Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Government jobs, apprenticeship; Widnes; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days holiday

Paid bank holidays

Free parking

Job summary

Norcott is offering an apprenticeship in administration and accountancy at Widnes. You will work alongside the Management Accountant for 36 hours a week, starting 21 September 2026, for 1 year 6 months, earning £18,000 per year.

The role combines on-the-job learning with a Level 2 AAT training provided by Riverside College, Widnes. Training covers finance tasks, supplier invoicing, coding, and credit control, with time away for study.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 9-4)
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Responsibilities

• Answering in-coming telephone calls
• Meet and greet of visitors
• Updating the company calendar
• Ordering of company supplies (stationery etc)
• Providing ad-hoc administrative support to the directors
• Matching of supplier delivery notes to supplier invoices
• Coding and entering of supplier invoices
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Preparing weekly supplier BACS payment runs
• Raising of sales invoices
• Credit Control - building relationships with customers to ensure prompt payment of sales invoices
• Filing of accounts paperwork

Skills

Communication skills

Organisation skills

Team working

Flexible attitude

Keen eye for detail

Accurate

Education

GCSE in Maths and English

Job description

Summary

This is an exciting role ideally suited to somebody with an interest in beginning a career in administration and accountancy. Working within a relatively small company the Apprentice will work alongside the Management Accountant.

Wage

£18,000 a year

Benefits

20 days holiday, paid bank holidays, and free parking.

Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Thursday, 07:00 to 17:00.

36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

• Answering in-coming telephone calls
• Meet and greet of visitors
• Updating the company calendar
• Ordering of company supplies (stationery etc)
• Providing ad-hoc administrative support to the directors

Specific accounting duties will include

• Matching of supplier delivery notes to supplier invoices
• Coding and entering of supplier invoices
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Preparing weekly supplier BACS payment runs
• Raising of sales invoices
• Credit Control - Building relationships with customers to ensure prompt payment of sales invoices
• Filing of accounts paperwork

Where you'll work

UNIT 1

SUNSET BUSINESS CENTRE

WATERLOO ROAD

WIDNES

WA8 0QR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

What you'll learn

• 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.

Training schedule

• Level 2 AAT Accountancy
• Weekly, Day relase at Riverside College, Widnes

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• 4 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade Grades 9-4 (A-C))

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Flexible attitude
• Keen eye for detail
• Accurate

Other requirements

We reserve the right to close this opportunity after 1-week if we have received enough applications, and therefore recommend you make an application as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the planned closing date as we cannot guarantee the vacancy will remain open for the whole time planned.

If you are applying with qualifications other than those listed in the entry requirements (GCSE's), please make sure you have obtained official evidence of equivalency from UK ENIC before the application closing date. Please note, if you are shortlisted for the post, we cannot progress your application any further without you providing evidence of this.

About this employer

Norcott is a leading provider of electronic design and assembly services. We work with our customers at the leading edge of new product development from initial design, prototyping and certification through to volume manufacture, on-going service, maintenance and repair. In short - the complete product lifecycle.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

There may be opportunities to apply for roles within the company, if these arise during the apprenticeship.