Apprentice Bookkeeper and Accountant

HALLETT BROWN LIMITED

UPPER STOWE (NN7 4SH)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 21 July 2025


Summary

We are looking for a new bookkeeper/accountant to join our small team. The role will heavily be focused on bookkeeping with compliance work on the accountancy side. As we are a small firm there will be opportunities to be trained in all areas of the business such as administration, company secretarial, payroll and tax advice side of the business.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
9.00am - 4.30pm with half hour lunch.

35 hours 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 8
OLD DAIRY FARM CENTRE
MAIN STREET
UPPER STOWE
NN7 4SH

Training

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

Training provider

NORTHAMPTON 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

We are an accountancy firm with a long history in the area. Due to our unique location in South Northamptonshire, naturally we have a lot of rural businesses including agriculture (both arable and livestock), property & owner managed businesses. We are a firm that looks to keep everything simple for our clients and our staff, to allow everyone do what they do best.

Company benefits

WPA NHS Top-Up Personal Health Cash Plan.

After this apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NORTHAMPTON COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332896.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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