Finance Assistant Apprenticeship

BLUEPRINT INTERIORS LTD

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH (LE65 2AB)

Closes in 20 days (Monday 15 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 26 May 2026


Summary

Blueprint Interiors is a dynamic company specialising in Commercial Interior Design & Refurbishment. We are looking to recruit a finance assistant to join our busy, friendly team. The person should be lively, energetic, enthusiastic & intelligent, who wants to work as hard as we do and to enjoy the rewards that come with it.

Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm + 1 hour lunch break

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 22 June 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

Accounts Payable duties:

  • Processing purchase Invoices (checking, coding & matching)
  • Liaising with invoice approvers to ensure timely approval
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Preparing supplier payment runs
  • Reviewing aged creditors and resolving queries
  • Setting up new supplier accounts, including CIS checks with HMRC
  • Reconciling and posting monthly credit card statements
  • Reviewing & approving staff expense claims per month in line with expense policy

Accounts Receivable duties:

  • Raising and issuing sales invoices
  • Sending monthly customer statements
  • Monitoring aged debt and liaising with customers regarding outstanding payments
  • Setting up new customer accounts and maintaining payment records

General Ledger and Month end duties:

  • Performing monthly bank reconciliation
  • Posting journals including prepayments & accruals
  • Update VAT mileage schedules
  • Posting Payroll Journals
  • Reconciling CIS liabilities and supporting CIS returns
  • Maintaining the fixed asset register and posting depreciation

Where you'll work

WORKLIFE CENTRAL
THE QUARTERDECK
IVANHOE BUSINESS PARK
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH
LE65 2AB

Training

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

Training provider

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
  • Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
  • Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
  • Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
  • Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
  • Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
  • Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
  • Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
  • Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Training schedule

The Level 4 AAT apprenticeship standard includes 4 AAT exams, in addition to the Synoptic Assessment as part of the End-Point Assessment (EPA) process. 

The knowledge units will be delivered at the EMA training hub in Derby, or online (depending on apprentices’ location) through day release. 

Modules will include: 

  • Applied Management Accounting 
  • Internal Accounting Systems and Controls 
  • Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements  
  • Business Tax 
  • Personal Tax

Attending the EMA hub in Derby city centre for classroom sessions delivered by specialist trainers. You will also be supported by a dedicated mentor through your portfolio of work and end point assessment. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSEs including maths and english (grade 5/C)

AAT in:

AAT Level 3 (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Knowledge of Xero

Other requirements

  • Drivers licence
  • 2 years experience within a similar role
  • Experience with Mac operating system- beneficial but not essential

About this employer

A high performing workplace full of happy, healthy people… it’s the dream! But how do you get there? Start with an office design that gives your team the resources they need to do their best work.

We’ll help you define your needs, then design and build a bespoke workplace that supports your business to achieve its goals. A space where people can be happy, healthy, productive, and are equipped to perform at their best.

https://www.blueprintinteriors.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Opportunity for a full-time position within the team upon completion of the apprenticeship programme. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

apply@ematraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033419.

Apply now

Closes in 20 days (Monday 15 June 2026 at 11:59pm)