Assistant Accountant Apprentice
BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
Hampshire (GU30 7NY)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 29 August 2025)
Posted on 6 August 2025
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Summary
We are looking for an Assistant Accountant, that will support with day-to-day accounting, financial reporting and administration. They will also assist with the preparation of management and financial accounts across the Trust, whilst completing the apprenticeship.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 14 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
- Monthly accounts
- Maintaining records; reconciliation of balance sheet accounts payroll journal entries and reconciliations
- Ensuring accurate general ledger entries
- Maintainin financial data integrity
- Preparing financial reports
- Preparing audit schedules and answering queries
- Supporting the Management Accountant and CFOO with budget setting and monitoring
- Assist with monthly forecasting
- Support and liaise with department holders throughout the Trust, giving them financial insight and recommendations
- Assist with variancce analysis
- Monitoring cash flows
- Support ad hoc projects
- Help drive improvement in systems and processes
Where you'll work
Bohunt Education Trust
Longmoor Road
Liphook
Hampshire
GU30 7NY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
Assistant Accountant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Completion of an Enhanced DBS check, online and social media check and all other checks as outlined in Safer Recruitment & KCSIE
About this employer
Our vision is that the highest expectations, an ethos of ‘enjoy, respect, achieve’, unparalleled opportunity and highly effective teaching combine to develop students who are ‘game-changers’. As a multi-academy trust (MAT) of non-fee paying schools, we provide innovative, high-quality education for children aged four to 18. We work together with shared values and vision to ensure consistency and excellence for all our students.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion, the candidate may wish to explore further Accountancy qualifications, such as AAT, ACCA, CIMA
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BOHUNT EDUCATION TRUST
Synamon Harvey-Forrester
sharvey-forrester@bohunt.hants.sch.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335984.
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Closes in 22 days (Friday 29 August 2025)
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