Accounts Apprentice
Jackson Stapleton Accountants
Retford (DN22 6ES)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 12 June 2025
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Summary
Jackson Stapleton Accountants have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our expanding team at our Retford office, as an Accounts Apprentice. You will be studying AAT Level 2 or 3, depending on your current experience and qualifications.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 August 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
- Accounts preparation
- Self Assessment Tax Returns
- Bookkeeping
- Bank Reconciliations
- VAT Return preparation
- Assisting team members
- Greeting clients when they come into the office
- Filing, scanning and emailing documents to clients
- Answering phone calls from clients
Where you'll work
Suite 1 a 34 West Street
Retford
DN22 6ES
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
- Doncaster college - The Hub, Chappell Dr, Doncaster DN1 2RF
- 1 day per week spent at college
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths and English (grade 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
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Interest in Accountancy
About this company
Jackson Stapleton Accountants are a well-established accountancy firm with offices in Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Retford and Grimsby.
After this apprenticeship
- Progession to complete AAT level 3 and 4
- Once AAT qualified, ACCA will be an option
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Jackson Stapleton Accountants
Harry Smith
harry@jacksonstapleton.co.uk
01777800027
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325691.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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