BPP Education Group Apprenticeships is seeking a motivated Finance Assistant Apprentice to join their team in Leeds. This apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to start or develop a career in finance within a leading educational organisation.
Candidates should ideally hold a degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, with strong numerical and analytical skills and confidence in working with financial data. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and general Microsoft Office tools such as Outlook and Word is essential. The role requires excellent attention to detail, a methodical approach to tasks, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
If you are eager to gain hands-on finance experience and build a solid foundation for your career, apply now to join BPP Education Group as a Finance Assistant Apprentice in Leeds.
Position: Finance Assistant Apprentice
Salary: £28,000 a year
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Leeds
About the Role
Weekly hours worked: Monday to Friday – 7:30 – 4:30, 42.5 hours
Short Description:
We’re looking for a highly motivated and numerate graduate to join our busy finance team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to launch or broaden their finance career and gain exposure across all core finance functions within a dynamic and supportive environment.
As a Finance Assistant, you’ll work across multiple areas of finance, including purchase ledger, sales ledger, reconciliations, and reporting. You’ll gain hands-on experience while contributing to the smooth running and continuous improvement of our finance operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with month-end processes, including journal preparation, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Process purchase and sales invoices accurately and in a timely manner
- Support management of accounts payable and receivable, ensuring supplier and customer queries are handled efficiently
- Maintain accurate financial records and ledgers, including recording credit card transactions and staff expenses
- Assist with cash flow monitoring and budget tracking
- Contribute to internal financial reporting, including analysis of variances
- Learn and effectively use finance software and internal systems
- Support finance process improvements and identify opportunities for increased efficiency
- Provide occasional administrative support to the wider team, including assistance with office supplies, event coordination, and general tasks as needed
Future Prospects:
This role offers fantastic growth potential for someone who is keen to learn, enthusiastic, and eager to broaden their horizons. It’s ideal for a self-starter who’s looking to carve out a long-term career path. We’re a business that recognises and rewards effort and ambition, so if you’re motivated to make an impact, there’s plenty of scope to grow with us as we continue to expand. The intention is for this role to be a permanent position after the apprenticeship is complete.
Employer Description:
AssetCool is addressing one of the most pressing challenges in the global energy transition – grid congestion. By combining cutting-edge grid robotics with breakthrough materials science, our technology transforms the physical performance of the grid in situ, increasing current-carrying capacity by up to 30%, at just 5% of the cost and in a tenth of the time compared to conventional approaches.
In addition to enhancing capacity, our solutions tackle other grid constraints including corrosion, electrical noise, and enable the collection of high-value data to build accurate, predictive digital twins. This technology is proving transformative and is being adopted at an accelerating pace, with deployments across Canada, Slovenia, the UK, and the USA, and a strong global deployment pipeline.
AssetCool is a fast-growing company with plans to more than double in size over the next six months. Backed by international investors from the US, mainland Europe, and the UK, we are proud to be one of the most innovation-focused companies in the UK energy sector.
We’re looking for ambitious, mission-driven individuals who are excited to work hard alongside their colleagues to build and deploy world-leading technology that tackles some of the planet’s most urgent infrastructure challenges.
Training Provided:
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Duration: 36
Skills & Experience
- Strong numerical and analytical skills, with confidence working with financial data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and general Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, etc.)
- Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to tasks
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines
- A proactive, team-oriented attitude with a willingness to learn
- Familiarity with accounting systems or finance software (desirable)
- Prior experience in a finance-related or administrative role (e.g. internship, placement year) is advantageous but not essential
Qualifications Required:
- A degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
Other Information:
Employer matched pension, private medical with gym discounts and mental health support as well as dental and optical cover, EV scheme.
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
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Application Deadline
Open until filled