School Bacs Finance Apprentice

A fantastic Apprenticeship opportunity has arisen in Entrust Education Finance Services for a Finance & Bacs Administrator Apprentice to join their friendly and well-regarded team who provide support and advice to Schools, Academies, Local Authorities, and others in the Education Service.

**Job title**:
School Bacs Finance Apprentice

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Working with schools and academies to support them with financial transactions
- Dealing with post, expenses, phone messages and other administrative requirements for the team
- Undertaking further duties as required by senior accountant within reason and commensurate with your role
- Completing new supplier set up for academies on a manager service contract including verification checks and new user access
- Processing Bacs files on behalf of our clients
- Setting up new Bacs clients and providing support
- Providing administrative support to the Head of Service and Senior Accountant

**What we’re looking for**:

- 5 GCSE’s including English and Math’s
- Good interpersonal skills, time management, organisation, planning and written and verbal skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Experience of Finance systems would be desirable but not essential
- Willingness to learn new skills and adaptable to constant change
- Good attention to detail

**About Entrust**

Entrust is a joint venture between Capita and Staffordshire County Council. We work across the UK in partnership with schools, academies, and local authorities to provide specialist expertise around school improvement, learning technologies, and property and support services. We currently work in over 50 local authorities, with 600 schools. Join us and you'll be part of the fastest growing school-to-school support partner in England.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Hybrid Role - Based at home and at our Stafford office
- The site has an onsite parking, canteen, kitchen facilities, toilets and showers
- Full induction and training provided
- Will be studying Level 2 AAT - Level 4 AAT
- Fixed 2-year Apprentice with potential to go permanent
- You will be provided with a laptop and phone
- Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more
- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel, and technology
- Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You’ll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative, and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

**What we hope you’ll do next**:
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**Location**:
Stafford
,

United Kingdom

**Time Type**:
Full time

**Contract Type**:
Permanent