Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprentice

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EXMOUTH (EX8 5EQ)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 6 August 2025

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Summary

Working alongside the owner the apprentice will learn all aspects of a busy finance function, including bookkeeping, financial reporting, invoicing, credit control, office administration as well as getting to know all aspects of the business. Take your first career steps and also to become an integral part of a growing and ambitious business.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.30pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

A broad range of accounting and finance tasks will be undertaken providing experience across our activities. Tasks at some point would include:

  • Processing purchase Ledger invoices
  • Supplier payments
  • Reconciling suppler statements
  • Maintaining supplier records
  • Sales invoicing
  • Credit control
  • Maintaining customer records
  • Processing company credit card statements
  • Processing staff expenses
  • Matching the bank feeds
  • Month-end journals
  • Dealing with intercompany management charges
  • Understanding the various accounting software in use
  • General admin, including a lot of ad-hoc duties, assisting the owners in both administration, finance and other duties, getting to really know the business
  • Providing occasional cover on the telephone support

Where you'll work

BYSTOCK MANOR
OLD BYSTOCK DRIVE
EXMOUTH
EX8 5EQ

Training

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

Training provider

ACCOUNTANCY LEARNING LTD

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

You will undertake the “Accounts / Finance Assistant” Apprenticeship (an Intermediate Apprenticeship in Accounting), with full support from Accountancy Learning as part of their Flexible Apprenticeship Programme.

Assessment will be by an “End Point Assessment”, which will include the following two elements:

A Structured Interview. This will consist of 10 questions asked by an AAT Independent Assessor. It will last 60 minutes and will be performed remotely via the AAT on-line video portal. The questions will allowing you to display the knowledge and experience you have obtained over your apprenticeship. You will build a Portfolio of reflections and product evidence that will be used to support your answers to these 10 questions.
An In-tray Test. This will be undertaken under exam conditions and will last 105 minutes. It will be based on what you have studied in your AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting. 
Successful completion of the AAT (Level 2) Foundation Certificate in Accounting is a mandatory element of the Accounts / Finance Assistant Apprenticeship. Your Apprenticeship will therefore include formal studies towards this qualification. It is anticipated that your apprenticeship duration will be for 15 months, although earlier completion is possible, provided the duration exceeds one year and a week.

You will receive support from both the employer, and the training provider, to complete and achieve your Apprenticeship and will be given time to study during the week on a day release basis. As you are working towards a professional qualification, it is also expected that you will continue your studies outside of normal office hours.

As you learn more in both the office and in your studies your responsibilities, and the variety of tasks you undertake, are expected to increase.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 9-5(A-C))
  • In 3 other subjects (grade 9-5(A-C))
  • Maths (grade 9-5 (A-C))

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

Skills

  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Accuracy

About this employer

We are a Privately Owned Domiciliary Care Agency employing 215 staff. We have been trading since February 1999. We are looking for a new apprentice to work within our office. The office is based in Exmouth Devon, the role will be office based working 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.

After this apprenticeship

We see this position as a stepping stone for an ambitious candidate to kick start their career in the accountancy profession or in business in general. We would expect that having completed your first year, you would be supported to progress into level’s 3 & 4.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCOUNTANCY LEARNING LTD

Victoria Longstaff

victoria@accountancylearning.ac.uk

01392 435349

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335429.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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