Accounts Apprentice

P A BROWN & COMPANY LTD

Morpeth (NE61 2BD)

Closes in 21 days (Saturday 23 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 1 August 2025

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Summary

P A Brown and Company Limited are seeking a hardworking Accounts and Finance Assistant apprentice to join their team. You will be expected to help with the finance of the business and gain a Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship.

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 - Thursday, 8.30am - 4.45pm (with 30 min lunch break) Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm (with 30 min lunch break)

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year 2 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

  • Assisting with the preparation of accounts
  • Assisting with filing of monthly and weekly payroll
  • Reconciling bank accounts, accounts receivable and accounts payable
  • General accountancy administration such as filing, emailing clients, etc

Where you'll work

16 Abbey Meadows
Morpeth
NE61 2BD

Training

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

Training provider

MIDDLESBROUGH 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

  • Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
  • On and off-the-job training
  • Day release at college or training centre 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

This vacancy is to start immediately therefore, you must be available to start before applying. The closing date, interview date and start date are subject to change. This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received. Please ensure you apply early to avoid disappointment. Individuals are able to undertake an apprenticeship at a higher level than a qualification they currently hold, including any previously completed apprenticeships. Individuals can also undertake an apprenticeship at the same level, or lower level than a qualification they already hold, as long as the new apprenticeship allows for new skills to be acquired and the content of the training is materially different from any previous qualification or apprenticeship. Northern Skills will check candidates' eligibility prior to any interviews. Please be aware that, as Northern Skills provides a recruitment matching service, we will also consider you for roles that pay the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage.

About this employer

P A Brown & Company Ltd are a small , friendly, family-run accountancy firm, based in Morpeth, Northumberland that looks after clients with a personal touch.

After this apprenticeship

  • Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335024.

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Closes in 21 days (Saturday 23 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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