Finance Assistant (Apprentice)

Imperial Health Charity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary progression

Pension 10%

25 days holiday

Birthday day off

Sick pay

Healthcare support

Gym discounts

Season ticket loan

Death in service

Staff arts club

Discounts

Job summary

Imperial Health Charity in London is offering a Finance Assistant (Apprentice) role within a 13-month programme that blends on-the-job training with classroom study toward an AAT Diploma. You will gain experience across a range of financial activities and build confidence in a supportive environment.

The role covers creating sales invoices, chasing overdue debt, and addressing supplier queries, with training aimed at developing practical and administrative finance skills.

Qualifications

• GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade 4 (C) or above.
• IT proficiency, including the ability to use spreadsheets.
• A high level of numeracy.
• Commitment to collaborative and inclusive working, ensuring equality and valuing diversity.

Responsibilities

• Learn to provide general financial support across our organisation while undertaking a 13-month apprenticeship.
• Create sales invoices and chase overdue debt; respond to customer and supplier queries.
• Review supplier statements to ensure invoices are entered correctly and provide financial and administrative support.

Skills

GCSE Maths & English

IT proficiency & spreadsheets

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Deadline management

Proactive approach

Collaborative & inclusive

Feedback skills

Education

GCSEs Maths & English

Job description

Finance Assistant (Apprentice)

London, W2 (with hybrid working)

About Us

We’re Imperial Health Charity, an organisation that helps our hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering and fundraising. We support the five hospitals of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s and the Western Eye.

The Benefits

• Starting salary of £26,936, with the potential to progress to £28,301 based on annually reviewed performance
• 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays, increasing by one day per year up to 29 days and, after five years’ service, to 33 days
• An extra day’s holiday to be taken one week either side of your birthday
• Pension with employer contributions of 10%
• Sick pay
• Support towards healthcare costs, including eye tests and dental, and access to mental health support through counselling
• Access to gym discounts
• Interest‑free season ticket loan
• Death-in-service benefitStaff arts club, including free entry to London galleries
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts

This is an excellent opportunity for a school-leaver or someone looking to switch careers to earn and learn everything they need to join our supportive organisation in a rewarding finance role.

You’ll have the chance to gain valuable experience across a range of financial activities while building your knowledge and confidence in a professional environment and gaining a vital qualification.

Working towards an AAT Diploma in Accounting at Level 2 or Level 3, depending on your existing qualifications and experience, you’ll be undertaking a mixture of practical on-the-job training and practice, alongside classroom training that will equip you with a well‑rounded skillset.

The Role

As our Finance Assistant, you will learn everything you need to provide general financial support across our organisation while undertaking your 13 month apprenticeship.

Supporting our day‑to‑day finance activities, you will learn how to create sales invoices, techniques for chasing overdue debt and how to respond to customer and supplier queries.

You will be taught to review supplier statements to ensure invoices have been entered correctly, identify and correct transaction miscodes within reports, and provide financial and administrative support.

About You

To be considered as our Finance Assistant, you will need:

• At a minimum, GCSEs in Maths and English at Grade 4 (C) or above
• IT proficiency, including the ability to use spreadsheets
• A high level of numeracy
• Good attention to detail
• The ability to manage deadlines
• A proactive approach to work
• A commitment to collaborative and inclusive working, ensuring equality and valuing diversity
• The ability to give and receive feedback objectively and sensitively, with a willingness to challenge constructively

Any experience of working or volunteering with charities, hospitals, hospices and/or other health‑related organisations would be beneficial.

The closing date for this apprenticeship is the 27th September 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Finance Apprentice, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Apprentice, Trainee Finance Administrator, Trainee Accounts Administrator, Junior Finance Assistant, Trainee Finance Assistant, or Apprentice Accounts Assistant.

Webrecruit and Imperial Health Charity are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.