Finance Apprentice - x2

Auckland Palace, once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham, sits at the heart of our sites, reflecting faith and power in Northern England. Across the Palace, gardens, and museums, visitors explore themes of belonging, community, love, and creativity—discovering stories about the town, country, and themselves.

The Operating Finance Apprentice will be responsible for:

Purchase Ledger

Accurately create and maintain supplier accounts, check purchase orders to ensure they are coded correctly before processing, reconcile purchase invoices to purchase orders and highlight any variances, accurately record and process purchase invoices on Teams and in the Sage accounting system.  Creating the weekly payment run in line with approved invoices and issuing suppliers remittance advices in a timely manner.  Collating supplier statements and reconciling to the accounting system, chasing for invoices where necessary.

Sales Ledger

Accurately create and maintain customer accounts, raise sales invoices, apply payments, pursuing collection of unpaid income and resolving any disputes promptly to ensure a clean ledger.

Cash Handling

Counting and reconciling cash from all attractions, checking cash floats for accuracy, reconciling takings and highlighting and investigating any variances.

• Training

  Full training including day release at New College Durham.

   

  How to Apply 

  Apply for this role by downloading and completing an application form from https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/jobs/ and emailing this to recruitment@aucklandproject.org  

   

  Closing date:  Friday 29 May 2026 at midnight

   

  We are unable to accept C Vs as application. We only accept a completed application form which can be found at https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/jobs/

   

  If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the application process early

• Employer Description

  The Auckland Project is a regeneration charity

14/05/2026

Full training including day release at New College Durham.

 

How to Apply 

Apply for this role by downloading and completing an application form from https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/jobs/ and emailing this to recruitment@aucklandproject.org  

 

Closing date:  Friday 29 May 2026 at midnight

 

We are unable to accept C Vs as application. We only accept a completed application form which can be found at https://aucklandproject.org/support-us/jobs/

 

If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the application process early

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