Assistant Accountant Apprentice
Generations Multi Academy Trust
Hertfordshire (EN8 9LY)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 9 January 2026)
Posted on 23 December 2025
Contents
Summary
To provide support to the finance function in day-to-day processing of financial transactions (orders, invoices, banking etc.). in compliance with the Trusts Financial Regulations and the Academies Handbook.
- Wage
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£14,566 a year
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 26 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
As a full member of the finance team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the Trust maintains its health financial position, supporting effective financial management, robust controls, accurate reporting, and continuous improvement.
Specifically, you will be involved in all aspects of the processes that enable the delivery of these outcomes, accurate transaction records within the finance system (Civica Financials Live) is the bedrock upon which all other aspects rely. You will be involved in areas such as month-end processes, fixed asset management, internal recharges, finance system administration and credit card reconciliations, as well as supporting the annual audit.
Ensuring accurate and timely reporting processes are completed, you will also be involved in journal preparation, reconciliations, ledger reviews and the preparation of the monthly management accounts for presentation to senior management.
Area 1: Transactional Accounting
- To support staff through the process of raising requisitions dealing with queries etc.
- To input invoices as received from suppliers and match within the finance system to purchase orders dealing with any discrepancies and following up internally where necessary
- Management of suppliers in the finance system adding suppliers and amending details when required
- Respond to supplier enquiries
- Assist the Finance Assistant in making payments to suppliers
- Assist the Finance Assistant in ensuring the accurate recording of bank transactions within the finance system, allocating income to appropriate customer accounts etc.
- Ensure that staff within the Trust follow Financial Regulations and reporting any non-compliance to the CFO
Area 2: Management Accounting
- Assist the Management Accountant in management of the Trust’s Charge Cards following up with staff to ensure every transaction has appropriate requisition raised through the finance system and back up documentation is provided promptly to finance
- Assist the Management account with the financial oversight of trips
- Assist the Management Accountant with month end processing and the production of management accounts including the management of fixed assets
- Assist the Management Accountant with the reconciliation of accounts ensuring any variances are investigated and corrected
- Working with the Management Accountant, liaise with external auditor providing data requested promptly whilst ensuring it accuracy
General:
- Assist with the administration of the finance system, adding users, managing approvals and privacy groups
- To carry out other financial or clerical tasks, as directed
- To perform other reasonable duties within scope of skills as directed by line manager
Where you'll work
College Road
Cheshunt
Waltham Cross
Hertfordshire
EN8 9LY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
GMAT is a cross-phase Multi Academy Trust based in Cheshunt, currently comprising two secondaries and two primaries - Goffs Academy, Goffs-Churchgate Academy, Flamstead End School and Oakview Primary School. Across the piece, GMAT currently has just under 3,000 students in its care and employs just under 400 staff. The MAT also operates nursery provision on the Goffs-Churchgate site, with subsidised and term-time only places for staff, run by Ashbourne Nurseries - https://ashbournedaynurseries.com/.
All of the schools are situated within close proximity of each other in Cheshunt, and share many activities, including CPD for staff. One of the Trust’s fundamental principles is that no one school or phase is in any way more important or successful than the other. As such, CPD and other events are rotated through all schools in the Trust, with everyone learning from and sharing with each other. This collegiate and collaborative approach permeates our Trust.
The MAT’s finances are overseen by a highly skilled Chief Finance Officer with considerable financial expertise in the private sector, plus a highly experienced Management Accountant. The Trust deliberately created an innovative Income Generation function, and extensive lettings and business development work now takes place across all sites in the MAT. This additional income – now yielding around £600k per annum – underpins generous levels of staffing at both schools, plus many “extras” that would otherwise be unaffordable in the current funding climate.
GMAT is a fully centralised MAT, with all of our schools able to access dedicated, expert advice and support from centralised functions in HR, Finance, Income Generation, Data/Business Analysis, ICT and Estates.
The MAT is extremely clear about its daily purpose, reflected in its motto of “no set destiny for any child.” All of our schools, leaders and staff believe fiercely in the life-changing nature of education and work tirelessly to that end, day in and day out. There is no set destiny for any of the children in our care; rather, we are each very clear that our daily work across the piece allows children to forge new futures and destinies.
After this apprenticeship
The Trust has been expanding for a number of years and as such has a need to employ additional qualified staff at points of expansion. The Trust also operates succession planning to ensure it has the people with the correct skills to back fill rolls as people move on. This role provides the opportunity for the right candidate to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to slot seamlessly into a role within the finance function of the Trust should a role become available. The apprenticeship is also the ideal opportunity for the right candidate to start their journey to become a qualified accountant, continuing their studies post the apprenticeship and making them an attractive proposition for any employer.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006450.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 9 January 2026)
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