Apprentice Finance Assistant (36291)
KINGS ACADEMY TRUST
Manchester (M30 0BG)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 31 October 2025)
Posted on 6 October 2025
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Summary
Kings Academy Trust are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join their finance team. You will be working under the supervision of the Chief Finance Officer and Finance & Payroll Officer.
- Wage
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£19,000, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday – Thursday 7:45am – 4:00pm, Friday 8:00am – 1:30pm.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 10 November 2025
- Duration
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15 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
Responsibilities:
Purchase Ledger:
- Process orders for all departments, including course bookings for staff, ensuring they are all within budget
- Processing all purchase invoices, ensuring appropriate authorisations are in place and in adherence with Kings Academy Trust’s Financial Procedures Manual
- Liaising with suppliers to resolve any queries, arrange returns and ensure refunds or credit notes are received
Business charge cards:
Collation, reconciliation and recording of all paperwork relating to the academy charge card ready for authorisation by the Finance and Payroll Officer on a monthly basis
Sales Ledger:
- Working with the Finance and Payroll Officer to raise all invoices for consultancy services and Local Authorities for Out of Borough Recharges
- Raising ad hoc invoices as required for additional income, e.g. exam resits, teaching staff external funding
- Regularly reviewing the debtors' ledger to identify overdue balances or queries
- Chasing overdue invoices following the debt collection process
Responsibilities:
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
- Be aware of and support differences and ensure equal opportunities for all
- To contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Trust
- Appreciation and support of the roles of other professionals
- To attend and participate in relevant meetings as required
- To participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
- To support, uphold and contribute to the development of the Academy Trust’s Equality policies and practices in respect of both employment issues and the delivery of services to the community
General accountabilities:
- To be aware of the Trust’s duty of care in relation to staff, students and visitors and to comply with the health and safety policy at all times
- To establish and maintain positive, constructive and professional working relationships with staff, visitors, students, parents and other professionals
- To be aware of and comply with the code of conduct, regulations and policies of the Trust
- To develop self within the post, undertaking training/appraisal as appropriate to ensure that relevant knowledge and skills are updated in order to support school development
Variation in role:
Due to the structure of Kings Academy Trust, it must be accepted that as the Trust’s work develops and changes, there may be a need for adjustments to the role and responsibilities of the post. The duties specified above are, therefore, not to be regarded as either exclusive or exhaustive. Duties may change from time to time commensurate with the grading level of the post and following consultation with the post holder.
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 will 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
City Approach 1 City Approach 1
Albert Street
Eccles
Manchester
M30 0BG
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
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
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
- Numerical skills
- Discretion
- Hardworking
- Professional
About this employer
We are a group of 6 schools. On 1st May 2012 Oakwood High School changed status to become an academy operating within a single academy trust (SAT) and changed its name to Oakwood Academy. We were inspected by Ofsted in July 2013 and were judged to be outstanding in all areas. In July 2015 we converted to a multi academy trust (MAT) as we felt strongly that single academies needed to work in collaboration with other schools. The Trust is called Kings Academy Trust.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level of apprenticeship.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is 1000345193.
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Closes in 24 days (Friday 31 October 2025)
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