Summary
As an Accountancy Apprentice, you will work alongside experienced accountants and tax professionals, gaining practical experience in a wide range of accounting functions. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills while working towards a professional qualification in accountancy.
Wage
£14,722.50 a year
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 28 April
Duration
1 year
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Key Responsibilities:
• Bookkeeping: Assist with maintaining accurate financial records, including processing invoices, payments, and receipts.
• Data Entry & Reconciliation: Input financial data into accounting software, ensuring accuracy and up-to-date information. Support the reconciliation of bank statements, credit card transactions, and supplier accounts.
• Tax Compliance: Assist with VAT returns, personal tax calculations, and other statutory compliance tasks.
• Financial Analysis: Analysis client financial records and investigate discrepancies for tax compliance checks
• Client Support & Administration: Provide excellent client service by answering calls, addressing inquiries, and resolving issues. Manage administrative tasks such as scanning documents and maintaining up-to-date client records.
• Learning & Development: Complete your apprenticeship coursework and exams, applying new knowledge to practical tasks within the company.
Where you’ll work
F6
THE BLOC
38 SPRINGFIELD WAY
ANLABY
HU10 6RJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MCARTHUR DEAN TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
* Record transactional data.
* Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
* Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
* Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
* Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
* Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
* Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Your training plan
Training will be weekly in a class environment, working towards a Level 2 Accounts or finance assistant apprenticeship standard.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Maths and English (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative