Account Assistant Apprentice

Opmobility

Swadlincote (DE12 7DS)

Closes in 18 days (Sunday 13 September 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 25 August 2026

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Summary

Supporting the HSE/CI Engineer with day to administrative duties. Opportunities to learn and develop health and safety and continuous improvement knowledge.

 

Maybe required to work in other areas of the plant

Wage

£20,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Office hours 8.30 am-5 pm Monday to Thursday 8.30 am -2 pm Friday (opportunity to flex start between 730 am-930 pm).

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 1 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

ACTIVITIES

  • Support preparation of Plant budgets and monthly forecasts
  • Support monthly sales analysis and P&Ls with commentary on variances to budgets and forecasts, with specific focus on
    selling price movements

Sales mix variance

  • BOM changes
  • Stock adjustments
  • Scrap variances
  • Purchase price movements
  • Material usage variances
  • Maintain BOM costings
  • Escalate GRNI issues with cost controller
  • Monitor stock levels
  • Weekly sales analysis and adhoc analysis of P&Ls
  • Overhead variances
  • Direct and indirect labour variances
  • Support with direct and indirect labour variances
  • Work with operations & finance teams on purchase to pay
  • Work with commercial/project finance teams to monitor price movement

 

 

Where you'll work

Westminster Industrial Estate Huntingdon Way Measham
Swadlincote
DE12 7DS

Training

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

Training provider

NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

Day release to North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College - Nuneaton campus.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)
  • Science (grade 4 or 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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

OPmobility is a family-led independent group that operates globally, with 152 production plants in 28 countries and 40 R&D centers. The Group has a sound financial structure and strong liquidity. Its diversified customer portfolio, industrial excellence and innovation strategy enable the Group to position itself as a major player in the automotive sector. In UK specialising in manufacturing of external parts for JLR.

https://www.opmobility.com/en/ (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).

To develop within the business and to progress onto a Level 3 apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Gaynor Catlow

gaynor.catlow@nwslc.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000050106.

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Closes in 18 days (Sunday 13 September 2026 at 11:59pm)