Accounts Apprentice

Summary

We are looking for a recent school leaver to join a fast growing constructions company to support the finance team with various task. This role allows for constant progression and to gain a valuable accounts qualifications as well as be part of an employee owned business.

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 8am to 5 pm for 18 and overs. For under 18s the work pattern is 8am to 4pm, there is no weekend or bank holidays required.

40 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 October 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

The apprentice will have the following roles and responsibilities:

Assisting with balance sheet reconciliations for all group companies
Accounts preparation
Self-Assessment Tax Returns
Bookkeeping
Bank Reconciliations
VAT Return preparation
Assisting team members
Greet clients when they come into the office
Filing, scanning and emailing documents to clients
Answering phone calls from clients
Ensure that all administration is carried out in accordance with the standard company procedures
Ensure that problems / failures are reported in accordance with the company’s procedures and assist in the implementation of any corrective actions required

Where you'll work

Mcdermott House South Crescent Cody Road Business Park
London
E16 4TL

Training

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

College or training organisation

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Your training course

Assistant accountant (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

Your training plan

The apprentice will take place at the training providers centre, witht he apprentice attend work four days a week and one day on their apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 5)
Maths (grade 5)

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
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Kilnbridge has a hard-earned reputation for delivering construction and civil engineering projects – particularly those with difficult or unusual challenges to resolve. Founded in 1991 by our Chairman and Founder, Dermot McDermott as a general building and civil engineering contractor, we initially undertook builders’ work packages across the Canary Wharf development and southeast London. We quickly developed into a multi-disciplinary, national engineering and construction business that currently employs more than 1,000 people. Today, Kilnbridge offers expertise in Building & Civil Engineering, Concrete Cutting and Controlled Demolition, Fire Protection and Waste Management. These key service areas are supported by our in-house capabilities in Engineering & Design, Fabrication (K FAB) and Plant and construction equipment (K PLANT). Working collaboratively with clients in a wide range of industry sectors, we capitalise fully on our teams’ in-depth knowledge, experience and skills to realise their vision. Our diverse and highly talented workforce delivers outstanding and often award-winning bespoke solutions through innovation, courage and determination. Kilnbridge proactively embraces equality, diversity and inclusion throughout the business, and has an industry leading safety culture. In March 2021 we became an employee-owned business, with the aim of safeguarding our future for the benefit of everyone who works here.

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After this apprenticeship

After completing the apprenticeship the individual will progress into accounts assistant and then on to a further apprenticeship.

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