Finance Assistant - Apprentice (Accountancy)
About Us:
The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity and is dedicated to creating a world where trees and woods thrive for both people and nature. Our mission involves engaging and inspiring individuals to contribute toward tackling the nature and climate crisis through the protection, restoration, and creation of essential woodland habitats.
The Role – What You’ll Do
The Finance Assistant is a key role within our Finance Department. This is an exciting opportunity to learn skills that will be valuable for life and, what’s more, you will learn all of this in a charity environment that is helping to shape the future of conservation.
- Preparing budgets to ensure the Trust is working on track
- Maintaining reports to ensure all data is kept up to date and correct
- Completing basic bookkeeping and accounting duties to support the wider team
- Accurately maintain financial records
- Learning how to investigate and resolve queries from suppliers and customers to maintain strong relationships
- Processing expenses in line with organisational policies
- Executing bank transfers, foreign and expense payments as per policy guidelines
- Processing and review daily purchase invoices
- Helping with the monthly payroll process
- Handling helpdesk tickets related to financial queries
- Providing clerical and accounting support to the wider team
- Learning about and work to our organisational policies and procedures, including GDPR compliance
You will:
- Be able to build relationships with customers and colleagues
- Enjoy solving problems
- Want to learn how to analyse data
- Meet deadlines and actively control your case load
- Have experience with Microsoft 365, including Excel
- Enjoy using logical thinking to complete tasks
- Be interested in data
- Be a good communicator
What You’ll Learn:
- You will undertake the Assistant Accountant (Level 3) apprenticeship.
Requirements:
Our main requirement is that you to have a passion for the role you’re applying for! Aside from this, we have a few formal requirements:
Education: GCSE English and maths at grades 4–9 or equivalent
\rLocation: Grantham
\r- You’ll be aged at least 16 years old when the apprenticeship starts
- Whilst we welcome candidates who have a degree or previous qualifications, these cannot be in a field related to the apprenticeship due to a crossover in learning; we’ll request a copy of your qualifications to review your prior learning to see if it contains previous relevant studies
Joining our team means you'll be a big part of tackling environmental and climate issues. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:
- Good holiday allowance (25 days, increasing to 28 after two years’ service) plus eight bank holidays
- Enhanced employer pension
- Life assurance
- Flexible & hybrid working options
- Full support, training, and opportunities for professional development
- Enhanced parental pay
- Employee assistance programme
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: The Woodland Trust embraces diversity and inclusion. We want our team to reflect the UK's diverse community. We support people from all backgrounds to apply, especially those who are under-represented.
\rApplication Advice: Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we would encourage you to apply. Your enthusiasm for the environment and our core values—Grow Together, Explore, Focus, and Make it Count—are what matter most. We also keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, so they do not see your CV until shortlisting is completed. Make sure that your personal statement clearly shows your experience and passion for the role.
\rApply Now: If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, send in your application today. We might close the job opening early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make a positive impact on our planet.