Book-Keeping Apprentice
SL ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD
Kingswinford (DY6 7XZ)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 May 2025
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Summary
We are looking for an individual to assist in preparing year accounts and VAT returns for clients in a wide range of industries.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 June 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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
Responsibilities:
- Process invoices on to clients accounting software
- Reconcile bank accounts
- Construct control accounts
- Perform other admin duties as assigned
Where you'll work
Churchill House Building 66
Third Avenue, Pensnett Trading Estate
Kingswinford
DY6 7XZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
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 apprentice will be expected to attend college one day per week to work towards the AAT Level 2 qualification.
In addition, the apprentice will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace once every 6-8 weeks.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this company
We are a team of local qualified accountants, licenced and regulated by AAT. We are based in the West Midlands and specialise in small to medium sized business accounts and tax returns. With many year’s experience across an array of industries, we will be able to tailor our services to meet your business needs.
Company benefits
Benefits: • Casual dress • Company events • Company pension • On-site parking
After this apprenticeship
There is potentially a permanent position for the succesful candidate, on completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Deborah Maley
dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk
01216027777
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320361.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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