As a Finance Apprentice within Sage Homes, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of key financial processes, controls and regulations, a diversity of financial processes, and important deadlines. Whilst learning on the job you will also explore customer service, office administration and best practices for maintaining financial controls and compliance. During the 18-month program, you will be working with a range of finance transactional and financial control teams, setting you up for future specialist roles in the industry. By the end of the apprenticeship, you will have the skills to manage and contribute effectively to the sector.

You will also gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours through off the job training which will include either remote sessions each month, along with assessments and wider learning that could include workplace training, e-learning, research, and completion of assignments. You will be required to spend at least six hours a week on off-the-job training to meet the course requirements.

The role is based at our Northampton office 5 days per week.

Key Accountabilities

• Transactional Finance: Learn about the key transactional finance activities including invoice processing, AI reader technology, supplier payments, dispute resolutions, processing incoming payments for rents, and processes surrounding the reconciliation activities, including Shared Ownership completion statements.
• Office Administration & General Enquiries: Develop skills in planning and managing administrative tasks, through tasks such as team and Insurance mailboxes, organising and prioritising of workloads, GDPR compliance, scanning, providing insurance certificates to internal stakeholders, supporting the open claims process and developing your excel skills.
• Project Planning: Develop skills in planning and managing finance-related projects, including report writing and the management of spreadsheets to track and report progress, alongside associated project leads.
• Financial Control: By working across our finance team and supporting a range of tasks and activities, you will build your understanding of the importance of financial control across the business, and how our policies, procedures and controls fit together.
• Treasury: Learn about the management of sage bank accounts and treasury matters within the housing sector, along with an understanding of the bank account matrix within Sage.
• Management Accounting Learn and support balance sheet reconciliations, internal audit compliance, copy invoices and prepayments.
• Professional Development: Engage in professional development activities and participate in remote or classroom-based learning sessions.
• Work-Based Learning: Complete assignments, e-learning modules, and practical workplace training. Build a portfolio of evidence demonstrating your acquired skills and knowledge.