Accounts and Finance Apprentice (Level 2) - NMW for Age

Parklane Plowden

LEEDS (LS1 2RD)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 15 May 2026)

Posted on 17 April 2026

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Summary

This is an amazing opportunity where you will have responsibility of the Legal Aid billing process, providing a Gold Standard Service for the Barristers and Parklane Plowden Chambers. You will engage with Barristers, Solicitors and Legal Aid to provide timely billing and the collection of fees.

Wage

£15,600 to £24,784.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 June 2026

Duration

1 year 7 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

  • Working with the Legal Aid Billing Team Leader to process the FAS billing
  • Billing FAS paperwork according to relevant barristers’ fees and fee agreement in place
  • Billing COP work according to relevant barristers’ fees and fee agreement in place
  • Processing Civil Legal Aid fees
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date case information, including deadlines, court appearances, and key documents
  • Submissions of Claims using the CCMS online billing system
  • Deal with rejected claims and queries
  • Maintain a good filing system on Lex (Legal case management system) of all paperwork, and information provided from external parties
  • Manage the Family Billing Inbox and personal inbox daily

Company Benefits:

  • Birthday Day Off
  • 25 Days annual leave
  • Payday breakfast
  • Salary sacrifice scheme

Where you'll work

19 WESTGATE
LEEDS
LS1 2RD

Training

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

Training provider

DAMAR 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

Accounts and Finance Level 2 apprenticeship standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 5/C and above)
  • Maths (grade 6/B 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
  • Team working

Other requirements

Damar is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our apprentices and expects our employer partners to share this commitment and to take appropriate steps to ensure that learning takes place in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.

About this employer

Parklane Plowden has chambers in both central Leeds and central Newcastle. In 2022 Parklane Plowden reopened it’s Leeds premises after a state-of-the-art refurbishment project. Over the course of 6 months, they completely reorganised the space to create a high-quality working environment for their members, staff, and clients which supports flexible work patterns and remote hearings. “Parklane Plowden aims high – in attracting and retaining strength and depth in its Members and Staff; in the levels of satisfaction, they strive to deliver to their clients and in their embrace of equality, diversity and inclusiveness. Put simply – their strategic goal is to be an excellent, vibrant, progressive Chambers alive to the needs of its clients and colleagues which delivers excellent outcomes.

https://www.parklaneplowden.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Upon completion of your AAT Level 2 apprenticeship, there is an opportunity to progress within the accountancy field or gain new skills and experience supporting other departments within the firm

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAMAR LIMITED

Sabina Adam

Sabina.Adam@damartraining.com

07566 289 979

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026955.

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Closes in 28 days (Friday 15 May 2026)

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