting management information
  • Providing support to the Programme Monitoring Team with capital forecasting and the setting up of revenue projects for the City Surveyor’s Department
  • Assist with data quality and periodic reviews of City Surveyor outstanding Purchase Orders and Un-invoiced Receipts
  • Processing other financial transactions using computerised systems, e.g. journal transfers, accounts receivable invoices and City Surveyors corporate credit card transactions
  • Answering enquiries from City Surveyor staff regarding financial coding, budget balances and expenditure by utilising the City's computerised accounting system, CBIS
  • Assisting with the preparation of estimates and monitoring of property insurance and other recoverable jobs
  • Assisting with the compilation of Service Charges for the various managed properties including supporting records where required
  • Participating in related financial activities, e.g. raising listed creditors at financial year end, which will involve the collating, checking and processing of data and data entry to computerised systems
  • Reviewing, advising and submission of operational budgets, as part of the Programme monitoring Team
  • Assist with the preparing and submission of the City Surveyor’s Capital Forecasting
  • To be fully conversant with and undertake all work in accordance with the City’s Standing Orders, Financial Regulations, Health & Safety and Departmental Manuals

Job Description:

  • Demonstrate ability to understand and apply the City’s Equal Opportunities Policy and the City’s objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to the duties of the post
  • Undertaking specific health and safety training responsibilities e.g. receiving training in specific or generic risk assessments to become a designated risk assessor and thereafter undertaking an agreed programme of assessments
  • Participating in the continuous improvement of the service through implementation of specific changes/developments to support Business Planning
  • Meeting agreed individual and group targets identified through the departmental appraisal systems
  • Liaising with staff in City Surveyor’s, Chamberlain's and other departments as necessary
  • Performing other appropriate duties of a clerical or accounting nature as required by the Head of Finance

Where you'll work

City of London
Guildhall
Gresham Street
LONDON
EC2P 2EJ

Training

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

Training provider

COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON

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

You will be supported to achieve the Accounts Assistant level 2 apprenticeship. Theoretical training will be delivered by the training provider on a weekly basis. Practical training and support will be given in the workplace allowing you to embed your learning in the working environment. You will receive 6 hours per week to completed course work within your working hours.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • English (grade 4)

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
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

The City Corporation with a rich history that precedes parliament, the City Corporation has been an ever constant throughout history adapting in order to meet modern demands of the City it serves, and is home to some of the world’s most striking modern architecture. The City of London Corporation forms part of London as a whole, along with the 32 London Boroughs who have responsibility for local government services within their local area. Based at the Guildhall the City Corporation looks after and promotes the City of London.

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Disability Confident

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

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, we aim to offer the opportunity to progress to a level 3 apprenticeship, then a permanent role within the team if a position is available. Alternatively, we shall endeavour to secure an alternative position within the City of London Corporation. 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONDON

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344173.

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Closes in 13 days (Thursday 16 October 2025)

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