Finance Apprentice
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Company: EASTBOURNE COLLEGE (INCORPORATED)
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Location: EASTBOURNE, BN21 4JY
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £19,500.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000031012
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Application Deadline Date: 25/05/2026
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Start Date: 01/07/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm, including a one-hour unpaid lunch break, all year round.
Brief Description
Supporting the finance department with essential tasks, e.g. ordering supplies, coding invoices, processing purchase ledger transactions, coding/processing receipts & assisting with bank reconciliations. A basic understanding of double-entry book-keeping would be advantageous along with any experience of working with accounting software
Training to be Provided
- East Sussex College will provide the apprenticeship framework which will include Knowledge, Skills, Behaviour, Diploma (if included), Functional Skills
- Weekly/block college attendance for Trade, Engineering and Hairdressing apprenticeships
- East Sussex College will ensure Health & Safety, and Equality & Diversity
Future Prospects
- Potential permanent full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship
Vacancy Detail
Studying for the AAT qualification, level 3, the charity will support with relevant training costs and one day per week study release.
They will support the finance department with essential tasks, such as ordering supplies, coding invoices, processing purchase ledger transactions, coding and processing receipts, assisting with bank reconciliations and the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ordering supplies from the Charity’s preferred suppliers and organising delivery
- Coding invoices for processing on the accounts system
- Processing the purchase ledger for the trading company
- Coding and processing receipts from Stripe
- Assisting with bank reconciliations
- Assisting with the reconciliation of balance sheet accounts
- Issuing rail warrants and creating charge sheets each term
- Perform other such duties within the scope of this position, as may be determined by the line manager from time to time