Accounts Apprentice

WORKMAN LLP

Bristol (BS1 6PU)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 27 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 June 2025


Summary

The role will give the candidate a good grounding in accounts initially working in the accounts payable and treasury roles. As you progress through your qualification, you will be introduced to additional roles inline with your personal development, with further responsibilities to allow you to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding.

Wage

£16,000 a year

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Hourly Wage - £8.79. Weekly Wage - £307.69.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 1 August 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

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

The role will rotate every 6 months.

Year 1 will be 6 months in Accounts Payable & 6 months in Treasury.

AP:

  • Processing invoices
  • Supplier account reconciliations
  • Dealing with supplier queries

Treasury:

  • Posting receipts from customers
  • Customer account reconciliations
  • Dealing with customer queries

Where you'll work

101 Victoria Street
Bristol
BS1 6PU

Training

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

College or training organisation

CITY OF BRISTOL 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

Training and Qualification Level

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

  • Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2
  • Maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within a business
  • City of Bristol College (College Green)
  • Day Release

More training information

You will work in various different teams during your apprenticeship, working closely with each of the different accounts disciplines as well as the Property Management teams to provide a best in class service to our clients.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • 3 Other GCSE's (grade 4/C)
  • English & Maths (grade 4/C)

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
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Positive
  • Driven
  • Adaptable
  • Interpersonal skills

Other requirements

Office based initially with hybrid working once initial training complete (3 days in the office, 1 from home and 1 college day).

About this company

Workman is the largest, independent commercial property management and building consultancy firm in the UK. We have specialised purely in these two disciplines throughout our history, offering clients a uniquely focused service.

https://www.workman.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Continue to AAT level 3 & 4 with the prospect of permanent employment in the company in the future.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE

Apprenticeship Team

apprentice@cityofbristol.ac.uk

01173125250

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325468.

Apply now

Closes in 14 days (Friday 27 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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