Accounts Apprentice

TaxAssist Accountants

Colne (BB8 0LG)

Closes on Friday 15 August 2025

Posted on 8 July 2025

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Summary

Join TaxAssist Accountants, a leading Chartered Practice and a proud member of a national network. As an Accounts Assistant Apprentice, you’ll gain invaluable experience across a spectrum of financial tasks while receiving mentorship from our team of seasoned professionals.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 1 hour lunch

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

TaxAssist will train you to prepare & submit accounting & tax information including:

  • Bookkeeping
  • Payroll
  • VAT Returns
  • Company Accounts
  • Company Tax Computations
  • Personal Tax Returns

You will need to handle client queries, identify and resolve issues on own initiative, use IT systems efficiently and maintain neat client files, work as part of close-knit team.

We are a Chartered Practice, and part of a National network, so can provide a wide range of experience and the latest knowhow. Our close-knit team includes recently qualified and existing trainees who can provide mentoring and support. We offer progression onto Chartered Accountancy qualification.

Where you'll work

20
Church Street
Colne
BB8 0LG

Training

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

College or training organisation

BURNLEY 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

  • The apprentice will undertake the Level 2 Accounting/finance assistant apprenticeship 
  • Day-release training takes place at Burnley College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 6)
  • Maths (grade 6)

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
  • Number skills

Other requirements

Applicants should hold 6 GCSEs at grade 5 or above with a 6 in Maths and English. Proven numeracy and IT skills. Workplace experience preferred. Accounting experience desirable. Diligence. Team worker. Customer-service. Honesty. Initiative. Completer-finisher.

About this company

At TaxAssist Accountants Colne our mission is to support you and your business's growth and financial success. Our local, expert team, led by Jonathan Frank are committed to providing bespoke, jargon free, professional advice to help you fulfil your ambitions.

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After this apprenticeship

  • Support upto L4 AAT and potential Chartered Accountancy training

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BURNLEY COLLEGE

Themis

themis@burnley.ac.uk

01282733005

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330592.

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Closes on Friday 15 August 2025

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