Accounts Apprentice (Pensions UK)
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2026 |
| Location: | EC3R 8AD |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | BPP |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
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Summary
Short Description:
A key member of a small finance team, the role will be working closely with the Management Accountant & Accounts Assistant. This role will allow access to all areas of the accounts function, enabling the candidate to gain valuable experience, on their journey to becoming a well rounded qualified accountant, in the future. The opportunity on offer, is with an established Organisation, with a history spanning over 100 years.
Full Description:
ACCOUNTABILITY
The post reports to the Management Accountant.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales ledger:
· Working with the business development team ensuring invoices are correctly recorded within the customer relationship management system
· Raising customer credits & refunds
· Allocating payments
· Answering member invoice queries & providing copy invoices
· Monthly reconciliation of the customer relationship management system to the finance system
Purchase Ledger:
· Purchase invoice checking and liaising with supplier if there are issues
· Distribute invoices received for authorisation by budget holders
· Entering invoices onto the finance system and making sure they are paid on time.
Other
· Weekly bank reconciliations
· Working with the events team to ensure that the cost tracker is maintained and updated
· Assist in month end processes including preparing journals
· Other admin/ad hoc tasks to assist the finance team as and when required
· Scope to learn and develop within finance function
Future Prospects:
Potential for the right candidate for a permanent role.
Employer Description:
For more than 100 years we’ve delivered influential thought leadership, practical guidance and research for our members; pro-actively solving the sector’s biggest issues and setting the future direction. As a not-for-profit organisation, we exist for the benefit of our members, and to deliver the best possible outcome for savers in the UK, so they can retire in confidence and with dignity. Pensions UK is the voice of pensions in the UK, trusted and heard by the government and the pensions industry.
Training Provided:
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Duration: 18 Months
Skills Required:
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE
· Knowledge of basic accounting procedures and an interest in gaining an accounting qualification.
· Knowledge of Excel
· Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE
· Willing to learn finance and CRM systems.
Personal Qualities: KEY SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
· Strong work ethic and be a genuine team player
· Flexible, “can do” attitude
· Be self-motivated and have a willingness to learn
· Highly organised and a self-starter
· Have an analytical, problem-solving mindset with a strong attention to detail
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Able to get things done on time and to a high quality Process driven
Qualifications Required: GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)
A key member of a small finance team, the role will be working closely with the Management Accountant & Accounts Assistant. This role will allow access to all areas of the accounts function, enabling the candidate to gain valuable experience, on their journey to becoming a well rounded qualified accountant, in the future. The opportunity on offer, is with an established Organisation, with a history spanning over 100 years.
Full Description:
ACCOUNTABILITY
The post reports to the Management Accountant.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Sales ledger:
· Working with the business development team ensuring invoices are correctly recorded within the customer relationship management system
· Raising customer credits & refunds
· Allocating payments
· Answering member invoice queries & providing copy invoices
· Monthly reconciliation of the customer relationship management system to the finance system
Purchase Ledger:
· Purchase invoice checking and liaising with supplier if there are issues
· Distribute invoices received for authorisation by budget holders
· Entering invoices onto the finance system and making sure they are paid on time.
Other
· Weekly bank reconciliations
· Working with the events team to ensure that the cost tracker is maintained and updated
· Assist in month end processes including preparing journals
· Other admin/ad hoc tasks to assist the finance team as and when required
· Scope to learn and develop within finance function
Future Prospects:
Potential for the right candidate for a permanent role.
Employer Description:
For more than 100 years we’ve delivered influential thought leadership, practical guidance and research for our members; pro-actively solving the sector’s biggest issues and setting the future direction. As a not-for-profit organisation, we exist for the benefit of our members, and to deliver the best possible outcome for savers in the UK, so they can retire in confidence and with dignity. Pensions UK is the voice of pensions in the UK, trusted and heard by the government and the pensions industry.
Training Provided:
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Duration: 18 Months
Skills Required:
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE
· Knowledge of basic accounting procedures and an interest in gaining an accounting qualification.
· Knowledge of Excel
· Knowledge of Microsoft Office 365
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE
· Willing to learn finance and CRM systems.
Personal Qualities: KEY SKILLS AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
· Strong work ethic and be a genuine team player
· Flexible, “can do” attitude
· Be self-motivated and have a willingness to learn
· Highly organised and a self-starter
· Have an analytical, problem-solving mindset with a strong attention to detail
· Strong verbal and written communication skills
· Able to get things done on time and to a high quality Process driven
Qualifications Required: GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths)