Accounts Assistant Apprentice
BRAND ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED
NOTTINGHAM (NG10 3DH)
Closes on Sunday 4 January 2026
Posted on 20 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Long Eaton based Accountants, Brand Accountancy Ltd are recruiting a Trainee Accountant to assist in managing their client's day to day accounting and finance requirements. Confidentiality, excellent organisational skills and accuracy are important for this position, as well as good client relations and the ability to communicate clearly.
- Wage
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£13,741 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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Monday - Friday, between the hours of 9.00am - 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Saturday 10 January 2026
- 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
- All aspects of bookkeeping processes for clients
- Preparation of VAT returns, reconciliation of control accounts and preparation of management accounts as required
- Dealing with client queries in an efficient and professional manner
- Effective communication both internally and externally on all information exchange systems
- Ensuring a high level of customer service is provided to all clients
- Actively work as part of the team
- Undertaking administration and support duties as necessary
Where you'll work
4 INGLEBY ROAD
LONG EATON
NOTTINGHAM
NG10 3DH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHESTERFIELD 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
An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry specific competence. You will be
expected to work towards the Accounts Assistant Level 2, with support from your employer and the Chesterfield College Group.
Apprentices will be required to take one of the professional qualifications listed below, as chosen by the employer to be most relevant to the job role:
- AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
- ACCA Certificate in financial and management accounting (level 2)
- IAB Level 2 certificate in bookkeeping
- ICB Level 2 certificate in bookkeeping
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C Or Equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4/C Or Equivalent)
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
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
This is a blended role where you will be working from home at times, on location and in the office. Brand Accountancy Ltd are in the process of relocating their office to a premises within Long Eaton. You will be required to attend day release into Chesterfield College during term time, there is free on site parking for students, or the train station is across the road from the campus.
About this employer
Our team of passionate and dynamic accountants brings a refreshing approach to the world of finance. With calculators in one hand and expertise in the other, we redefine traditional accountancy. We believe in going beyond mere balance sheets, diving deep into your financial story to uncover hidden opportunities.
After this apprenticeship
There is a full-time opportunity available at the end of the apprenticeship and progression to Level 3 and Level 4 for someone who can demonstrate technical competence, initiative and a willingness to learn along the way.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001720.
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Closes on Sunday 4 January 2026
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