Assistant Financial Accountant Apprentice

Summary

The Assistant Financial Accountant role supports Regent’s Park Healthcare’s Finance team, delivering financial accounting and reporting efficiently, accurately, and to the highest standard. It is ideal for a candidate beginning an accounting career.

£15,600 for the first year, with potential increases based on age.

Apprentice rates apply.

Professional accounting technician (level 4).

Monday to Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. 30‑minute unpaid lunch break. Total 37 hours 30 minutes per week.

Monday 3 August 2026.

1 year 3 months.

• Prepare monthly accrual, prepayment and P&L related schedules
• Prepare analyses of ledger accounts
• Review and respond to accounts payable and accounts receivable queries as required
• Process invoices and ledger entries into accounts as required
• Prepare and support the annual audit for group and corporate entities, liaising with auditors and resolving audit queries
• Assist with budget and forecasting processes
• Handle daily banking, payment allocation and cash receipts updating
• Manage debtors, chasing arrears via email, telephone and the Money Claims system
• Coordinate with Private Medical Insurers and respond to billing queries
• Drive process and control improvements, implementing them with guidance from the Head of Finance
• Issue weekly dashboard data with commentary to managers, assist business development, including project appraisal and business case development
• Act as a business partner in our clinics to ensure finance functions are maintained and data recorded accurately
• Reconcile allocated balance sheet accounts monthly, flagging any issues
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, external stakeholders and patients
• Respond to finance queries and provide high‑quality customer service across the company

Close Gate House, 47 High Street, Salisbury, SP1 2PB.

Wiltshire College and University Centre.

• Collate and analyse financial information to support value creation
• Apply accounting principles and uphold legislation for accurate, compliant records
• Use professional scepticism, identify potential misstatement due to error or fraud, and manage bias
• Interpret financial information and apply judgment to reporting or transaction accounting
• Participate in quality‑improvement activities and support others in improving working practices
• Use software packages for accounting tasks, ensuring cyber‑security and data safety compliance
• Deliver accounting tasks with a ‘right‑first‑time’ approach
• Plan, organise and prioritise workloads effectively
• Use data visualisations and analysis to add value to the organisation
• Communicate accounting information across media to enable stakeholder understanding while mitigating risks
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, recognising equality, diversity and inclusion

Apprenticeship combines on‑job training with classroom attendance at Wiltshire College (Salisbury). The goal is to achieve the AAT Technician qualification.

GCSE English (grade 4‑9) and GCSE Maths (grade 4‑9). Other relevant qualifications may be considered.

• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Customer care skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical thinking
• Team working
• Patience
• Good keyboard skills

Must be able to travel to and from the workplace safely and timely. There are frequent bus services from Salisbury, Ringwood and Bournemouth; the office is in a city centre with free on‑site parking and convenient road and rail links.

Regent’s Park Healthcare delivers high‑quality, cost‑effective cardiac care through excellent service, efficient operations, well‑trained staff and uncompromising professionalism across 42 NHS hospitals and three Regent’s Park Heart Clinics.

After completing the apprenticeship, you can progress to more senior accounting roles within the organisation.

The company is an equal opportunities employer and commits to a diverse and inclusive hiring process.