Places for People Hiring for Apprentice Finance Assistant (Treasury) Job at Preston, North West England, England Full Time

We are the Places for People Group; we are placemakers; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. – providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active, supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation. Our places work when they work for everyone.

How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with talented people, enthusiastic people and get stuck in people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places, maintain 195,000 homes, manage £4 billion of assets and teach 75,000 children to swim each week.

More about your role

As our Apprentice Finance Assistant, you’ll develop the skills knowledge and behaviours to start your career in Finance with opportunities to see career progression into a Finance Assistant upon completion of the programme. You’ll study a Level 3 or 4 Accounting AAT qualification and access a bespoke learning and development programme.

Day to day you will complete tasks to support the Treasury team. This will include authorising payments, updating cashflow forecasts, end of month processes including journal entry and daily ban reconciliations. You can find out more on the attached job description,

As you develop in experience your role will become more challenging and varied. With more autonomy to take on tasks.

You’ll benefit from support from the wider Treasury team, who have a proven record of developing graduates and apprenticeships with the chance to shadow qualified members of staff.

This role is hybrid, which means you will spend some time working from home and some tue based at our Preston office.

More about you

This is the ideal role for someone wanting to their first step into a career in finance. You’ll benefit from support from across Places for People including your team and the Early Careers People Team.

No previous experience is required, as you’ll receive the qualifications and training you need to succeed. You’ll have an interest in numbers, an eye for detail and ideally will have had some exposure to Microsoft excel, this could be within a school or college environment.

You’ll be able to motivate yourself and take constructive feedback well. A clear commitment to learning and self improvement is essential to success in this role.

The benefits

You’ll join The Places for People Skills Academy, our apprenticeship development programme. Learning whilst earning, the programme is designed to enhance your skills knowledge and behaviours over the two years.

You’ll complete an apprenticeship qualification and access skills based training with our skills builder partnership.You’ll learn a lot and quickly, you’ll get exposure to our leaders and industry experts as well being connected to our early careers to support you throughout.

You’ll be encouraged and empowered to flourish and thrive within a nurturing environment. Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that’s why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business.

What’s next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please call the recruitment team on 01772 666555.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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