CFAB Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship

Summary

Are you looking to build a long-term career in Accountancy? Then look no further! Start your career today with a level 4 ACA CFAB apprenticeship with Stanton Ralph and Kaplan.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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National Minimum Wage for Age - £14722.50 to £23809.50

Training course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

Hours

37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 11 August 2025

Duration

2 years

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

Duties will include:

Assisting in the preparation of financial statements:
You will support senior accountants in preparing financial statements, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. This involves organising financial data, performing calculations, and ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards

Bookkeeping and data entry:

You will be responsible for recording financial transactions accurately into accounting software, maintaining ledgers, and reconciling accounts. This includes processing invoices, expenses, and bank transactions

Assisting in the preparation of management accounts:

You may be involved in preparing regular management accounts for clients, which provide crucial financial information for decision-making purposes. This may involve analysing data, calculating key performance indicators, and creating reports

VAT returns and tax compliance:

You will support the team in preparing VAT returns and ensuring compliance with relevant tax regulations. This includes maintaining appropriate records, reconciling VAT accounts, and assisting with tax-related queries

General administrative tasks:

You will assist with general office administration, such as filing documents, managing correspondence, and maintaining client records

Developing professional knowledge:

As an apprentice, you will have opportunities to develop your professional knowledge and skills through on-the-job training, formal study, and guidance from experienced colleagues. You may attend training sessions, workshops, or seminars to enhance your understanding of accounting principles and practices

Client communication and support:

You may have direct contact with clients, answering queries, providing assistance, and maintaining positive relationships. Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential in this role

Where you'll work

The Old Police Station, Whitburn Street
Bridgnorth
UK
WV16 4QP

Training

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

College or training organisation

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Your training course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Your training plan

Professional Accounting Technician Apprenticeship Level 4 ACA Certificate will develop your accountancy skills and technical knowledge, so you continue to add value to your company. You’ll achieve a globally-recognised qualification (CFAB), and gain a deeper understanding of accountancy and finance, and how it relates on a wider business scale. This level consists of six exams that introduce the essentials of accountancy, finance, and business. The six exams also make up a standalone qualification: the ICAEW CFAB (ICAEW Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business). The units are: Accounting (AC). Assurance (AS). Business, Technology & Finance (BTF). Law (LW). Management Information (MI). Principles of Taxation (PTX). Training will be provided by attending either face-to-face, classroom-based lessons or live online sessions. An apprenticeship has to be relevant to the job you are undertaking and you must dedicate 20% of your time towards it.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade 9-5)
Maths (grade 9-5)

A Level or equivalent in:

Any x 2 (grade A-C)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

AAT (grade Level 3)

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
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

THIS VACANCY IS PAYING MINIMUM WAGE FOR AGE. Working hours and location: 9am to 5.30 pm Monday to Thursday, and Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm. After one year of training in the office, the role will be a hybrid position, working 60% in the office and 40% at home. Benefits include: 20 days plus bank holidays. Parking is reimbursed to all staff members up to £3 per day.

About this company

Firm of Chartered Accountants providing the full range of services to our clients. Established 50 years ago but looking at modern or more efficient ways to service our clients. Office has recently had a refurbishment to include a staff room to provide a nicer work environment.

After this apprenticeship

Promotion prospects and progression of pay grade are also available upon successful completion of the apprentice programme, subject also to personal development..

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