Finance Apprentice
UCS College Group
Somerset (TA6 4PZ)
Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 5 August 2026)
Posted on 21 July 2026
Contents
Summary
Have a desire to work in a Finance office? a passion for customer service? are hard-working, with the ability to work well within a team? This apprenticeship is integral to the smooth running of the Finance office. It's is a fantastic opportunity for those who are looking for a career in Finance and want to gain a wide range of experiences.
- Wage
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£20,258 a year
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 08:30 - 17:00,
Friday, 08:30 - 16:30
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 October 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Apprentice to join our Finance Team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in finance while gaining valuable workplace experience and completing a recognised apprenticeship qualification.
Working alongside experienced finance professionals, you will support a range of financial processes across accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, and financial administration. You will also work closely with colleagues across the College, providing excellent customer service and ensuring financial procedures are followed accurately.
Key Responsibilities:
- Match supplier invoices to approved purchase orders and support staff with purchase order queries
- Monitor supplier statements and resolve discrepancies in accordance with payment terms
- Assist with setting up new suppliers and ensuring compliance with relevant HMRC guidance
- Support payment processing, petty cash administration, and monthly reconciliations
- Help raise sales invoices and assist with debt collection and income-related queries
- Reconcile daily commercial income and prepare finance journals.
Support month-end, year-end, and audit activities - Provide assistance to budget holders and respond to finance-related enquiries
- Carry out general administrative duties including filing and post handling
- Work collaboratively across the Finance Team and wider College departments
This is a fantastic opportunity to build a successful career in finance while gaining practical experience within a supportive and professional environment.
Where you'll work
Bridgwater Centre
Bath Road
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 4PZ
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
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above)
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Any offer of employment will be subject to employment references, medical clearance and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.
About this employer
The formation of UCS College Group marks a pivotal moment for Somerset. We are creating a stronger, united force for education, driven by one vision; to transform the lives and communities through learning and partnerships.
As one of the largest college groups in England, UCS College Group is ideally placed to influence and shape educational and economic policies benefitting Somerset; playing a pivotal role in driving initiatives that deliver inward investment, enhance local infrastructures and ensure educational advancements translate into broad-scale economic benefits.
Each College will remain embedded in its local community, with its own Principal and Local College Board, ensuring that decisions and delivery remain locally informed and responsive whilst leveraging the group’s resources and initiatives.
https://www.ucscollegegroup.ac.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
The College group offers a range of benefits including a defined benefit pension scheme. Please see our website for further details.
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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Potential for roles across the group
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000043866.
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Closes in 12 days (Wednesday 5 August 2026)
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