Finance Apprentice

SELWOOD HOUSING SOCIETY LIMITED

TROWBRIDGE (BA14 8RT)

Closes in 9 days (Sunday 23 August 2026)

Posted on 11 August 2026

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Summary

Offers an opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to become a qualified account/finance assistant.

Wage

£16,904 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, 1-hour for lunch.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 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

  • Purchase ledger
  • Sales ledger
  • Nominal ledger
  • Any other areas felt to be appropriate
  • To work closely with the Finance Transaction team to assist with the performance and workload within the department
  • Income and cash processing
  • Rent accounting
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Month end processes, closing AR and AP ledgers
  • Invoice processing
  • Distribution and saving down of post within the department and forwarding post to the relevant team members, including post that comes into the office
  • Report scheduling and administration
  • Checking supplier statements
  • Ordering tenants payment cards
  • Prepare and maintain spreadsheets to support finance activities
  • Repairs interface between QL and Great Plains
  • Finance banking as required
  • Direct debits processing and administration

Where you'll work

Selwood Housing Society Ltd
Bryer-Ash Business Park
Bradford Road
TROWBRIDGE
BA14 8RT

Training

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

Training provider

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2.

A combination of off the job and on the jobs training and learning. One day per week in college.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

A commitment to equal opportunities. 

Flexible attitude to work. 

About this employer

Selwood Housing is a registered charity (1141124). Selwood Housing Society Limited is a company limited by guarantee (4168336). We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority reference no 739372.

https://www.selwoodhousing.com/about-us/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

May not be an vacancy at the end of the apprenticeship. But you would be qualified to start working in an accountancy role or move onto a higher-level apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

Wiltshire College and University Centre Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeships@wiltshire.ac.uk

01249465282

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000047238.

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Closes in 9 days (Sunday 23 August 2026)

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