Finance Apprentice

Rooted in the North, our support hub at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle serves as a central space where all our departments come together to collaborate and innovate. Located in a thriving business community, it reflects our strong connection to the region while providing a modern, dynamic environment to drive our collective success.

What makes the perfect pub? It’s great ales, delicious food, a welcoming atmosphere, and the warm welcome from a team that’s at the heart of everything we do.

The Inn Collection Group is a multi-award-winning pubs with rooms company, proudly located in some of the most outstanding destinations across the North of England and Wales. At ICG, we deliver exceptional hospitality by living and breathing our core values of respect, customer focused, warmth, , and honesty, all with the goal of Making People Happy.

How we say thank you!

• Celebrate your birthday with an extra paid holiday.
• Build your future with support from our Lead-Inn development program.
• Take the time you need to rest and recharge; Paid Breaks are on us.
• Enjoy 50% off food at any of our Inns
• Relax with a stay at any of our Inns during January, February, and March for just £1.
• Take advantage of the chance to explore our beautiful locations, with 1/3 off room bookings all year round.
• Experience a spontaneous trip away with £50 on same day bookings
• It’s not just for you—your loved ones can enjoy 15% off bed and breakfast too!
• 24/7 confidential support is always there when you need it with our Employee Assistance Programme
• Tronc (…that’s tips to me and you)
• Contribute to a company that gives back through our Give-inn back scheme
• Join an award-winning team recognised as the Best Pub Employer at the Publican Awards.

You'll Fit Right Inn

Our apprenticeship offers a great foundation to the world of finance, with rotations between core domains including but not limited to, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Basic Accounting and Treasury. Successful candidates will join us for a 3 year apprenticeship in which they will complete AAT level 3 and 4 while working in parallel at our Head Office across 2 specific roles; both for a period of 18 months to ensure variety and rounded experience.

Over three years of AAT studies that run parallel to the apprenticeship you can expect to take on dedicated roles in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Treasury as well as taking on deliverables contributing towards the accounting month end close and the balance sheet reconciliation processes. You will also support with master data and EPOS system management.

Responsibilities

Key Duties include but are not limited to

Daily Reconciliations of cash balances including card payments
Supplier Statement reconciliations
Customer Ledger reconciliations and follow up
Invoice Triage and approval follow ups
Weekly payment runs
Purchase order matching
Expense management including VAT Compliance
Balance Sheet Reconciliations
Month end Accruals and prepayments
Master data management
EPOS updates
Data analysis and reporting
Any other task deemed reasonable to support the wider finance team

This a fixed term role for the duration of the apprenticeship. If there is an available role that is suitable for the candidate at the end of their apprenticeship, they would be able to apply for a permanent role in the company however, this is subject to what is available at the time.

Duration:
3 Years

Skills Required:

Communication - able to confidently liaise with senior personnel and external customers/suppliers
Basic understanding of reconciliation processes
Excel and other office programmes such as Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

Personal Qualities

Organised
Sense of Ownership
Prioritisation
Questioning mind
Team player

Qualifications Required
Relevant A levels with predicted grades BBB above
Maths and English GCSE 4 & above