Level 2 Finance/Accounts Assistant Apprentice (Salary £19,656)

LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST

LUTON (LU1 3JA)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 11 September 2026)

Posted on 13 August 2026

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Summary

The UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA) is a vibrant and dynamic organisation dedicated to promoting and celebrating carnival arts. The organisation are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join their team as a Level 2 Assistant Finance Accounts Apprentice to support their Finance Manager.

Wage

£19,656 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 October 2026

Duration

1 year

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

  • Bookkeeping: Maintaining accurate financial records and processing invoices.
  • Financial Reporting: Assisting in the preparation of financial statements and reports.
  • Budgeting: Supporting the development and monitoring of budgets.
  • Payroll: Assisting with payroll processing and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
  • Accounts Payable/Receivable: Managing accounts payable and receivable, including processing payments and receipts.
  • Reconciliations: Performing bank reconciliations and reconciling other financial accounts.
  • VAT Returns: Assisting with the preparation and submission of VAT returns.
  • Audit Support: Providing support during internal and external audits.
  • General Administration: Performing general administrative tasks to support the Finance Manager and Executive Producer.

Where you'll work

3 ST. MARYS ROAD
LUTON
LU1 3JA

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 Apprentice Level 2 apprenticeship standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this employer

The UK Centre for Carnival Arts (UKCCA) is dedicated to creating work that embeds Carnival into places, into spaces and into communities. UKCCA is unique. We are one of the very few organisations committed to promoting excellence within the field of carnival arts in all its professional forms, from spectacle art, mas bands and characters, floats, steel orchestras, samba drumming and dance, calypso and soca music, sound systems, DJing and traditional forms of carnival expression to emerging urban voices of the street plus other carnivalesque forms that exist in world cultures. 

https://www.carnivalarts.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

This will be discussed with the employer during the interview stage

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DAMAR LIMITED

Sabina Adam

Sabina.Adam@damartraining.com

07566 289 979

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048068.

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Closes in 28 days (Friday 11 September 2026)

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