Finance Apprentice

HANLEY ECONOMIC BUILDING SOCIETY

STOKE ON TRENT (ST1 5TB)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 September 2025

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Summary

A driven, self-motivated and enthusiastic member of the Finance Team responsible for carrying out the day to day tasks and control functions required covering both management and financial accounting with minimum supervision. Level 2 or 3 Accounting Apprenticeship (subject to candidates current academic level).

Wage

£14,000 a year

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

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 6 October 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

Purchase Ledger Administration including:

  • Accurate coding and posting of invoices onto the system in line with budget holder expectations and budget worksheets
  • Conducting weekly purchase ledger runs
  • Liaising with suppliers and budget holders to resolve queries or discrepancies
  • Maintaining an efficient recording and filing system

Completion of daily interfacing routine including:

  • Importing of daily transactions from Finova
  • Reconciliation of control accounts
  • Processing CHAPS, BACS and Faster Payments as required and posting of all payments to the cash book
  • Returning unallocated customer standing order receipts within SLA as per internal instruction, requesting bank details from the Society’s Clearing Bank as and when necessary
  • Completion of daily bank reconciliations for the Society’s main current account (No1 Account) and the Society’s cheque clearance accounts (Cheque Banking) ensuring all items are accurately and timely posted and reconciled in line with procedure manuals and SLAs

Where you'll work

GRANVILLE HOUSE
FORGE LANE
STOKE ON TRENT
ST1 5TB

Training

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

Training provider

NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP

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

20% off the job training- Newcastle College (ST5 2GB)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Hanley Economic is a building society founded in 1854, dedicated to helping its members save for their futures and own their homes.

https://www.thehanley.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Buy/Sell holidays scheme Free Parking Bonus scheme Staff perks scheme Discounted Gym Life Event Days

After this apprenticeship

  • Could lead to a permanent position for the right person

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NEWCASTLE AND STAFFORD COLLEGES GROUP

The Apprenticeship Hub

apprenticeships@nscg.ac.uk

01782 254287

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341776.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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