At a Glance
- Tasks: Support finance operations with data entry, transaction processing, and financial reporting.
- Company: Join Citizen Housing Group, a leading social housing provider in the West Midlands.
- Benefits: Earn £15,392 a year while gaining valuable experience and a recognised qualification.
- Other info: Great career prospects with opportunities for further study and growth.
- Why this job: Kick-start your accountancy career with hands-on training and real-world experience.
- Qualifications: GCSEs in Maths and English (grades 9-5) required; no prior experience needed.
Looking to build a long-term career in Accountancy? Kick-start your career today with a Level 2 AAT Apprenticeship with Citizen Housing Group Ltd in partnership with Kaplan. Gain valuable hands‑on workplace experience while working towards a recognised qualification.
Wage: £15,392 a year
Training course: Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, 37 hours a week
Start date: Monday 21 September 2026
Duration: 1 year 3 months
Positions available: 1
What you'll do at work:
- Provide clerical support to the finance function in areas such as data entry, processing transactions, analysis of income and expenditure, nominal ledger journals and creation/production of financial reports.
- Interrogate and analyse information from the finance database (Open Accounts).
- Assist the Assistant Accountant with the reconciliation of control accounts on a regular basis.
- Ensure good communication both verbally and in writing with internal and external customers.
- Be alert to opportunities to improve effectiveness of procedures to simplify/streamline existing procedures using IT and discuss with the Assistant Accountant.
- Support the Assistant Accountant at budgetary control meetings.
- Promote the good name of Citizen and its interests both within and outside the company.
- All work to be undertaken in line with the organisations policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Customer Involvement, Equality and Diversity and Safeguarding.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with this post as reasonably requested by the Assistant Accountant and/or Accountant.
Where you'll work: 4040 Lakeside, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham, B37 7YN
Training: Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider: KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Course contents:
- 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.
- Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data.
- Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements.
Requirements:
- Essential qualifications: GCSE in Maths (grade 9 - 5) and English (grade 9 - 5).
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience.
Skills:
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Patience
- Initiative
About this employer: Citizen Housing is a major social housing provider that builds, owns, and manages affordable homes across the West Midlands. They provide general rental properties, supported housing, and retirement living schemes.
Disability Confident: A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition.
After this apprenticeship: Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Prospects to study towards a level 4, and opportunities to apply for junior finance vacancies within the finance department.
Contact: The contact for this apprenticeship is KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED, email: kaplan.recruitment@kaplan.co.uk, phone: 0161 259 7400.
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