Accounting Assistant Apprentice

EDWARDS AND CO CODSALL LIMITED

Wolverhampton (WV7 3AU)

Closes in 16 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 August 2025

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Summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an apprentice to work. Working within a busy office environment, training will cover all aspects of a busy accountancy practice, giving you the knowledge and experience required to progress in your career.

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 between 9:00- 17:00.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

The apprentice will play an important team role in the day-to-day planning, organisation and smooth running of the department.

Duties include:

  • Maintenance of weekly and monthly client records on different software packages
  • Ensure all paperwork is received promptly from clients
  • Reconciliation of statements
  • Drafting of VAT returns Payroll services
  • Drafting workings papers for accounts preparations
  • Ad hoc
  • Administrative duties

Where you'll work

First Floor Willow house
Holyhead Road
Kingswood Business Park
Wolverhampton
WV7 3AU

Training

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

Training provider

P.T.P. 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

  • AAT Level 2 Foundation in Accounting
  • Functional skills in Maths and English, if required

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C and above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C and above)

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

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Initiative
  • IT skills
  • Number skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

Other requirements

Our Location: We are based between Codsall & Albrighton, just off the A41, so your own transport is a necessity as we are not on any public transport routes. Must be able to travel to the Walsall training centre on a Bi-Weekly basis.

About this employer

Chartered Certified Accountants and Registered Auditors.

After this apprenticeship

  • AAT qualification, and progression through further Chartered training if desired

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED

Please contact PTP Training

ptprecruits@ptp-training.co.uk

01922651100

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337357.

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Closes in 16 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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