Finance Assistant Apprentice
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT
LONDON (EC2Y 9HU)
Closes on Wednesday 24 September 2025
Posted on 1 August 2025
Contents
Summary
The role will provide the opportunity for someone who has a genuine interest in accountancy to start their career. It will enable you to develop your accountancy knowledge and experience working within a law firm. The role will be varied and you will be provided 'on-the-job' training to support your AAT apprenticeship studies.
- Wage
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£27,000 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 25 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
Accounts Payable Responsibilities
- Assist with the processing of vendor invoices into Chrome River, including those in relation to taxis & courier expenses
- Assist with the processing of all postage charges into the 3E system
- Assist with the reconciliation of vendor account statements research and communicate all discrepancies where necessary
- Review and update the vendor listing, ensuring all information is accurate and complete
- Assist with maintenance of all vendor existing accounts, ensuring each is current and paid within the agreed vendor payment terms
- Assist with the review and set-up of all new vendor account requests in accordance with firm policy, completing of background checks where necessary
- Respond to all vendor and internal customer AP enquiries as-and-when required
- Handle any appropriate ad-hoc queries and reporting requests as appropriate
Cashiering Responsibilities:
- Review and report all bank account balances on a daily basis
- Assist with the preparation of the daily reconciliation of all bank accounts
- Assist with the compilation and preparation of the weekly cash flow forecast as required
- Assist with the preparation of any CHAPS & International payments where required
- Review the SRA report on a regular basis to determine the need for any urgent fee disbursement payments
- Assist with the distribution of all corporate card applications to all new joiners
- Respond to all vendor and internal customer cashiering enquiries as-and-when required
- Handle any appropriate ad-hoc queries and reporting requests as appropriate
Billing Responsibilities:
- Assist Billing Coordinators with time adjustments, narrative reviews and transferring between task codes and workstreams
- Assist Billing Coordinators with performing proforma edits, creating and editing bill drafts, and processing invoices
- Assist Billing Coordinators with the filing of finalised bill packs
- Support Billing coordinators with follow-up via email or phone as requested, providing superior customer service
- Provide administrative support as needed (ie. filing, providing client invoice copies, pulling disbursement back up)
- Assist with the review of CI and CA status invoices
- Assist with the On Account review
- Provide standard and scheduled wip reports in a timely manner
- Assist with the ebilling delivery of invoices
- Regular analysis of client/matter information in relation to archiving
- Ensure Partners and fee earners are kept up-to-date on outstanding matters and invoices
Collections Responsibilities:
- Assist and work with Senior Collections Coordinator to provide a full AR and collections function for the firm
- Maintenance of transfers of time/cost and write-offs
- Preparing statements of outstanding invoices for specific clients
- Providing timely reports to Partners of outstanding invoices
- Conducting regular reviews of AR comments and keeping them in line with the current status
- Ensuring the timely delivery and payment of bills
- Assist with any ebilling queries
- Regular analysis of client/matter information in relation to archiving; and ensure Partners and fee earners are kept up-to-date on outstanding matters and invoices
Where you'll work
CITYPOINT
1 ROPEMAKER STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 9HU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOLVEWAY LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
- Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Training would take place one day per week, delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Key Skills Understanding of basic accounting principles and practices; Observe confidentiality of client and firm matters; Capable of being well organised with good writing skills; Ability to multi-task and prioritise; Ability to organise work flow and use time efficiently; and Ability to be accurate and show an attention to detail.
About this employer
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is one of the world’s most respected law firms. But for us, this has never simply been a matter of size or rankings. It’s the direct result of our commitment to one founding principle. Since 1884, many of the world’s largest organizations have turned to us for smart solutions to critical commercial challenges. Today, approximately 1,500 lawyers in 13 global offices put the collective experience of the Firm to work for every client we serve. Our teams start with a deep understanding of our clients’ business objectives. We share knowledge across practices and regions. We help our clients not only mitigate risk, but also discover opportunity. And each success begins with the same simple question... How can we help you?
After this apprenticeship
- After successfully achieving the AAT Level 2 qualification, you will have the opportunity to progress to a more senior level with the company as you develop a variety of skills
- Please note, progression onto AAT Level 3 and 4 may not possible in this role specifically
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOLVEWAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335180.
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Closes on Wednesday 24 September 2025
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