Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
GC Accounting Ltd
Street (BA16 9RR)
Closes in 30 days (Monday 23 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 May 2025
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Summary
Are you a motivated and detail-oriented individual ready to start your career in accounting? We are seeking an enthusiastic Trainee Accounts Assistant to join their dynamic finance team. This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in a supportive accounting practice
- Wage
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£11,778 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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Hours flexible between Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
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
- Understand the role of the bookkeeper
- Understand financial transactions
- Process customer and supplier transactions
- Process receipts and payments
- Understand the benefits and risks of using accounting software to complete bookkeeping tasks
Where you'll work
2A
Creeches Lane, Walton
Street
BA16 9RR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
STRODE 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
- Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Training will take place at college one day per week
Requirements
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
- Team working
About this company
Established in 2012, by managing director Gail Chubb, GC Accounting Ltd is an accountancy practice based in Walton, in the heart of the Somerset countryside
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion of the AAT Level 2 availablity to complete AAT level 3
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GC Accounting Ltd
Gail Chubb
gchubb@gcaccounting.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322625.
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Closes in 30 days (Monday 23 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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