Finance Assistant Apprentice

BECKLEBERRYS LIMITED

BLAYDON ON TYNE (NE21 5TW)

Closes in 24 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 September 2025

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Summary

The candidate will provide pivotal support across many elements of the business at peak times. The role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to join a small business that is growing continuously. This gives you the opportunity to progress through the company and you will need to be comfortable working in a close-knit environment.

Wage

£15,704 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 08.30am to 5.00pm – 40 hours per week.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 13 October 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 the telephone and dealing with queries
  • Purchase and sales ledger processes for all divisions of the business
  • Ensuring an efficient and effective matching process for supplier and customer purchase orders, invoices and payments
  • Ensuring bank reconciliations are performed and that any reconciling items are cleared in a timely manner
  • Answer and resolve supplier and customer account queries
  • Booking transport with 3rd party delivery companies
  • Entering stock production and allocating stock to orders on the computerised system
  • 6-month probationary period applies

Where you'll work

COWEN ROAD
BLAYDON ON TYNE
NE21 5TW

Training

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

Training provider

ACCESS TRAINING 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

The successful applicant will work towards the Accounts/Finance level 2 Apprenticeship Standard.

Will attend Access Training on Team Valley, Gateshead for day release – one day per week.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Good knowledge of Excel
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft

Other requirements

Please ensure that you can travel to the employers location for an 08.30am start.

About this employer

At Beckleberry’s we are passionate about making incredible ice cream for fine pud enthusiasts. We keep things simple in our single-minded pursuit of the perfect pud. We’re an award-winning, family business where phrases like handmade, small batches, locally sourced and hand-piped all ring true

After this apprenticeship

Ongoing training and development will be provided and the opportunity for duties to progress. Excellent long-term career.

Prospects – and possible progression through the AAT levels for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCESS TRAINING LIMITED

Eva Wright

ewright@accesstraining.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342342.

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Closes in 24 days (Friday 10 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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