Junior Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

Working with a niche high end manufacturing company staring at junior level aiming to progress and develop.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Mon - Thurs 8.30am - 5pm Fri - 8.30am - 4.30pm

44 hours a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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 data entry and maintaining accurate financial records
Processing invoices, receipts, and payments
Supporting bank reconciliations and ledger maintenance
Helping to prepare financial reports
Filing and organising financial documents
Assisting with payroll and expense claims
The role is based at our stroud site along the canal
You will be working alongside a team 5 who would supporting your development within the finance team

Where you'll work

LODGEMORE MILLS
STROUD
GL5 3EJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD 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:

As the successful apprentice, you will undertake an Apprenticeship Standard in Finance
Includes assessments in Skills, Knowledge and Behaviours
Functional Skills in maths and English (where applicable) and completion of your End Point Assessment
During your time on the apprenticeship programme, you will also be expected to complete and document 20% off-the-job training
Throughout the course, the apprentice will be working on their portfolio and new learning in the workplace
You will attend College one day a week

. You will be assigned a supervisor/mentor within the workplace, who will support you to develop your workplace skills, knowledge and behaviours throughout the duration of your apprenticeship programme.

In addition to the knowledge, skills and behaviours set out in the apprenticeship standard, the apprentice will complete the Level 2 AAT
Diploma in Accounting.

This covers the following mandatory units:

Introduction to Bookkeeping
Principles of Bookkeeping Controls
Principles of Costing
The Business Environment (Synoptic)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade 4-9)

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
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills

Other requirements

This is an office-based role on a bus route with a short walk to site. There is free onsite parking.

About this company

WSP Textiles is a niche Textiles manufacturing company making high end cloth for snooker, billiard and Tennis customers.

After this apprenticeship

To grow and development within the company with a stay with the finance team in a number of future roles
This role will last whilst you are training with the scope for the role to be made permanent after the apprenticeship has been completed

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE

Kirsten Toghill

kirsten.toghill@sgscol.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328684.

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Closes in 16 days (Thursday 17 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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