Finance Apprentice
WAVIN LIMITED
South Yorkshire (DN12 1BY)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 22 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 September 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a hardworking, committed and enthusiastic Apprentice to join our vibrant and friendly team. You will work within our Finance department and will be supported through your qualification with real experience to complement your learning.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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· Good culture with an emphasis on professional development · Subsidised canteen
· Free on-site parking
· Access to Occupational Health
· Pension scheme
· 25 days annual leave from 1 January + 8 bank holidays
· Generous sick pay scheme
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday inclusive, typically 8.30am to 4.30pm, with 30 minutes unpaid lunch break per day.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
General duties including:
- Assist with processing purchase invoices and supplier payments
- Support sales invoicing and customer account administration
- Help reconcile bank statements and financial records
- Maintain accurate financial databases and filing systems
- Assist with month-end and year-end finance activities
- Support the preparation of financial reports and spreadsheets
- Monitor and respond to finance-related queries from colleagues and suppliers
- Process employee expenses and assist with payroll administration where required
- Ensure financial transactions comply with company policies and procedures
- Assist with audit preparation and document collation
- Learn and apply accounting principles through on-the-job training and study
- Undertake any reasonable request within your capability
Where you'll work
Wavin Edlington Lane
Edlington
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN12 1BY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release - You will undertake the Professional accounting technician standard.
You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge and experience that will help you become a accounting technician of the future!
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft.
A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others.
This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points. A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.
About this employer
Wavin is the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of plastic drainage and piping solutions for above and below ground on residential, non-residential and civil engineering projects. Our purpose is to build healthy sustainable environments with safe and efficient water supply, better sanitation and hygiene, climate resilient cities and better building performance. We do this with our commitment to innovation, sustainability, technical support and working with our customers to reach their objectives. Our market leading systems include Hep2O push-fit plumbing, Osma above and below ground drainage, ventilation and roofing products as well as wide range of Wavin systems for hot and cold, drainage, stormwater management and indoor climate.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate. Possible full-time employment in a Finance role for the right candidate, post apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Asa Buckley
Asa.Buckley@dncolleges.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052376.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 22 September 2026 at 11:59pm)