Apprentice Accounts Assistant

Summary

Kick start your finance career in Cambridge as an Apprentice Accounts Assistant. You'll rotate across various finance teams, including credit control, while gaining hands on training.

£23,500 a year
£23,500 - £24,000 DOE + £1,000 Sign on Bonus

Assistant accountant (level
3)

Five full days in the office, working hours 9:00am to 5:30pm. One of these days each week will be dedicated to apprenticeship studies whilst in the office.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Monday 7 September 2026

1 year 3 months

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You'll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

About the Team:
Based in Cambridge, the UK Finance Shared Service Centre is a team of 56 people across 2 sites. It acts as the central service centre for the Savills UK business, providing services including Accounts Payable, Credit Control, Sales Ledger & Billing, General Ledger and Management Accounts, Tax & VAT, Group Reporting, and Compliance, reporting into Savills PLC.

Day to day duties :
The role offers hands‑on experience through structured rotations across each team within the department. You will spend dedicated time working as part of each team, gaining exposure to transactional processing, credit control, financial data review and reporting, query resolution, and interaction with the wider Savills business.
By building a solid grounding across all areas of the Finance department, you will play an important role in supporting the team during busy periods, helping to keep processes running smoothly, and contributing ideas to improve the way we work. Your involvement will directly support the efficiency and quality of our financial operations across the wider Savills business.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Good organisational skills
• Word and Excel capabilities
• Good written, presentation and numerical skills are essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Diligent and detail driven
• Able to work individually and as part of a team
• Punctual, reliable, keen and enthusiastic
• Thirst for knowledge and self‑motivated

Ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our apprentice intake - so it's very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you’re really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.

132-134 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 8PA

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

FIRST INTUITION CAMBRIDGE LIMITED

• Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
• Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
• Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
• Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
• Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
• Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Communicate financial information in a way that non‑finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
• Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
• Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

Training schedule
Level 3 AAT Apprenticeship.

On the job training is provided to ensure all the required knowledge and experience is obtained throughout the apprenticeship to qualify successfully.

We will provide the full suite of Savills training programme including mandatory health and safety and office training, as…