Apprentice Accountant Assistant

Government jobs, apprenticeship; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a leading apprenticeship program focused on accounting. This role involves working with financial data, maintaining ledgers, and participating in specialized training to enhance your accounting skills. You'll be working in a supportive environment that encourages hands-on experience, with opportunities for advancement after completing the apprenticeship.

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English required.
• Relevant qualifications and industry experience are beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions.
• Managing and maintaining nominal codes and coding system.
• Dealing with bank postings and bank reconciliation.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Problem solving skills

Presentation skills

Administrative skills

Number skills

Analytical skills

Logic

Team working

Creativity

Initiative

Non judgemental

Patience

Education

GCSE in Maths and English (grade 4-9)

Job description

• Attention to detail

Summary
An ideal opportunity which help candidates to build their future career in accounting through an apprenticeship program. Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions, updating the sales, purchase ledgers, dealing with bank postings and bank reconciliation.

Wage
£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Pay rise based on work performance.

Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date
Monday 25 August 2025

Duration
1 year 3 months

Positions available
2

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

You will work with our finance department and be involved in accountancy duties including :

• Setting up and updating cash flow reports
• Managing and maintaining nominal codes and coding system
• Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
• Maintaining and updating the sales and purchase ledgers
• Dealing with bank postings and bank reconciliation

Where you'll work

2-4 Canterbury Street
Gillingham
ME7 5TX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn
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

The training will take place at:

The Training Place of Excellence,12 New Cross Road,SE14 5BE.

Classes are held one day a week.

• You will gain AAT level 2 Foundation Certificate qualification
• Level 2 NVQ
• Accounting/Finance Apprenticeship Level 2 qualification
• Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and taken the test for level 2 prior to taking their end point assessment

Requirements
Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths, English (grade 4-9)
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
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this company
The Training Place of Excellence have carefully structured each of our accountancy training programs in order for each candidate to get the best of skills needed to complement their current knowledge and experience and get into an accounting job in the current employment market.
After this apprenticeship

• AAT Level 3 Apprenticeship
• Full time employment

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

Folarin Amosu

[e-mail]

07985145898

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320840.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 25 July 2025

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