Level 2 Accounts and Finance Assistant Apprenticeship

LABXCELL LIMITED

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (NE1 4LE)

Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 2 December 2025)

Posted on 18 November 2025

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Summary

We are seeking a UK NEQAS CPT Finance Assistant to support the Finance Coordinator and the wider Administrative team. This is an office-based role in our modern suite of offices based centrally in Newcastle, close to transport links. We are a small but friendly and supportive team. We value open communication, team spirit and a positive attitude.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday between 8.30am – 5.00pm (37.5 hrs).

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

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

The Role

UK NEQAS CPT Finance Assistant duties include:

  • Create and issue invoices and credit notes
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records within Xero and Management System
  • Reconcile bank transactions
  • Process expenses claims
  • Data entry of participants' information onto computer systems
  • Updating spreadsheets and databases
  • Managing email correspondence, responding to participant queries in a timely manner
  • General administrative duties such as filing, scanning, photocopying, and answering the telephone

Where you'll work

HAYLOFTS
5 ST. THOMAS STREET
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE1 4LE

Training

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

Training provider

NCG

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

4 days per week at LabXcell. 

1 day per week at Newcastle College.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3)
  • Maths (grade 3)

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

About this employer

We are a small but friendly and supportive team of 10. We value open communication, team spirit and a positive attitude. As a small team your voice matters and you will have the chance to take ownership of your work, contribute ideas and shape how we do things. We offer generous annual leave, starting at 27 days plus bank holidays, which increases over time to reward long standing members of the team. Additionally, staff receive a further day’s leave to be taken on their birthday, as well as up to 2 Wellness Days to support and promote health and wellbeing. We have an Employee Assistance Programme to support and promote good mental health and wellbeing. We often hold Team Building Days to boost morale, have fun and connect outside of the workplace.

After this apprenticeship

Full-time employment for the right candidate. 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NCG

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001129.

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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 2 December 2025)

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