Trainee Finance Officer - Reporting
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 December 2025 |
| Location: | Gloucestershire, South West England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | RECR198145 |
Summary
Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week)
Looking to start or to maintain a successful career in finance, in a role that offers support towards a recognised accounting qualification. We’re proud to be a trusted local employer providing a flexible working culture alongside great benefits, and real opportunities to grow.
We are now seeking a Trainee Finance Officer to join our financial reporting team and play a key role in managing our financial operations. The role will undertake tasks across a wide range of financial accounting systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Key Responsibilities include:
Support operational budget holders with the monitoring of their budgets.
Support the preparation of the management accounts, financial reports and month end analysis.
Assist the budgeting and forecasting process.
Assist with journals, systems administration and day-to-day finance transactions.
Liaise with the Finance Admin team, processing and reconciling accruals and prepayments each month.
Liaise with external auditors and suppliers.
We’d like you to…
Be ambitious, hardworking, conscientious and prepared to go the extra mile.
Be well organised, resourceful and numerate, with good attention to detail.
Ideally have an appropriate A-levels or a degree.
Have experience of working with Microsoft packages, and AI.
Can demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
We offer a collaborative and supportive working environment, with excellent opportunities for professional development and training
Closing Date: 9th January 2026.
GCH reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.
Looking to start or to maintain a successful career in finance, in a role that offers support towards a recognised accounting qualification. We’re proud to be a trusted local employer providing a flexible working culture alongside great benefits, and real opportunities to grow.
We are now seeking a Trainee Finance Officer to join our financial reporting team and play a key role in managing our financial operations. The role will undertake tasks across a wide range of financial accounting systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Key Responsibilities include:
Support operational budget holders with the monitoring of their budgets.
Support the preparation of the management accounts, financial reports and month end analysis.
Assist the budgeting and forecasting process.
Assist with journals, systems administration and day-to-day finance transactions.
Liaise with the Finance Admin team, processing and reconciling accruals and prepayments each month.
Liaise with external auditors and suppliers.
We’d like you to…
Be ambitious, hardworking, conscientious and prepared to go the extra mile.
Be well organised, resourceful and numerate, with good attention to detail.
Ideally have an appropriate A-levels or a degree.
Have experience of working with Microsoft packages, and AI.
Can demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
We offer a collaborative and supportive working environment, with excellent opportunities for professional development and training
Closing Date: 9th January 2026.
GCH reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.