Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Mattocks Grindley

WIDNES (WA8 0WN)

Closes in 13 days (Friday 1 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 July 2025

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Summary

Working for an established firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisors serving a variety of clients across the North West and beyond, the role will involve working across accounts, payroll and tax teams – ensuring a broad experience of the duties of an accountant. On successful completion of the apprenticeship, a permanent post will be available.

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 to 5.30pm with 1 hour for 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

Where you'll work

UNIT 18
TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK
MULBERRY AVENUE
WIDNES
WA8 0WN

Training

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

Training provider

ST HELENS COLLEGE

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

About this employer

Well established firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisors serving a variety of clients across the North West and beyond

After this apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ST HELENS COLLEGE

Carolyn Mason

appenquiry@sthelens.ac.uk

01744 623521

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332533.

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Closes in 13 days (Friday 1 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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