Accounts Apprentice

SACHDEVS (COVENTRY) LIMITED

COVENTRY (CV4 9HS)

Closes in 27 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 August 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity to join a prestigious chartered accountants in Tile Hill, Coventry. Sachdevs are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Accounts Apprentice to join their team. This apprenticeship provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in audit and accountancy, while studying towards a professional qualification.

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 - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

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

  • Preparing accounts
  • Bookkeeping tasks including administration
  • Completing purchase ledgers
  • Gain understanding and complete credit control
  • Reconciling accounts
  • Updating spreadsheets for the business
  • Additional tasks and shadowing of the team to support own knowledge and the business

Where you'll work

4 STATION AVENUE
COVENTRY
CV4 9HS

Training

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

Training provider

COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TRAINING LIMITED

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

  • Accounts or finance Assistant (level 2) Apprenticeship Standard
  • AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
  • You will attend training provided by Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber Training once a week, Commerce House, 123 St Nicholas Street, Radford, CV1 4FD

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade A*/9 - C/5)

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
  • Initiative

About this employer

Founded in 1972, Sachdevs Chartered Accountants is a well-established family run accountancy firm. The company has been passed from father to son and is now on its third generation, providing a whole matter of accountancy needs and business advice. Whilst our roots lie deep in the West Midlands, with our bespoke purpose-built office based in Coventry, our skills and expertise are employed by businesses and individuals locally, nationally, and internationally.

https://www.sachdevs-ca.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • A permanent role within the business with career progression and the opportunity to complete AAT level 3

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE TRAINING LIMITED

Katie Lumb

lumb.k@cw-chambertraining.co.uk

02476231122

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335334.

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Closes in 27 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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