Apprentice Accounts Assistant

REMONDIS DONCASTER LIMITED

South Yorkshire (DN2 4RA)

Closes in 10 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 September 2025

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Summary

You’ll play a vital role in supporting the finance and admin teams with day-to-day accounting tasks while working towards a nationally recognised qualification. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a professional environment and build a strong foundation for a career in finance.

Wage

£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Apprenticeship Length is 12 months + 3 months for end point assessment.

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

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 6 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

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Assist with processing invoices, purchase orders, and expense claims.
  • Support the maintenance of both sales and purchase ledgers.
  • Help reconcile bank statements and credit card transactions.
  • Assist with month end invoicing procedures.
  • Input financial data accurately into accounting systems.
  • Respond to customer, supplier and internal queries professionally.
  • Maintain organized financial records and documentation.
  • Collaborate with team members to improve financial processes.

Where you'll work

Clay Lane West
Kirk Sandall
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN2 4RA

Training

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

Training provider

DN 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

Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer. 

   

You will undertake the Level 2 Accounts or finance assistant

on day release  

  

https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0608-v1-4

 

You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if required   

  

You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge and experience.

More training information

We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft.  A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others.  This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points. 
You will be asked about this when we contact you to arrange a pre-screening Interview.  

A yes answer dos not automatically exclude your application. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths/English (grade 4/C)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

Other requirements

You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

About this employer

REMONDIS is one of the world’s largest and waste management companies, with over 30,000 employees and 800 operative sites over 35 countries and 4 continents. In the UK REMONDIS have sites situated across the North East and Yorkshire, dealing with all kinds of Commercial and Trade waste, from skips to bins,

https://www.remondis-uk.com/our-sites/doncaster (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DN COLLEGES GROUP

Asa Buckley

asa.buckley@don.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342881.

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Closes in 10 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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