Level 2 Accounts and Finance Assistant Apprentice - UK Lift and Escalator Company Ltd

UK LIFT AND ESCALATOR COMPANY LIMITED

GATESHEAD (NE11 0TF)

Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 11 November 2025)

Posted on 28 October 2025

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Summary

We are offering a Level 2 Accounts and Finance Assistant Apprenticeship to support the day-to-day operations of our Finance Manager. This hands-on role will give you valuable experience across a range of financial and administrative processes, helping you develop strong practical skills while learning about how finance supports business growth.

Wage

£13,741 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Typically, 09:00 – 16:30 with a 30-minute lunch (35H per week)

35 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 12 November 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

  • Assist with sales ledger tasks, including preparing, raising, and sending customer invoices.
  • Support the purchase ledger process by checking, matching, and entering supplier invoices.
  • Help with credit control, following up on outstanding payments in a polite and professional manner.
  • Prepare and issue purchase orders (POs) as requested.
  • Provide general administrative and finance support to the Finance
  • Manager and wider team.
  • Learn and apply the principles of good financial practice within a fast-growing business.

Where you'll work

1 DERWENT COURT
EARLSWAY
TEAM VALLEY TRADING ESTATE
GATESHEAD
NE11 0TF

Training

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

Training provider

NCG

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

  • 4 days per week at UK Lift and Escalator Company Ltd.
  • 1 day per week Newcastle College. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE 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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

UK Lift & Escalator is a family-run national contractor specialising in the maintenance, repair, installation, and modernisation of lifts and escalators across the UK. Led by our CEO and his two sons, we take pride in our friendly, down-to-earth culture and supportive working environment. We are growing rapidly across the UK, and this is an exciting opportunity to join us during a key stage in our business expansion. You’ll be part of a close-knit, approachable team that values hard work, positivity, and teamwork — where everyone’s contribution truly makes a difference.

After this apprenticeship

The opportunity to grow with a family business that values its people and aims to retain apprentices as long-term team members.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NCG

Ellisha Hay

apprenticeships@ncl-coll.ac.uk

01912004849

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348568.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 11 November 2025)

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