Accounts Assistant Apprentice
LSH AUTO UK LIMITED
Stockport (SK4 2BE)
Closes in 28 days (Sunday 24 August 2025)
Posted on 24 July 2025
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Summary
Swarm Group is working with LSH Auto to help search for a Level 2 Accounts Assistant Apprentice. This is an exciting opportunity for individuals eager to start a career in accounting. You'll gain valuable, hands-on experience while learning from seasoned professionals in a supportive and dynamic environment.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Core working hours will be 40 hours per week between 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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
- Process bank reconciliations within agreed timeframes
- Accurately process invoices and maintain supporting documentation
- Analyse financial data to identify transactional discrepancies and inconsistencies
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
- Record and manage accounts payable and accounts receivable
- Assist in the preparation of financial statements
- Accurately record financial transactions in the system
- Support the purchase ledger function
- Respond to customer queries via email or telephone, providing a high standard of customer service
Where you'll work
Brighton Rd
Stockport
SK4 2BE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
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
More training information
Training will be with Swarm Training, a national apprenticeship provider in the UK. The successful candidate will work towards a Level 2 Finance qualification, which takes 12-18 months to complete. The apprentice must complete a minimum of 6 hours per week during working hours, with monthly training sessions conducted by a tutor, with tasks assigned to be completed during those hours.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Hardworking and eager to learn
- Interest in Accounting
About this employer
LSH Auto is proud to be part of a globally respected and world-renowned premium car dealership group, with a heritage spanning over 45 years. Operating more than 143 Mercedes-Benz dealerships worldwide, LSH Auto serves customers across diverse markets including China, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and more recently, Germany and the United Kingdom. In the UK, LSH Auto continues to set industry standards through its state-of-the-art facilities, These include Mercedes-Benz of Stockport, one of the largest Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Europe, and Mercedes-Benz of Birmingham, which is home to the UK’s first Mercedes-Benz Used Car Centre of Excellence. With a commitment to excellence in service, innovation, and customer experience, LSH Auto is at the forefront of automotive retailing.
https://www.lshauto.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
23 days holiday + bank holidays. Free onsite staff gym. Team social events. Wellbeing Support. Supportive, family-like team environment. Life Assurance (4 x annual salary). Platinum Plus Rewards Scheme. Company Pension. Colleague Car Purchase Scheme.
After this apprenticeship
After successful completion of the apprenticeship, there is a possible full-time position available for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SWARM APPRENTICESHIPS C.I.C
Sophie Duffy
Sophie.d@swarmgroup.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333712.
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Closes in 28 days (Sunday 24 August 2025)
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