2025 Finance (Cashier) Apprentice – Level 2 Accountant Assistant
Start Date: 01 September 2025
Salary: £16,000 (age 16-18), £21,000 (age 19+) per annum
Employee type: Permanent
Location: Crawley
Working Schedule: Monday – Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday – Thursday, 5 hours Friday)
If you are looking to start a career in finance, then this could be the apprenticeship for you! Our Level 2 Apprenticeship is a great first step into the industry, with progression routes available and full support to achieve your professional accountancy qualifications (AAT).
What the role has to offer:
* Earn while you learn
* Job specific training experience
* Recognised qualifications
* Permanent role from day one
We have an exciting opportunity to join a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship within our Finance function in Crawley. This is a broad role, which will provide a great introduction to the industry, with continued progression routes available for an exciting and diverse career within finance.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Responding to Thales Business Support Services (TBSS) requests for cheque payments
* Writing and sending cheques
* Acquiring UK Bank signatures
* Banking any cheques & payments
* Sorting and distributing the post, and scanning any items to TBSS Portugal
* Printing customer invoices, dunning letters and sending via UK post
* Daily Administration Tasks
* Running and saving the bank statements as required
* Working with the UK Treasury department to input daily payments and answer any queries
* Travel & Expenses Applications Administration and Management of the Mailbox
* Monitor, assign and respond to the Cashiers Mail boxes
Apprentice Programme
You will be enrolling onto a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship with our award winning training partner. Delivered via a virtual model over 16 months, the apprenticeship will introduce you to day-to-day accounting activities and will help you to build the competence to deliver these successfully. On completion of the programme, you will achieve an AAT Level 2 Diploma in Accounting and will move into a Cashier role within our Crawley Finance function.
Those who demonstrate the required aptitude and commitment will be supported to progress onto the Level 3 Assistant Account Apprenticeship over a further 18 months.
Requirements:
* 5 GCSEs grade 9-4 (A-C), including English and Maths.
Right to Work in the UK for the duration of the programme.
Benefits
* 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
* Company Pension
* Health Care Cash Plan
* Life Insurance
* Discount Portal
* Performance-related pay uplifts
* 80 Hours Volunteering (first two years)
Please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and May 2025. Induction week for all Graduate and Apprentices will take place from Monday 01 September until Friday 05 September 2025.
Closing date: Our applications will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 16 February 2025, this is the only time we will be accepting applications this year. Please note, we will be in contact by the end of February 2025 with details of next steps.
Recruitment Process:
For further information on our Early Careers recruitment process or to speak to a member of the Early Careers Team or a Graduate or Apprentice, please visit Thales Future Talent - Connectr.
Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
Great journeys start here, apply now!
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