Accounting Finance Manager Apprentice
MOOVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED
Kent (DA12 2QX)
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 16 June 2026)
Posted on 4 June 2026
Contents
Summary
An excellent opportunity to develop professional accounting and financial management skills. The successful candidate will gain practical experience across financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, compliance and business partnering, supporting the organisation in delivering accurate financial management and strategic decision-making.
- Wage
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£19,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- Planned annual salary increases
- Training course
- Accounting finance manager (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:30 - 1-hour for lunch
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 6 August 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- 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
- Assist in preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports
- Support budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes
- Analyse financial data and provide insights to support business decisions
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate variances
- Assist with year-end accounts and audit preparation
- Support payroll, expenses and accounts payable/receivable processes where required
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations, internal controls and company policies
- Maintain accurate financial records and documentation
- Support cash flow monitoring and financial performance reporting
- Work with budget holders and operational managers to provide financial guidance.
- Assist in identifying opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies.
- Use finance systems and reporting tools effectively
- Complete apprenticeship learning, assignments and assessments within required timescales
Where you'll work
Moove
Dering Way
Gravesend
Kent
DA12 2QX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Training course
Accounting finance manager (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare financial statements, or extracts thereof, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP).
- Identify and use appropriate digital technology to achieve desired outputs in the context of producing statutory of financial reports.
- Analyse financial and non-financial internal data and compare with benchmark data such as from competitors, stakeholders, and market trends.
- Use data analytics tools, visualise findings, make evidenced-based recommendations for future action and communicate them.
- Interpret and implement the latest guidance on secure data management to satisfy the requirements of the Data Commissioner and GDPR.
- Implement protocols and technology that minimise risks to data integrity and cyber security.
- Evaluate internal and external factors relevant to the operational compliance of the organisation with all necessary legal, professional and ethical frameworks.
- Apply the principles of digital systems management to ensure continued compliance with all relevant frameworks applicable to the organisation.
- Analyse and interpret the reasons for differences between internal and external source documentation and produce reconciliations that clearly identify those differences and required actions.
- Create budgets and forecasts using the most appropriate tools and techniques.
- Interpret budget reports to evaluate the reliability of forecasts and to identify variances which require further action.
- Calculate and interpret cash flow forecasts.
- Interpret cash flow reports and identify future action required to manage cash balances.
- Apply management accounting techniques to assist decision making within the organisation.
- Interpret management reports, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication, to deliver advice that impacts management decisions.
- Interpret and apply HMRC rules and guidance to produce tax calculations and statutory returns.
- Implement and manage systems and processes that gather the information required by HMRC.
- Analyse and summarise organisational or client decision making and the impact on taxation reporting and obligations.
- Implement and manage the technology to satisfy HMRC reporting requirements for digital taxation.
- Produce the information required by internal and external auditors in a clear format.
- Evaluate strategic options, taking into consideration the impact of internal and external factors.
- Develop, communicate, and deliver operational plans that meet strategic objectives; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operations effectively, efficiently and economically.
- Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data in order to assess business performance, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication that demonstrates emotional intelligence, to make recommendations.
- Analyse and interpret the process of how data is collected, extracted, analysed and reported.
- Evaluate the impact of different sources of finance on an organisation, including risk and recommend appropriate finance options.
- Advise organisations and implement technology to raise finance and maintain credit relationships.
- Design and manage a compliant credit control system that meets strategic objectives regarding customers, insurers, and cash flow.
- Implement technology that enables delivery of a credit control system that meets strategic objectives.
- Analyse, design, implement, communicate, monitor and review internal control systems and processes that mitigate risk, including error, fraud, and cyber risks.
- Document organisational manual and digital internal controls, identify weaknesses, and make practical recommendations for improvement.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify relevant information to be included in reports used by stakeholders.
- Identify potential improvements to HR policies and activities such as recruitment, training, appraisal, mentoring or management.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology used to appraise, monitor and manage staff.
- Prepare financial statements, or extracts thereof, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP).
- Identify and use appropriate digital technology to achieve desired outputs in the context of producing statutory of financial reports.
- Analyse financial and non-financial internal data and compare with benchmark data such as from competitors, stakeholders, and market trends.
- Use data analytics tools, visualise findings, make evidenced-based recommendations for future action and communicate them.
- Interpret and implement the latest guidance on secure data management to satisfy the requirements of the Data Commissioner and GDPR.
- Implement protocols and technology that minimise risks to data integrity and cyber security.
- Evaluate internal and external factors relevant to the operational compliance of the organisation with all necessary legal, professional and ethical frameworks.
- Apply the principles of digital systems management to ensure continued compliance with all relevant frameworks applicable to the organisation.
- Analyse and interpret the reasons for differences between internal and external source documentation and produce reconciliations that clearly identify those differences and required actions.
- Create budgets and forecasts using the most appropriate tools and techniques.
- Interpret budget reports to evaluate the reliability of forecasts and to identify variances which require further action.
- Calculate and interpret cash flow forecasts.
- Interpret cash flow reports and identify future action required to manage cash balances.
- Apply management accounting techniques to assist decision making within the organisation.
- Interpret management reports, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication, to deliver advice that impacts management decisions.
- Interpret and apply HMRC rules and guidance to produce tax calculations and statutory returns.
- Implement and manage systems and processes that gather the information required by HMRC.
- Analyse and summarise organisational or client decision making and the impact on taxation reporting and obligations.
- Implement and manage the technology to satisfy HMRC reporting requirements for digital taxation.
- Produce the information required by internal and external auditors in a clear format.
- Evaluate strategic options, taking into consideration the impact of internal and external factors.
- Develop, communicate, and deliver operational plans that meet strategic objectives; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operations effectively, efficiently and economically.
- Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data in order to assess business performance, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication that demonstrates emotional intelligence, to make recommendations.
- Analyse and interpret the process of how data is collected, extracted, analysed and reported.
- Evaluate the impact of different sources of finance on an organisation, including risk and recommend appropriate finance options.
- Advise organisations and implement technology to raise finance and maintain credit relationships.
- Design and manage a compliant credit control system that meets strategic objectives regarding customers, insurers, and cash flow.
- Implement technology that enables delivery of a credit control system that meets strategic objectives.
- Analyse, design, implement, communicate, monitor and review internal control systems and processes that mitigate risk, including error, fraud, and cyber risks.
- Document organisational manual and digital internal controls, identify weaknesses, and make practical recommendations for improvement.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify relevant information to be included in reports used by stakeholders.
- Identify potential improvements to HR policies and activities such as recruitment, training, appraisal, mentoring or management.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology used to appraise, monitor and manage staff.
Training schedule
Accounting Finance Manager Level 6.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- 2 x additional subjects (grade Grade 4 or above)
- English (grade Grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4 or above)
A Level 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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Being part of the Moove Group and owned by one of Brazil’s largest companies (Cosan SA), we benefit from being part of a corporate organisation with the agility of a medium sized business. We are fast-paced, people focused, driven by innovation and our customer relationships. We also want to foster our employee’s growth and development through continued education and career advance
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Pension matched to 7%
- Life assurance 4 x salary
- Medicash, EAP & Perks
- Subsidised canteen
- Free parking
- Company events
After this apprenticeship
Excellent progression opportunities within finance within a global business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MOOVE LUBRICANTS LIMITED
Maria Becker
Maria.Becker.uk@moovelub.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000035016.
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Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 16 June 2026)
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