Finance Apprentice
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Finance Team as a Finance Apprentice and begin a career in finance. You will support the effective running of the department across key areas including sales and purchase ledger, financial control, administration and financial management.
We offer a competitive salary, a range of employment benefits, and paid weekly study time during term time to support your Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.
The successful candidate will have at least 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above (or equivalent), including Maths and English, along with strong organisational, time management and communication skills, and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
This role will cover 37.5 hours per week (including 20% off-job learning). As part of this apprenticeship we can offer you a permanent role with Cumbria Health, whilst also being supported to complete the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.
Closing Date: 22 June 2026
In person interviews will take place on 06 July 2026 at Cumbria Health, Wavell Drive, CA1 2SE
Please include your mobile number on your application so we can contact you if needed, and check your spam or junk folder regularly for our emails.
We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.
Please note that we are unable to offer an Employer Sponsored Visa for this role.
Main duties of the job
As knowledge and confidence develop, you will act as a key and proactive member of the Finance Team to enable capacity to be flexed to meet the peaks in workload across the department.
You will hold 5 GCSEs with a minimum grade 4 (or equivalent) including Maths and English. You will possess good organisational, time management and communication skills, as well as being proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel.
The Finance Apprentice will be given the opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge whilst working with an established team and will be supported to complete the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.
You will actively engage with all aspects of the study programme, submit assignments and complete exams, to the required standard within the agreed deadlines.
At all times, Cumbria Health will deliver a service that is in line with our values:
Clinically Focussed: Everything every one of us does is for the patient
Responsive: We listen and we respond quickly in a patient focussed way
One Team: We work together to provide a high quality service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the local Acute and Community Trusts
High Standards: We provide skilled professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care
Growth & Sustainability: With our strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow
Communities: Connecting and engaging to meet local needs
About us
Cumbria Health places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.
Working for CH can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.
Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.
Job responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad range of tasks, which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties, which are not listed here.
The types of finance activities you will be supported to learn and get involved in:-
- Assisting the Finance Officer with purchase ledger entries, including day to day completion of purchase ledger tasks, including the coding and processing of supplier invoices
- Reviewing the purchase ledger for accurate payment allocations to ensure all supplier accounts are correct and up to date.
- Assisting the Finance Officer with the raising of sales invoices
- Reviewing the sales ledger for accurate receipt allocations to ensure the customer accounts and correct and up to date
- Assist with the completion of account reconciliations and maintenance of the nominal ledger to assist with accurate reporting
- Assisting the Management Accountant and Head of Finance by posting journals and learning how to produce monthly management accounts.
- Analysing monthly figures to provide information to budget holders
- Assisting with the bank reconciliations and petty cash transactions
- General support to the Finance team as required with day to day tasks
You will be supported to plan, organise and manage your time effectively, on a day-to-day basis, whilst working as part of a team.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Desire/interest to work in the accounting and finance field
- Numerate
- A Commitment to self-development and seek opportunities for further development and enhancement of skillset.
- Time Management be able to plan and manage own day-to-day / straightforward tasks and adhere to deadlines.
- Customer Focused builds and manages relationships and exceeds patient and stakeholder expectations.
- Team worker recognises the value of other team members in enhancing overall performance of the finance function.
- Good communicator communicates in a clear and concise manner and checks that communicated messages have been received and understood.
- Attention to detail maintains a high level of quality and timely completion of tasks with excellent attention to detail.
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Positive
- Confident
- Highly organised and efficient
- Good team player
- Flexible and adaptable
- To work effectively within a challenging environment
- To adapt to a changing environment
- Demonstrate initiative
- Ability to maintain workload in a demanding environment
Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSEs with a minimum grade 4 (or equivalent) including Maths and English.
Desirable
- Previous finance experience.
Other requirements
Essential
- Willingness to occasionally visit GP sites.
Desirable
- Full driving licence
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Cumbria Health
Address
Cumbria Health
4 Wavell Drive, Rosehill Industrial Estate
Carlisle
CA1 2SE
United Kingdom
