Accounts / Finance Apprentice
Price Pearson Wheatley Chartered Accountants
Droitwich (WR9 8DY)
Closes in 13 days (Monday 15 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
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Summary
Price Pearson Wheatley Chartered Accountants in Droitwich (part of Pinfields Accountants Limited) are looking for a confident new apprentice with a passion to become an accountant. On completion of Level 2 the successful candidate will be given opportunity to progress to Level 3 Assistant Accountant as an apprenticeship with HoW College.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 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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Working hours will be between Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 23 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- 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
10 St. Andrews Street
Droitwich
WR9 8DY
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:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Desirable qualifications
Other 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
About this employer
Price Pearson Wheatley is a progressive firm of chartered accountants and business advisors based in Droitwich, Worcestershire. Our aim is to provide commercially sound and cost-effective advice to a wide range of companies and individuals throughout the Midlands and beyond.
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 VAC1000339848.
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Closes in 13 days (Monday 15 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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