Apprentice Accountant

ASCOTT BLAKE LIMITED

Bihsops Stortford (CM23 3AR)

Closes in 22 days (Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 27 August 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Apprentice Accountant to join Ascott Blake Ltd. The successful candidate will be part of the expanding accountancy team and will have the opportunity to gain work-based experience whilst completing your Level 2 AAT apprenticeship.

Wage

£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm

35 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 1 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

  • Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into XERO
  • Uploading receipts and invoices into DEXT
  • Following company internal processes
  • Communicating with HMRC with various tax issues. ie. time to pay
  • Communicating with clients on a daily basis
  • Answering phone calls
  • Managing busy inbox and delegating to relevant client managers
  • Preparing financial statements showing business income and expenditure
  • Paying vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances
  • Regular bookkeeping for clients
  • Completing VAT returns
  • Recording any inconsistencies to help the Client Managers reconcile inaccuracies
  • Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets
  • Preparing and processing payrolls
  • Credit control for some clients
  • Helping the Client Manager's with administrative duties and preparing yearly accounts
  • Ad hoc duties required by senior stakeholders

Where you'll work

11 Ducketts Wharf
Bihsops Stortford
CM23 3AR

Training

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

Training provider

FIRST INTUITION CHELMSFORD 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

  • The successful candidate will be required to attend weekday courses at First Intuition Chelmsford, Southend or Colchester to study towards their Level 2 AAT qualification
  • In addition to this, you will have mentoring towards the apprenticeship knowledge, skills, and behaviours

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working

About this employer

At Ascott Blake, we offer a comprehensive service line covering bookkeeping, tax, accounts, payroll, financial strategy, and even more. We are Bishop’s Stortford accountants proud of offering a service that allows our clients to focus on what they are good at and running their business and ensure we always provide advice that will drive value.

https://ascott-blake.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Possible progression to study AAT Level 3 after successful completion of the Level 2 apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

FIRST INTUITION CHELMSFORD LIMITED

Amy Sawyer

AmySawyer@FI.co.uk

01245 209900

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338960.

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Closes in 22 days (Friday 19 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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