AAT Apprentice

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

West Midlands (B91 3QB)

Closes in 16 days (Sunday 7 December 2025)

Posted on 21 November 2025

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Summary

To work as a member of the Financial Operations division, performing a range of clerical, administrative and financial functions. The post holder will undertake formal training to achieve the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification.

Wage

£23,556 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, office hours.

37 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 1 February 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Duties will be specified, against an agreed plan, by the manager of the team to which the post holder is assigned, and will focus on the delivery of quality accountancy services to customers and clients against standards set by the division.

Duties will include:

  • Produce a range of accurate and timely work.
  • Answer the phone, take messages, and as time progresses answer basic queries.
  • Prepare monitoring statements/reports.
  • Comply with regulations and develop familiarity with Financial Regulations and the principles of S151 responsibilities.
  • Quality check information to various sources (e.g. on-line reports to General Ledger).
  • Ensure own work is quality checked, by self, and by manager as agreed.
  • Reconcile financial data.
  • Develop a sound working knowledge of the General Ledger coding structure.
  • Prepare journals to correct General Ledger entries.
  • Prepare spreadsheets as required.
  • Respond to correspondence using letters, memos, and e-mails.
  • Exchange information with a range of audiences.
  • Investigate customer queries (including contacting other directorates).
  • Make efficient use of resources/equipment.
  • Handle and process manual or computerised information, with care, accuracy, confidentiality and security.
  • Maintain computerised and manual information systems, including Oracle and other related systems, to support service delivery.
  • Collect and process a range of information within clear guidance to a prescribed format for use by others.
  • The job involves working from instructions, including final accounts, estimates and monitoring, but making minor decisions involving the use of initiative. Problems should be referred to a team leader.
  • Deliver the tasks agreed in regular 1:1s and in you performance agreement.
  • Manage and monitor own performance and discuss any issues of delivery with manager.
  • Complete AAT studies in accordance with apprenticeship training scheme.
  • Internal contacts may include: - staff of all Directorates at all levels, including Senior Officers, Heads of Service and Head Teachers.
  • External contacts may include: - members of the public, Councilors, MPs, external auditors, other local authorities, and school governors, as well as any other customers affected by the service being provided.

The job holder is required to:

  • Liaise with others as required to foster good working relationships to enable efficient service delivery.
  • Share knowledge with colleagues and others to enable the objectives of the service to be achieved.

Where you'll work

Council House
Manor Square
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 3QB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

SOLIHULL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

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

One day a week at Solihull College (Blossomfield Campus).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • Any (grade C/4)
  • Any (grade C/4)
  • Any (grade C/4)
  • English (grade C/4)
  • Maths (grade C/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
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

We will also consider applicants who want to study AAT level 3 or level 4 too.

About this employer

Here at Solihull Council we want to ensure that all our citizens have an equal chance to share in Solihull’s success. We do this by putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our employees are the key factor in achieving our vision. As such, we are always on the lookout for talented individuals, who want to make a real positive difference to people’s lives and can help us to continue building on our success.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will receive a qualification and be able to apply for jobs within the Council.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOLIHULL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CENTRE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001836.

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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 7 December 2025)

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