Apprentice Accountant Assistant

Summary

An opportunity for candidates whose first language is not English with good numeracy skills. It offers a supportive pathway into the accounting, helping you gain experience while studying.

Duties will include:

• Trial balance
• Dealing with invoices
• Setting up and updating cash flow report

Wage

£14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

£9,609.60 to £18,964.40 a year.

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday- Friday, between 9.00am - 5.00pm. Day release for class.

35 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 23 December 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

3

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

• Setting up and updating cash flow report
• Agreed monthly reports
• Payroll Year End processing and reconciliation
• Printing of payslips
• Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
• Dealing with bank postings

Where you'll work

Unit 3B, Union Court
20 Union Road
London
SW4 6JP

Training

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

Training provider

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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

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

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths, English (grade 5-9)

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

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Non judgemental
• Patience

Other requirements

• Desired skills and personal qualities
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Number skills