Accountancy Apprentice - Birmingham
HARPER JAMES LIMITED
Birmingham (B2 5PP)
Closes on Wednesday 22 October 2025
Posted on 18 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Harper James are looking for new finance Apprentice in their operations team. You will be studying toward your Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 29 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
We’re Harper James, a fast-growing, full-service commercial law firm with a unique subscription-based model designed for ambitious SMEs. Backed by private equity and home to over 150 people, we’re expanding our business operations team in Birmingham and are excited to offer an opportunity for a motivated Finance Apprentice to join us for a 15-month apprenticeship.
Purpose of the Role:
You will support our finance team with day-to-day financial processes and administrative tasks. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop core finance and accounting skills, and build the foundations of a professional career in accountancy and business.
Our finance team is a vital core component of our business. As a Finance Apprentice, you’ll play a key role in supporting our finance team with:
- Processing purchase invoices and maintaining accurate records in our finance systems
- Assisting with sales invoicing and credit control processes
- Supporting the reconciliation of bank statements and petty cash
- Helping prepare financial documents, spreadsheets, and reports
- Maintaining accurate filing of finance records (digital and paper)
- Providing support with month-end and year-end finance tasks
- General administration to support the smooth running of the finance function
What we are looking for
- A keen interest in finance, numbers, and business
- Excellent interpersonal skills to adapt to a busy, fast-paced team based all over the UK
- Exceptional organisational skills and a detail-oriented approach to your day-to-day work.
- Confident and strong communication skills are a must as this role may directly liaise with clients, internal stakeholders and suppliers
- IT savvy and strong Microsoft 365 experience or ability to learn quickly on the job.
- A proactive approach to work and an ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You
- Enrolment on the Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship with full support from our training partner Babington
- Practical experience in legal admin, business operations and finance
- We focus on your attitude and potential, not just your qualifications – this opportunity is designed to support people starting out in their careers
- 33 days holiday, including public holidays.
- Option to buy up to 5 holiday days a year.
- Private healthcare
- Discounted gym memberships, access to retailer discounts, team socials and more!
Where you'll work
Harper James Consultancy Ltd, Floor 5, Cavendish House
Birmingham
B2 5PP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS 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
On completion of this 15 month apprenticeship you will have gained your Accounts or Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential 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
Other requirements
The closing date is guidance, if a successful candidate is found before the advertised dates, the advert will close early.
About this employer
Established in 2014 by Toby Harper, our founder and CEO, Harper James is a new breed of commercial law firm. Our purpose is as clear now as it was in 2014 – we want to enable growth-oriented businesses to succeed. We do this by delivering top-quality and accessible legal services and acting as partners in our clients’ journeys while operating according to our unique values. We work nationally with start-ups through to unicorns and long-running established businesses that may now be looking to scale or looking to exit.
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of a full-time role after the completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342887.
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Closes on Wednesday 22 October 2025
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