Finance Apprentice

Application Deadline: 4 August 2026

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Middleton

Compensation: £15,016 - £23,857 / year

Description

Key Responsibilities

• To help provide comprehensive accounting and administrative support to the Finance Team
• To assist in the matching of purchase orders, processing accounts payable invoices, payments and queries, including credit/purchase card transactions
• To assist in the processing of accounts receivable invoices, receipts allocation and credit control
•  To assist in the preparation of Bursary payments to students and other ad hoc payments
• To assist in the processing of student direct debit instalments, and the subsequent update of EBS records, including payments received from the Student Loan Company and employer sponsors reconciliation to the finance system, investigating and correcting any discrepancies
•  To assist in effective Treasury Management by helping process college cash allocation and assisting with bank reconciliations
• To provide assistance in payroll payment processing and control account reconciliations
• To assist in balance sheet control account reconciliations and analysis
• To assist in the accurate and timely recording and processing of general ledger transactions such as accruals, prepayments, deferrals, recharges etc
• To assist in monitoring and recording of stock movements
• To assist in the production and development of budget holder reporting ensuring timeliness, relevancy and accuracy
• To assist in the maintenance and development of financial systems, controls, procedures and audit checks as required
• To provide advice and guidance to all College staff on issues such as financial procedures and budget holder responsibilities and queries
• To assist in the provision of a finance function to support other College activities e.g. enrolment
• To ensure that all transactions comply with the College’s Financial Regulations, and are appropriately authorised in line with College procedures and audit requirements
• To perform other duties within the Finance function as requested

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5 GCSE’s grade 5 or above including Maths and English or equivalent
• Willing to work towards AAT apprenticeship framework

• Intermediate use of Microsoft applications particularly Excel, Word and Outlook

• Use of Accounting software and other data bases