Accounts Apprentice
SMART ACCOUNTANCY SOLUTIONS LTD
Worcester (WR1 1LX)
Closes in 18 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 12 August 2025
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Summary
Smart Accountancy Solutions in Worcester are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice looking to start out in their accountancy career. On completion of Level 2 the successful candidate will be given opportunity to progress to Level 3 and Level 4 AAT Apprenticeships and career progression within the company.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 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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Monday- Friday, 9.00am- 5.30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 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
- Assistance with the preparation and submission of financial accounts, tax returns, general bookkeeping, PAYE and VAT returns
- Working with spreadsheets, manual records, bank statements and software
- Liaising with clients via telephone and email in order to assist with their enquiry, or to request information
- General office administration duties
- Plan workload to ensure efficient use of time and resources
- Develop knowledge, skills and professional behaviours in line with the criteria within the apprenticeship standard
Where you'll work
26 Sansome Walk
Worcester
WR1 1LX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE 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
Accounts or Finance Assistant (Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard):
An apprenticeship in accounting is split between employment with the firm and external studies including:
- Mandatory weekly day release at HoW College to either Worcester or Bromsgrove Campus
- Additional work-based training developing knowledge, skills and behaviours related to your role
More training information
Your apprenticeship will include mandatory day release at HoW College to either Worcester or Bromsgrove campus along with support from a Learning Skills Development Officer (LSDO) who will guide and support you through the process, help you prepare for end point assessment (EPA) and also carry out progress reviews with your manager.
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
- 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
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Smart Accountancy Solutions is in Worcester and college day release will be in either Bromsgrove or Worcester. Important: Please note that you need minimum Grade 4 maths and English GCSE (or Level 2 Functional Skills) to be able to do this apprenticeship programme and we will require evidence of this before you can formally start your apprenticeship programme.
About this employer
The Smart Accountancy story began back in 2009 when Mark Smith decided to open his own accountancy firm. After building a wealth of experience up at a local Worcestershire firm and then working for an international subsidiary company as Finance Director, he wanted to introduce a fresh new experience for local businesses. From the very beginning, the vision of Smart Accountancy was to give businesses a tailored service focusing on not only the client’s present requirement, but future ones too. Over the years, this personalised philosophy has embedded itself into everything we do and allowed us to create a community of local clients.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of Level 2 Accounts / Finance Assistant Apprenticeship you may be required to take one of the professional qualifications listed below, as chosen by the employer to be most relevant to the job role:
- Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship Standard
- Level 4 Professional Accounting/Taxation Apprenticeship Standard
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE
Erica Swingell
eswingell@howcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336849.
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Closes in 18 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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