Accounts Level 3 Apprenticeship
BIG RED INDUSTRIES GROUP LTD
Manchester (M1 2JW)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 November 2025
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Summary
Big Red Construction is seeking a motivated and details-oriented Finance Apprentice to join their Finance team. This role is ideal for someone beginning their career in accounting and finance who wants to gain hands-on experience while continuing to develop their knowledge.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 to £24,126.96, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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 position plays a key role in supporting day-to-day financial operations, with a strong focus on Purchase Ledger Clerk duties, while assisting the wider finance team in delivering accurate and timely financial information.
Purchase Ledger Responsibilities:
- Process supplier invoices accurately and promptly
- Match purchase orders, delivery notes, and invoices, including coding invoices to correct account
- Review invoice discrepancies and liaise with internal departments or suppliers to resolve queries
- Set up new suppliers and maintain supplier details in the finance system
- Prepare supplier statement reconciliations and follow up on missing or incorrect invoices
- Support the preparation of weekly and monthly payment runs, and associated invoice filing for easy retrieval
- Assist with period closing
- Ensure all purchase ledger transactions comply with internal controls and approval workflows
- Maintain organised electronic and paper filing systems for purchase ledger documents
General Finance Responsibilities:
- Assist with sales ledger tasks including raising customer invoices and credit notes
- Take control and responsibility for an account's mailbox
- Help with bank reconciliations and cashbook updates
- Support month-end processes, including posting journals under supervision
- Provide administrative support to the finance team, including data entry and filing
- Contribute to the preparation of financial reports for internal and external stakeholders
- Assist with stock reconciliations and expense processing
Where you'll work
Duplex 1, Ducie House
37 Ducie Street
Manchester
M1 2JW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
- Assistant Accountant Level 3
- Off the job training will take place one day a week at Oldham College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Big Red is built from the belief of challenging the status quo in construction. Drawing from our experience from working within multiple sectors of construction, Big Red strives to bring best practice to the industry. Utilising modern technology on Our projects we drive efficiency and excellence on all our sites.
https://www.wearebigred.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Full training and support from experienced finance professionals. Opportunity to progress through further AAT qualifications. Career development within the organisation. A supportive team environment and exposure to the full finance function.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time position for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002428.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 12 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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