Apprentice Assistant Accountant
I.T.L.(NORTH EAST) LTD
GATESHEAD (NE10 0JP)
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 June 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Assistant Accountant, you’ll play a key role in supporting our finance team with day-to-day accounting tasks. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and develop a strong foundation in accounting and finance.
- 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
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 30 June 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
- Assisting with the preparation of financial reports and invoices
- Processing payments, receipts, and expenses
- Supporting month-end and year-end financial procedures
- Maintaining accurate financial records and documentation
- Liaising with internal departments and external stakeholders
- Using accounting software and Excel to manage data
Where you'll work
DESIGN WORKS
WILLIAM STREET
FELLING
GATESHEAD
NE10 0JP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Your training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
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 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.
- 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 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
You will spend time 1 day per week with our Training Provider Skills North East.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 or higher)
- Mathematics (grade Grade 4 or higher)
Other in:
Accounting or Book-keeping (grade Pass)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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
ITL have a long standing proven history of providing a high quality face to face interpreting service for over 250 languages including sign related services (BSL, lipspeaking, speech-to-text etc). ITL can provide interpreters for a wide range of situations.
After this apprenticeship
Progression within the company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SKILLS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Judith Hunter
judith@sne.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325311.
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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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