At a Glance
- Tasks: Handle accounts duties, including invoicing, reconciliations, and producing reports.
- Company: Join Cohens Chemist, a leading community pharmacy with a strong online presence.
- Benefits: Earn £15,600 in your first year, plus paid holidays and pension contributions.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and potential full-time employment after the apprenticeship.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience while studying for a Level 2 qualification in finance.
- Qualifications: 5 GCSEs including maths; Microsoft Excel skills are a plus.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
- Closes in 17 days (Friday 28 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
- Wage £15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
- 4 week’s paid holiday, plus bank holidays
- Employer pension contributions should you wish to join the scheme
- Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
- 37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
- 1 year
- Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.
What you’ll do at work
In this position you will be responsible for undertaking a variety of accounts duties.
Key tasks
- Posting of invoices/cash
- Bank reconciliations
- Production of journals to post
- To support the management accounts department on the tasks involved in the production of monthly management accounts/annual audit files
- Liaising with our pharmacies via phone & email to chase outstanding claims
- Producing monthly reports
- Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
- Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues, such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
- Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
- Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
- Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience, and different media methods, with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
- Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Record transactional data.
- Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues, such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
- Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
- Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
- Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience, and different media methods, with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
- Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2.
You will primarily work 4-days per week at the head office in Bolton (BL6 4SA ), and attend Bolton College (BL3 5BG) 1-day per week.
Requirements
GCSE in
- maths (grade 9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Customer care skills
- Analytical skills
- Non judgemental
- Ability to work under pressure
- Microsoft Excel Skills
- Strong interest in AAT
- Other requirements
- A minimum of 5 GCSE’s including maths
- Great interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to multitask and be comfortable with needing to handle several tasks at the same time
- Must have some Microsoft Excel skills
- Open minded to any tasks as responsibly asked of you
- About this employer
Cohens Chemist is one of the UK’s leading community and online pharmacies.
The Company has been established since 1980 with over 200 branches in the UK providing expert care to over 450,000 patients and processing over 1 million prescriptions.
With a strong community presence and an online healthcare platform our patients can take control of their healthcare whenever they want from wherever they live.
- Onsite parking facilities (on a first come first serve basis)
The successful candidate may have the opportunity to progress to a higher-level apprenticeship and to full-time paid employment within the company.
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