Finance Apprentice

Summary

We are looking for an apprentice to join our company to be trained and supported to provide transactional and administrative support to the finance team. This is a good opportunity for someone looking to start a career in finance.

Wage

£22,000 a year

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The pay is £20-22,000 per year depending on prior learning and/or experience.

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 14 July 2025

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

To provide transactional and administrative support to the
finance team:

Working with internal colleagues to ensure timely receipt of documents and attending to any administrative queries received from them
Capturing new client and new supplier requests
Develop and maintain a good working relationship with all stakeholders both internal and external
Assist with general administrative duties within the team

As the role progresses:

Timely processing and reconciliation of all accounting documentation, including sales, invoices/credit notes, purchase orders, scanning and reviewing purchase invoices
Weekly reconciliation of the corporate cards, including posting of all receipts and payments and ensuring receipts are received from the relevant card holders

Where you'll work

Flatiron Building 332-336 Paintworks
Bath Road
Bristol
Avon
BS4 3AR

Training

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

College or training organisation

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE

Your 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.

Your training plan

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

As the successful apprentice you will undertake an Apprenticeship Standard in Finance to include assessment in Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours), Functional Skills in maths and English (where applicable) and completion of your End Point Assessment
During your time on the apprenticeship programme, you will also be expected to complete and document 20% off-job-training
Throughout the course the apprentice will be working on their portfolio and new learning in the workplace. You will attend the Filton Campus of SGS College one day a week

More training information

You will be assigned a supervisor/mentor within the workplace, who will support you to develop your workplace skills, knowledge and behaviours throughout the duration of your apprenticeship programme.

In addition to the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the apprenticeship standard, the apprentice will complete the Level 2 AAT
Diploma in Accounting.

This covers the following mandatory units:

Introduction to Bookkeeping
Principles of Bookkeeping Controls
Principles of Costing
The Business Environment (Synoptic)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 and above)
Maths (grade 4 and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Team working
Adaptability
Resilience
Good Time Management skills
Trustfulness and Integrity

Other requirements

We are based at Paintworks, Bristol BS4. How will you travel to work every day?

About this company

Crux are world-leaders in the design, simulation and analysis of medical devices and consumer products; working as a trusted partner to many medical companies and household brand names, our projects touch lives by delivering a vast array of products to global markets.

https://cruxproductdesign.com/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

A permanent role in the Finance team at the end of the
apprenticeship
Further professional development as appropriate

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