Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship – Abbey Multi Academy Trust

Wage: £15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8AM - 4PM & Friday 8am - 3:30PM
Start date: Friday 24 April 2026
Duration: 1 year 5 months
Positions available: 1

Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join our team for Abbey Multi Academy Trust. As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice, we are looking for someone to study AAT level 2. The purpose of the role is to support day to day financial administration to the hub academies.

Wage £15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices Check minimum wage rates (opens in new tab) £8 per hour increasing to NMW after 12 months Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2) Hours Monday - Thursday 8AM - 4PM & Friday 8am - 3:30PM 37 hours a week Start date Friday 24 April 2026 Duration 1 year 5 months Positions available 1

What you'll do at work

To provide day to day financial administration to hub academies, ensuring that the Trust’s financial regulations are being always complied with. Your day-to-day duties include:

To maintain customer services levels as set out in the Trust Finance service level agreement To keep accurate data and financial records for all income and expenditure To raise sales invoices and process receipts as requested To process purchase orders and purchase invoices daily To complete supplier statement reconciliations To assist in the preparation of payment runs To assist with administration duties including supporting the admin of the payment platform and cashless catering system To produce monthly debtor reports and chase outstanding balances when required To deal with queries from suppliers, debtors, budget holders and other staff To assist with month-end procedures To assist in finance year-end procedures To assist the Director of Finance to evaluate internal controls, identify solutions and revised controls To support audit work upon request To work as part of the centralised finance team and to provide support at other academies as required

Where you'll work

Bishops WayLeedsLS14 6NU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

What you'll learn

Course contents Record transactional data.Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.Record transactional data.Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Training schedule

Apprenticeship Details - 17 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 2 Accounts Assistant Qualification (All learning is delivered online/remote).

Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider).

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skillsIT skillsAttention to detailOrganisation skillsProblem solving skillsNumber skillsAnalytical skillsLogicalTeam workingInitiative

About this employer

Our academies will provide an environment which is welcoming, caring, calm, disciplined and purposeful and which will stretch our young people academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually. Abbey MAT is committed to providing high quality education for all within an ethos which seeks to work in partnership to educate, nurture and empower through academic, vocational, mental, physical, cultural and spiritual opportunities so that each individual in our academies is able to achieve their full potential. Our vision and values underpin all the work of the Trust. Everyone is encouraged to explore their own spirituality and to recognise and understand that of others.

After this apprenticeship

Possible full-time employment upon completion of the apprenticeship.