Finance Assistant Apprentice

GOODWILLE LTD

Warwick (CV34 4HL)

Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025

Posted on 12 June 2025

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an accounts apprentice to join an award winning business in Warwick town centre. The main aim is to assist the Finance team in delivering bookkeeping and financial administration services to Goodwille clients. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a friendly environment.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

2

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 Finance team with adhoc financial tasks
  • General administrative duties and support to the Goodwille team
  • Support in raising, issuing, and booking sales invoices to relevant ledgers in Xero
  • Support in processing purchase invoices on Dext & Approval Max
  • Support in processing employee expense claims using a range of systems, from paper based to various cloud-based tools
  • Support in setting up and processing of bank payments
  • Support in minute and note taking for the business

Where you'll work

1 Chapel Street
Warwick
CV34 4HL

Training

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

College or training organisation

COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TRAINING LIMITED

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
  • AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
  • You will attend training provided by Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber Training once a week, Commerce House, 123 St Nicholas Street, Radford, CV1 4FD

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade A*/9 - C/5)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this company

For over 25 years, Goodwille have helped hundreds of businesses from a variety of different industries, understand and navigate the complexities of UK business culture. From setting up your company in the UK to ongoing support with accounting, payroll and more, we offer a range of professional business services to ensure that your new UK establishment or subsidiary is properly administered, managed and monitored. For optimal efficiency, at Goodwille all your business needs are coordinated seamlessly through one company.

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After this apprenticeship

  • A permanent role within the business with career progression and the opportunity to complete AAT level 3

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TRAINING LIMITED

Katie Lumb

lumb.k@cw-chambertraining.co.uk

02476231122

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324476.

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Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025

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