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THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE
Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 9PX
Full-time
5th January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice Finance Administrator to join the National Theatre Finance Team on a 24 Month Fixed Term Contract.

About The Apprenticeship 

A finance administrator is responsible for the day-to-day tasks in a finance department, for example, ensuring that the organisation has recorded all financial transactions accurately for their monthly and annual reporting, and tax obligations. You will be involved in transactions that span the whole operations of the National Theatre, from Box Office sales to donations and outreach programmes, as well as our onsite restaurants and bookshop.

Basic Duties 

  • Banking cheques and handling cash, ensuring income is recorded in the finance system in a timely manner and colleagues are re-imbursed promptly. Assisting with the month end cash office count;

  • Opening and filing post received accurately and appropriately, ensuring colleagues receive information efficiently and documents are filed methodically;

  • Monitoring shared email inboxes and communicating with internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries while providing a high level of professional and prompt customer service.

  • Assist with the review of our colleague’s expense claims and credit card administration tasks, ensuring the financial data is accurate, verified, in line with internal policies and compliant with tax regulations.

  • Assist with the preparation of our daily bank posting journals, assisting with month end bank reconciliations and processing other payments received;

  • Assist with the issuing of customer statements and contacting customers for payment to assist with credit control.

  Download the Job Description here.

Link to apply:    BPP Recruitment > Search > Job  

PLEASE NOTE: Please do not use the apply button on this webpage. To apply, please follow the above link.

If you require assistance with the online form or would like to apply using a different format, please contact skillscentre@nationaltheatre.org.uk.

Closing dateMonday 5th January 2026 at 11:59pm

Further queries: email skillscentre@nationaltheatre.org.uk