Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Millfield School

Street Somerset (BA16 0YD)

Closes in 26 days (Monday 5 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 9 December 2025

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Summary

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our finance team. This position offers a valuable chance to grow your accounting career in a dynamic educational setting, gaining hands-on experience across financial operations while working toward a professional qualification.

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday,

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 20 April 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

Financial Processing & Administration

  • Process purchase invoices, credit notes, and payment runs
  • Assist with sales invoicing and credit control activities
  • Maintain accurate financial records and filing systems
  • Reconcile supplier statements and resolve discrepancies
  • Support month-end and year-end procedures

 

Management Accounts & Reporting

  • Assist in preparing monthly management accounts
  • Help compile budget reports and variance analysis
  • Support the preparation of financial information for meetings and presentations
  • Contribute to financial reporting across multiple school entities

 

Financial Control & Compliance

  • Assist with bank reconciliations and cashflow monitoring
  • Undertake reconciliations of balance sheet codes
  • Support internal control procedures and audit processes
  • Help maintain compliance with financial policies and procedures
  • Contribute to process improvements and efficiency initiatives
  • Assist with the preparation of annual financial statements
  • Help with the preparation and collation of information for our external auditors

 

Professional Development

  • Study towards professional accounting qualifications AAT
  • Attend training sessions and professional development opportunities
  • Participate in team meetings and contribute ideas
  • Develop knowledge of the non for profit, for profit and charity sector with exposure to educational finance including SORP and FRS102 accounting standards
  • Develop knowledge of pensions and investments

 

Additional Duties

  • Provide cover for other members of the finance team during periods of absence
  • Assist with ad-hoc financial and commercial projects and analysis as required
  • Support the preparation of reports for governors, trustees and management
  • Help with contract administration and supplier liaison
  • Contribute to the development and documentation of finance procedures
  • Provide a Finance Business Partner service to departments where required
  • Assist with fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules
  • Support VAT returns and compliance activities
  • Participate in cross-departmental projects and initiatives
  • Comply with the school's policies and procedures at all times
  • Any other duties that your line manager sees fit, providing that such duties are appropriate to your role

Where you'll work

Millfield School
Butleigh Road
Street Somerset
BA16 0YD

Training

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

Training provider

UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE 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 take place once a week at Strode College, Street

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

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

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

  • Business (grade Pass)
  • Economics (grade Pass)
  • Maths (grade Pass)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Time management
  • Enthusiasm

Other requirements

  • Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to, Enhanced DBS clearance
  • All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

About this employer

Millfield is one of the leading UK independent schools for boys and girls, aged 2-18 years. Millfield is not like other schools and never has been. We believe in shaping the school around the child, where excellence in teaching and coaching comes together with the child at the centre. Our aim is that each individual will discover their own brilliance.

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Company benefits

  • Access to sporting facilities
  • Subsidised lunches
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Pension scheme (if applicable)
  • Wellbeing classes
  • Money saving perks
  • Many more

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunities for career progression within a well-established institution

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004297.

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Closes in 26 days (Monday 5 January 2026 at 11:59pm)

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