Accounts Administration and Hire Controller Apprenticeship

TIGER PLANT LTD

WILTSHIRE (SN3 4PD)

Closes in 16 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 August 2025

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Summary

If you are looking for your first step into working in an office, Tiger Plant are looking for a apprentice to work from their Head Office in Swindon. This is ideal for those looking to take their first steps into office work in a busy sales office. The college course will run along your full time position.

Wage

£15,704 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm. Overtime may be required.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 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

  • Answering telephone and emails for hire desk queries
  • Checking, uploading and filing invoices
  • Helping run daily reports
  • Dealing with customer payment queries
  • Taking customer payments
  • Raising and sending invoices to customers
  • Answering the phone as required
  • Responding to emails

Where you'll work

TIGER PLANT YARD
BRIDGE END ROAD
SWINDON
WILTSHIRE
SN3 4PD

Training

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

Training provider

NEW COLLEGE SWINDON

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.

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

More training information

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working

About this employer

We are a privately owned company that prides itself on being one of the leading providers of this type of plant in the South West of England. A hugely successful business that prides itself on service whilst offering the market leading products.

After this apprenticeship

On completion of the apprenticeship the offer of a full-time position might be made, which can be one of any positions:

  • Full-time role in accounts office
  • Full-time role in hire office
  • Full-time role with sales team

Or any number of other roles we have within the business, once you find your passion and direction, we can offer a career for life within our industry.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TIGER PLANT LTD

Mary Blake

mary@tigerplant.co.uk

01793 886444

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337200.

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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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