Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

This is a great opportunity for a motivated individual to join our friendly Accounts team as an apprentice, handling tasks like coding invoices, entering bank receipts and managing the Finance team inbox. You'll work alongside and be mentored by our team of three, who have over 60 years of combined experience at Lord Rayleighs Farms.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Potential for an increase after 3 months dependant on progress.

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm. With a 30 minute lunch break each day.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 18 August 2025

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

Day to day objectives and responsibilities:

To support the daily functioning of the Accounts team
To be cross trained in a variety of areas to provide cover when needed including dealing with domestic and commercial tenants
To continually develop the skills required to take on future responsibilities
Managing the Finance email inbox
Scanning and coding of invoices
Entering Bank Receipts
Process Purchase Ledger BACS payment for authorisation
Bank Account statements reconciliations
Monthly VAT checks and inputting returns
Help prepare Year end accounts

Where you'll work

TERLING PLACE
TERLING
CHELMSFORD
CM3 2QW

Training

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

College or training organisation

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

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

The apprentice will be working towards the Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 apprenticeship standard including the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
Classroom attendance at Colchester Institute (Colchester Campus) every other week
Dependent on prior qualifications/experience the employer could consider a candidate for the Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship

More training information

Colchester Institute have partnered with Mindful Education to deliver this apprenticeship through our Online and On Campus model

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

maths and English (grade A*-C/9-4)

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
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

The role requires long periods of time spent working on a computer. Dependent on prior qualifications/experience the employer could consider a candidate for the Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship

About this company

Lord Rayleigh’s Farms Limited is a progressive family-owned property and farming company formed in 1876 based on the Terling Estate, near Chelmsford in Essex. The estate includes a significant residential and commercial property portfolio together with commercially managed woodlands and renewable energy interests. The Company farms approximately 8,500 in-hand and a further 1,500 acres on a contract farming agreement, together with a joint venture sheep rearing enterprise in Norfolk.

Company benefits

Company Pension

After this apprenticeship

There is the potential for this position to lead to full-time employment in the future

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE

Colchester Institute - Apprenticeships Team

ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk

01206712043

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327354.

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Closes in 18 days (Friday 18 July 2025)

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