Accountancy Apprentice

Government jobs, apprenticeship; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 14,000; Full time

Job description

Summary
A new opportunity has arisen at Willis & Co for a Finance Apprentice. Throughout your time with the practice, you will be reporting to the Partner or Senior Accountant and assisting with bookkeeping, VAT returns, and accounts preparation for a wide variety of business sectors, as well as other accounts and general office duties.

Wage: £14,000 a year
Training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm (35 hours a week)
Possible start date: Monday 7 April
Duration: 1 year 5 months
Positions available: 1

What you'll do at work

Reporting to your manager, your typical roles will include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Bookkeeping for clients (learning fundamentals of debits & credits)
• Working towards the preparation of accounts for sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies
• Calculating & submitting VAT returns
• Understanding and identifying different cost classifications (e.g. expenses & capital expenditure)
• Creating and maintaining a range of accounting spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
• Learning to use accounting software
• General finance admin tasks as and when required

Where you'll work
BARCLAY HOUSE
35 BOROUGH ROAD
BURTON ON TRENT
DE14 2DA

Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation: EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents

• Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
• Record and analyse financial data using the organisation's standard tools and processes.
• Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
• Assist with the production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
• Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
• Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
• Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
• Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

Your training plan
The apprentice will be enrolled on the Level 3 Assistant Accountant apprenticeship standard, which includes your AAT exams, in addition to the Synoptic Assessment as part of the End-Point Assessment (EPA) process.

The knowledge units will be delivered at the EMA training hub in Derby or Nottingham (depending on the apprentice's location) through day release. AAT Modules are as follows:

• Bookkeeping Transactions (L2 Unit)
• Bookkeeping Controls (L2 Unit)
• Advanced Bookkeeping
• Final Accounts Preparation
• Management Accounting: Costing
• Indirect Tax

Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:

• 5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 5)

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
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Initiative

About this company
We're a long-established accounting firm in Burton Upon Trent. Your grandparents and parents have worked with us and we hope we can work with you too.

After this apprenticeship

• Opportunity to stay as a full-time member of the team upon completing the apprenticeship programme.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EMA TRAINING LIMITED
Jess Mitchell
[e-mail]

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000302604.

Apply now
Closes on Monday 24 March 2025

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