Professional Accounting Apprenticeship
CAG ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD
Hemel Hempstead (HP2 7DX)
Closes on Tuesday 25 November 2025
Posted on 21 October 2025
Contents
Summary
This is a Level 4 AAT Apprenticeship role – split 80/20 between working and earning with the employer gaining valuable hands-on skills, and learning & gaining qualifications with Solveway Apprenticeships!
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, times to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 26 November 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
To support the delivery of high-quality bookkeeping and accounting services to a portfolio of clients, while completing the AAT Level 4 Accounting qualification. The apprentice will work under supervision, gradually taking responsibility for client accounts and internal practice processes.
As part of the accounting team, you will assist with managing client accounts, including (but not limited to):
Bookkeeping & Accounts Preparation
- Process accounting transactions using software such as QuickBooks Online, Xero and Hubdoc
- Maintain accurate sales and purchase ledgers
- Prepare trial balance and supporting schedules
- Reconcile bank, credit card and loan accounts
- Post journals, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation
VAT & Compliance
- Prepare and submit VAT returns in accordance with MTD regulations
- Assist with CIS returns (if applicable)
- Maintain client compliance records and filing deadlines
Client Communication & Support
- Liaise professionally with clients via email, telephone and in person
- Request, organise and manage accounting records and documentation
- Provide regular updates to clients on the progress of their accounts
Administrative & Practice Support
- Maintain accurate and confidential client files (digital and paper-based)
- Assist in preparation of management accounts and year-end paperwork
- Support senior team members with ad-hoc accounting and administrative duties
Where you'll work
575-599 Maxted Road
Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7DX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOLVEWAY LIMITED
Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Training schedule
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
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Bookkeeping experience is essential. Completed Level 3 AAT.
About this employer
CAG Accounting Services Ltd and our dedicated team can offer a hassle-free service for all accounting needs, including company start-up, annual accounts, and tax returns. In addition to providing the customary accounting, and tax services, we take satisfaction in providing guidance on how to expand and grow your company.
https://www.cagaccounting.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Statutory holidays (plus bank holidays). Pension scheme. Free on-site parking. Full training and support towards completion of AAT Level 4 qualification. Professional and friendly working environment with ongoing development opportunities.
After this apprenticeship
Fixed-term contract for 18 months with the possibility of the role becoming permanent
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOLVEWAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347500.
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Closes on Tuesday 25 November 2025
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