Apprentice Accounts Assistant

KBO FIRE AND SECURITY LTD

SURREY (GU15 3DW)

Closes in 31 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 26 August 2025

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Summary

This is a new role that is being created to enable KBO to cope with business growth and the demands this places on the finance department. The role requires a candidate who is keen to join an established team and learn all aspects of an accounts assistant.

Wage

£19,500 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Sunday 26 October 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

  • Data entry
  • Raising invoices
  • Answering the telephone in a professional and welcoming manner
  • Collecting customer payments via the telephone
  • General ad hoc office duties

Where you'll work

UNIT 10
STANHOPE GATE
CAMBERLEY
SURREY
GU15 3DW

Training

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

Training provider

NATIONAL UPSKILL 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

A polite and confident phone manner is preferred, along with confidence using MS packages such as Word and Excel.

About this employer

We are an independent, experienced and reliable fire and security company who offer the latest fire and security solutions, from a single house alarm to fully-integrated commercial security systems.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship there may, where available, be the opportunity to join us as a permanent employee

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NATIONAL UPSKILL LIMITED

Helen Dewhirst

helen.dewhirst@nationalupskill.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338748.

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Closes in 31 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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