Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship – Abbey Multi Academy Trust
ABBEY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Leeds (LS14 6NU)
Closes in 26 days (Thursday 23 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 March 2026
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Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join our team for Abbey Multi Academy Trust. As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice, we are looking for someone to study AAT level 2. The purpose of the role is to support day to day financial administration to the hub academies.
- Wage
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£15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£8 per hour increasing to NMW after 12 months
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday 8AM - 4PM & Friday 8am - 3:30PM
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 24 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 5 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
To provide day to day financial administration to hub academies, ensuring that the Trust’s financial regulations are being always complied with. Your day-to-day duties include:
- To maintain customer services levels as set out in the Trust Finance service level agreement
- To keep accurate data and financial records for all income and expenditure
- To raise sales invoices and process receipts as requested
- To process purchase orders and purchase invoices daily
- To complete supplier statement reconciliations
- To assist in the preparation of payment runs
- To assist with administration duties including supporting the admin of the payment platform and cashless catering
- system
- To produce monthly debtor reports and chase outstanding balances when required
- To deal with queries from suppliers, debtors, budget holders and other staff
- To assist with month-end procedures
- To assist in finance year-end procedures
- To assist the Director of Finance to evaluate internal controls, identify solutions and revised controls
- To support audit work upon request
- To work as part of the centralised finance team and to provide support at other academies as required
Where you'll work
Bishops Way
Leeds
LS14 6NU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY 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
Apprenticeship Details - 17 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 2 Accounts Assistant Qualification (All learning is delivered online/remote).
Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider).
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Driving licence/access to vehicle and willingness to travel to Abbey MAT locations with Leeds and Halifax.
About this employer
Our academies will provide an environment which is welcoming, caring, calm, disciplined and purposeful and which will stretch our young people academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually. Abbey MAT is committed to providing high quality education for all within an ethos which seeks to work in partnership to educate, nurture and empower through academic, vocational, mental, physical, cultural and spiritual opportunities so that each individual in our academies is able to achieve their full potential. Our vision and values underpin all the work of the Trust. Everyone is encouraged to explore their own spirituality and to recognise and understand that of others.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full-time employment upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Charlie
Charlie.Seaman@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000023822.
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Closes in 26 days (Thursday 23 April 2026 at 11:59pm)