Internal Apprentice Accounts Clerk
LISHMANS LLP
SHEFFIELD (S35 2XH)
Closes in 15 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 September 2025
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Summary
To support the Finance Department in maintaining accurate financial records, assisting with the coordination of payments and bookkeeping tasks, and developing skills and knowledge in accounting through on-the-job training and formal study. Please note, this role is within our internal team, managing and assisting with the finances of Lishmans LLP.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, full-time, 37.5 hours.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
- Assist with preparing invoices, credit notes, and statements
- Help maintain the sales and purchase ledger
- Support communication with clients regarding payments
- Respond to internal and external queries under supervision
- Update financial systems and records
- Learn and contribute to bookkeeping and reporting tasks
- Support improvements in financial processes
- Use the practice management system (IRIS) to help organise workflow
- Use Xero on a daily basis to keep accounts information up to date at all times
- Work as part of the team to provide general accounts support to the office to ensure the office runs in an orderly and business-like way
Where you'll work
16-18 STATION ROAD
CHAPELTOWN
SHEFFIELD
S35 2XH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FIRST INTUITION LEEDS LIMITED
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
AAT qualification at Level 3 at First Intuition.
The successful candidate will undertake a full review of their existing skills versus what is required in their new role. First Intuition will then advise on the best apprenticeship programme for them. This will be a structured AAT Apprenticeship programme at Level 3.
A blend of classroom and online training will support the candidate to achieve a well-recognised accountancy qualification which will both help with their new role and potentially lead on to further study.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Level C/grade 4 and above)
- Maths (grade Level C/grade 5 and above)
A Level 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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
The role is within the internal team and therefore will target those wanting to start their careers in ‘industry’ rather than ‘practice’ despite Lishmans being a practice. However, they are open to offering experience in different areas as required. The successful candidate will work looking after the finances of the business, rather than clients. Our vision is to become recognised for our outstanding accountancy services. Using our expertise, commercial experience and our specific knowledge of our clients and their businesses to help them flourish and grow. Our mission is to advise, guide and support our clients to ensure they become as successful as all their hard work should make them. The Lishmans Way It’s important to all of us at Lishmans that our clients feel much more than a bunch of numbers. We build strong relationships with every company we work with which enables us to provide the best and most efficient accounting support and tax strategies on the market. As an organisation we aim to ensure that the client’s tax position is efficient as possible to the client’s requirement. We don’t employ any artificial schemes that are contrary to a responsible individual living and working within the United Kingdom, and it’s our belief that each tax payer should pay the right and legal amount of tax and not a penny more. Our Team We have a professional and dedicated team who are trained to a very high level in accounting to ensure they reach their potential and have the financial knowledge to offer our clients a first rate accounts service. Find out more about them here. Our team reflect our values – Effectiveness, Empathy, Engagement and Expertise.
After this apprenticeship
- Opportunity to develop to ACCA
- Shadowing and experience in other areas of the business: Accounts preparation, Payroll, Self Assessments etc, subject to business needs
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FIRST INTUITION LEEDS LIMITED
Betty
yorkshirerecruitment@firstintuition.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341580.
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Closes in 15 days (Friday 26 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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