Apprentice Finance Assistant

Warwickshire County Council • Warwick, Warwickshire, GB • 4d ago

About the Team

We are looking to appoint an Apprentice Finance Assistant to join our successful and innovative Operational Finance team where you will play a key role in providing high quality financial advice and support to budget holders in relation to their financial responsibilities. The role also supports the County Council's financial framework processes by providing service financial information to enable the preparation of medium-term financial plans, annual budgets, monthly budget monitoring and year end closedown, adding value to service decision making and business planning processes

About the Role

As our apprentice you can expect a varied and challenging role that enables you to gain new professional skills and qualifications. This role has been designed to give progression from Finance Assistant to Finance Officer upon successful completion of the AAT Level 3 apprenticeship training. Further opportunity will be given to apply for AAT Level 4.

We also have a Finance Department Training Board where applications are invited periodically for the opportunity to study Level 7 qualifications.

Key tasks of this post include:

Arranging and attending regular meetings with budget holders in line with the annual forecasting timetable
Processing of journals and budget virements
Writing financial reports to detail variances against budgets to support decision making
Performing detailed reconciliation of transactions
Record keeping and data input
Review, analysis and reconciliation of system information
Perform regular accurate calculations to support for varying service requirements
Check, review and challenge forecasts submitted by budget holders

You’ll be supported from day one to learn and practice these duties, by a skilled and experienced team.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to the provision of high-quality financial advice and support across the Council. You will be supporting services within the Communities Directorate, which includes a range of front-line services including Waste Management; Highways; Planning; Public and School Transport; Road Safety; Parking; Country Parks; Infrastructure and Regeneration; Fleet Management; Engineering Design Services; Forestry; Trading Standards & Community Safety, and Economic Development.

The role will be office/home working based. You will be expected to liaise with colleagues daily and work at Shire Hall on a regular basis. After enough training and building of experience you will be expected to work independently so will need to be confident in lone working, paying particular attention to health & safety practices.

Level 3 Assistant Accountant - First Intuition Apprenticeships

Key Requirements

We’re seeking somebody who is motivated, creative, organised, and willing to take responsibility for the success of their activities. You will need to gain a good working knowledge of Excel and become familiar with our financial systems. As you will be working with and alongside a wide range of colleagues, you will need to have good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. A positive attitude and a common sense approach are essential.

A minimum of five GCSE passes at grade 9 – 4 or A* - C including English and Maths

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels?valued, included, safe, supported,?and?welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!?

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application

To discuss the role please contact Melissa Gadsby, melissagadsby@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing date: Monday 11^th August 2025

Proposed Interview dates – Thursday 21^st August & Tuesday 26^th August

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more

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