Apprentice Accounts Assistant – Central Finance (Manchester)

SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED

Manchester (M2 4AW)

Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 February 2026)

Posted on 26 January 2026

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Summary

Kick start your finance career in Cambridge as an Apprentice Accounts Assistant. You'll rotate across various finance teams, including credit control, while gaining hands on training.

• Wage:

  £22,500 a year

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  £22,500 - £24,000 DOE + £1,000 Sign on Bonus

• Training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
• Hours: Five full days in the office, working hours 9:00am to 5:30pm. One of these days each week will be dedicated to apprenticeship studies whilst in the office.

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 7 September 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• Positions available:

  2

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

About the team:

The Central Finance team includes the following:

• Billing
• Banking
• Credit Control
• Client Systems and Treasury Support
• Circa 55 team members

Each team plays a key role in the process of delivering excellent service to our Internal and External customers.

The Apprentice will spend blocks of time rotating between all the teams in Central Finance. Working hands on with each team to understand day to day processes and procedures as well as Savills policies. They will collaborate with internal departments within finance to recognise how we work together, and also communicate with external customers chasing tenants for payment of Rent and Service Charge and ensuring accurate allocation of funds. During this time they will be supported through a training plan to build all round knowledge and gain experience of an Accounts Receivable function and its impact on Savills Property Management overall.

You will be welcomed into each team as a valued team member and will be guided through a training plan to provide transparency and support. When you are confident to complete tasks alone you will be given autonomy to process, post, chase, reconcile and action as part of the team and will become an important cog in the wheel. You will be involved in improvement projects involving systems and process and will contribute to new ideas and decision making. Moving around individual teams will give you a great understanding of how we impact each other’s processes and allow you to see things from different angles, giving you an all round view which will help with your personal development, studies and future career path.

Day to day duties:

• Raising invoices and updating budgets
• Chasing tenants for outstanding payments
• Processing and allocating payments received
• Transferring funds and reconciling tenant accounts
• Completing bank account reconciliations
• Investigating suspense and resolving queries
• Producing reports and completing workflow instructions
• Training on Savills Finance & Reporting systems (MRI, SQL, Suspense, Credit Control portals)
• Using client systems including Horizon, Yardi and Qube

How you’ll make an impact:

• Good organisational skills
• Word and Excel capabilities
• Good written, presentation, analytical and numerical skills are essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Diligent and detail driven
• Able to work individually and as part of a team
• Punctual, reliable, keen and enthusiastic
• Thirst for knowledge and self-motivated

Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our apprentice intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.

Where you'll work

31 Booth Street
Manchester
M2 4AW

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

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

Level 2 AAT or Level 3 AAT Apprenticeship depending on previous experience.

On the job training is provided to ensure all the required knowledge and experience is obtained throughout the apprenticeship to qualify successfully.

We will provide the full suite of Savills training programme including mandatory health and safety and office training, as well as specific training relevant to your role.

We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4 or C and above)
• Maths (grade 4 or C and above)

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
• Resilience
• Decision Making
• Collaboration
• Building Relationships
• Planning and Organising
• Adaptability

Other requirements

You may not apply if you are currently studying for or already have a degree.

You must be eligible to live, work and remain in the UK, within 1 hour’s commute of the office you are applying to.

About this employer

Founded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading property agents. Our experience and expertise spans the globe, with 600 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Our scale gives us wide-ranging specialist and local knowledge, and we take pride in providing best-in-class advice as we help individuals, businesses and institutions make better property decisions.

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Company benefits

Interest free season ticket loan

Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave 

Employee discounts 

Employee Assistance Programme

Discretionary bonus scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

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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

• Permanent contract for all apprentices, as opposed to a training contract

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010431.

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Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 February 2026)

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