Finance Apprentice

Leeds City College

Leeds (LS3 1AA)

Closes in 13 days (Friday 20 March 2026)

Posted on 6 March 2026

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Summary

We are looking for a Finance Apprentice to join our finance team. You will work alongside colleagues to provide shared financial support services to each of the providers within the group whilst studying towards AAT Level 2 Certificate; progression to Level 3 upon successful completion

Wage

£14,874 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, hours between 8.30am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 10 April 2026

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

  • To undertake structured placements within the finance directorate to include one or more of the following teams: accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial accounting and business partnering. In each placement the post holder will support the delivery of that team’s workload
  • Accounts Payable – to support in the timely and accurate payment of supplier invoices using the group’s U4 finance system. Ensuring all invoices and requests for payment have been approved in accordance with the group’s financial regulations
  • Accounts Receivable – to support in the timely collection of all monies due to the group and maintain an accurate position of the group’s debtors within the U4 finance system
  • Financial Accounting - to support the timely reporting and reconciliation of the group's cash resources
  • To prepare cash receipts for banking, including counting and reconciling all receipts daily and posting income received to the finance system
  • Business Partnering Team - To support the Finance Business Partners in the delivery of an excellent service to budget holders assisting with month end journals, systems, and process reviews

Core Responsibilities: 

  • Maintain and contribute towards developing the financial control environment by ensuring financial best practice is embedded, fully operated at all times and documented, including implementation of updates to financial policies and regulations
  • Create and maintain effective filing and computerised systems as required

Job Description:

  • Deliver a professional, customer focussed, responsive and quality service by reacting to and meeting a range of fluctuating pressures and daily demands
  • Deal effectively with general email, telephone and face to face enquiries from staff and stakeholders

Where you'll work

Park Lane
Leeds
LS3 1AA

Training

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

Training provider

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

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 attend weekly online classess delivered by your Tutor at Leeds City College
  • You may also be required to attend classes at our Printworks campus occasionally

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9-4)
  • Maths (grade 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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this employer

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

After this apprenticeship

  • Progression onto level 3 appreticeship 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019512.

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Closes in 13 days (Friday 20 March 2026)

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