Client Accounts Apprentice (Manchester)
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Company: SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED
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Location: Manchester, M2 4AW
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £22,500.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000058476
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Application Deadline Date: 02/11/2026
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Start Date: 01/12/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Five full days in the office, working hours 9.00am - 5.30pm. One of these days each week will be dedicated to apprenticeship studies whilst in the office.
Brief Description
Start your accounting career in Manchester with hands-on client finance experience, AAT training and support from an experienced team while building valuable skills for the future.
Training to be Provided
Level 2 AAT or Level 3 AAT Apprenticeship depending on previous experience.
Full on the job training is provided to ensure all the required knowledge and experience is obtained throughout the apprenticeship to qualify successfully.
We will provide the full suite of Savills training programme including mandatory health and safety and office training, as well as specific training relevant to your role.
We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs.
Future Prospects
We ensure that your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is current and that all staff are fully up to date with changes to legislation and business needs.
Vacancy Detail
About the team:
The Team consists of over 40 employees split across seven teams based in Manchester and Leeds, with 2 Directors and 7 team leaders. The team is responsible for the day to day client accounting and have a combined wealth of knowledge.
Day to day duties:
- Maintain housekeeping of Property & Lease data and financial data on databases.
- Assist the Client Accountants in reporting to clients (standard reports plus additional as required)
- Ensure accurate reconciliation of client reports (i.e. VAT, client statement etc)
- Site Income Reconciliations
- Prepare Instructions for Treasury department (following the relevant approvals) of the following:
- Demand recharges of costs incurred from Tenants
- Transfer of Rent monies to client
- Amendments to Client Accounts
- Payment of client property related transactions
- General maintenance of client funds i.e. tenant refunds etc
- Maintain professional working relationships with internal and external clients and ensure that good client service is delivered
- Other miscellaneous administration tasks as required
- Ad-hoc tasks instructed by Client Accounts Team Leader and Head of Property Finance UK.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Good organisational skills
- Word and Excel capabilities
- Good written, presentation and numerical skills are essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Diligent and detail driven
- Able to work individually and as part of a team
- Punctual, reliable, keen and enthusiastic
- Thirst for knowledge and self-motivated
- Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our graduate intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you're really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.
Other Information
You must be eligible to live, work and remain in the UK, within 1 hour’s commute of the office you are applying to.