Michael Sadler
Finance Apprentice
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About
I'm Michael and I'm due to finish my BTEC Extended Diploma in Business at Tyne Metropolitan College in May 2025 and am looking for a Finance Apprenticeship role in the Newcastle upon Tyne area.
Experience
February 2025
Oxfam (Newcastle Office) Role: Finance Assistant – Work Experience Placement
Outline
1 week work experience with the Finance team at Oxfam (Newcastle Office).
Key responsibilities
During my time at Oxfam, I assisted the finance team and learnt about their processes for:
- recording weekly takings from over 400 shops around the UK.
- Processing gift aid claims stage 1 and 2.
- Updating Oxfam’s accounting system NAV live and Access database
- Processing mail
Oxfam (Newcastle Office) Role: Finance Assistant – Work Experience Placement
Outline
2 weeks work experience with the Finance team at Oxfam (Newcastle Office).
Key responsibilities
During my time at Oxfam, I assisted the finance team and learnt about their processes for:
- recording weekly takings from over 400 shops around the UK.
- Processing gift aid claims stage 1 and 2.
- Updating Oxfam’s accounting system NAV live and Access database
- Processing mail
- Successfully completed each task during my work experience
- Working independently on gift aid claims without supervision
Pink Boutique Ltd Role: Finance Assistant – Work Experience Placement
Outline
1 week work experience with the Finance team at Pink Boutique in Newburn.
Key responsibilities
- Processing purchase invoices on their MFP accounting system
- Processing payments on the Bank portal
- Helping their warehouse team process orders and stock
- Learning about merchandising reports with their buying team
- Assisting the Accounts manager in her daily reporting tasks
- Accurately processing a large volume of purchase invoices
Education
Tyne Metropolitan College BTEC Business Extended Diploma Level 3 - due to finish May 2025
Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College: BTEC Business Level 3 – course completed June 2024
Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College: BTEC Business Level 2 – course completed June 2023
Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College GCSE Mathematics Grade 5 Pass – completed June 2023
Kings Priory School – 3 GCSEs (Pass Grade 4 or above) including Sports Studies Grade 6, English Language Grade 4, English Literature Grade 4 – passed June 2022.
