Apprentice Accountant Assistant

Government jobs, apprenticeship; London; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading training company offers an apprenticeship in accounting, providing hands-on experience and knowledge in financial tasks. The apprenticeship covers various accountancy duties and entails professional training for developing a successful career in finance. Candidates will learn to handle financial documentation, perform reconciliations, and utilize accounting software, gaining essential skills for future opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Proficient in IT and capable of using accounting software.
• Attention to detail and high organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in updating and reconciling nominal ledgers.
• Maintain sales and purchase ledgers through effective management.
• Engage in bank postings and reconciliation activities.

Skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Attention to detail

Organisation skills

Problem solving skills

Presentation skills

Administrative skills

Number skills

Analytical skills

Team working

Education

GCSE or equivalent in Maths

GCSE or equivalent in English

Job description

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
£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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

Start date
Tuesday 26 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

1 Market Street
London
London
SE18 6FU
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

Brunilda Aliaj

[e-mail]

02072529331

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322728.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 25 July 2025

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