Accounts Technician Apprentice

TAX BY STERLING LTD

SHEFFIELD (S36 9NR)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 July 2025

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Summary

Help assisting the accounts technician with daily tasks at a small family practice working with local businesses.

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 9am - 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 12 August 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

  • Using basic accountancy concepts and double-entry bookkeeping
  • Applying bookkeeping controls
  • Maintaining a cost recording system within the organisation
  • Support accounting systems and processes to allow the business to keep track of all types of financial transactions
  • Support with a range of routine accounts reports within the finance function
  • Support with basic internal control within the business.
  • Use relevant office and accounting software packages to input and manage data accurately
  • Maintain the security of accounting information using passwords and other appropriate security measures
  • Examine data to identify issues
  • Reconcile data to minimise the chance of errors
  • Plan and review work
  • Recognise and rectifies errors
  • Support colleagues and collaborate to achieve results
  • Build working relationships within own team and other parts of the business
  • Behave professionally by adhering to the organisational code of conduct
  • Have a ‘right first time’ approach.
  • Show integrity in your approach to work
  • Demonstrate personal pride in the job through appropriate dress and positive and confident language

Where you'll work

322 MANCHESTER ROAD
MILLHOUSE GREEN
SHEFFIELD
S36 9NR

Training

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

College or training organisation

BARNSLEY 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
  • Delivery to be completed on site and one day at Barnsley College

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 or above)

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

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working

About this company

Small family practice working with local businesses.

After this apprenticeship

Potential for a permanent role in the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BARNSLEY COLLEGE

Eleasha Smith

e.smith2@barnsley.ac.uk

01226216166

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332060.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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