2025 Finance (Cashier) Apprentice – Level 2 Accountant Assistant
Start Date: 01 September 2025
Salary: £16,000 (age 16-18), £21,000 (age 19+) per annum
Employee type: Permanent
Location: Crawley
Working Schedule: Monday – Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday – Thursday, 5 hours Friday)
If you are looking to start a career in finance, then this could be the apprenticeship for you! Our Level 2 Apprenticeship is a great first step into the industry, with progression routes available and full support to achieve your professional accountancy qualifications (AAT).
What the role has to offer:
Earn while you learn
Job specific training experience
Recognised qualifications
Permanent role from day one
We have an exciting opportunity to join a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship within our Finance function in Crawley. This is a broad role, which will provide a great introduction to the industry, with continued progression routes available for an exciting and diverse career within finance.
Key responsibilities will include:
Responding to Thales Business Support Services (TBSS) requests for cheque payments
Writing and sending cheques
Acquiring UK Bank signatures
Banking any cheques & payments
Sorting and distributing the post, and scanning any items to TBSS Portugal
Printing customer invoices, dunning letters and sending via UK post
Daily Administration Tasks
Running and saving the bank statements as required
Working with the UK Treasury department to input daily payments and answer any queries
Travel & Expenses Applications Administration and Management of the Mailbox
Monitor, assign and respond to the Cashiers Mail boxes
Apprentice Programme
You will be enrolling onto a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship with our award winning training partner. Delivered via a virtual model over 16 months, the apprenticeship will introduce you to day-to-day accounting activities and will help you to build the competence to deliver these successfully. On completion of the programme, you will achieve an AAT Level 2 Diploma in Accounting and will move into a Cashier role within our Crawley Finance function.
Those who demonstrate the required aptitude and commitment will be supported to progress onto the Level 3 Assistant Account Apprenticeship over a further 18 months.
Requirements:
5 GCSEs grade 9-4 (A-C), including English and Maths.
Right to Work in the UK for the duration of the programme.
Benefits
201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
Company Pension
Health Care Cash Plan
Life Insurance
Discount Portal
Performance-related pay uplifts
80 Hours Volunteering (first two years)
Please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and May 2025. Induction week for all Graduate and Apprentices will take place from Monday 01 September until Friday 05 September 2025.
Closing date: Our applications will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 16 February 2025, this is the only time we will be accepting applications this year. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of February 2025 with details of next steps.
