Trainee Accountant apprentice

NORTON INDUSTRIAL DOORS LTD

BIRMINGHAM (B7 4PR)

Closes in 12 days (Sunday 15 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 March 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring accounting professional to join the finance function while studying towards the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification.

This role is ideal for someone who has completed Level 3 AAT (or equivalent) and is looking to progress.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday- Thursday 9am- 5pm Friday 9am- 4:30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 26 March 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

Key responsibilities:

  • Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts, including supporting schedules
  • Support profit and loss and balance sheet reporting
  • Assist with variance analysis and KPI reporting
  • Help prepare short-term cash flow forecasts
  • Complete bank reconciliations and support cash management processes
  • Maintain the general ledger, including journals, accruals and prepayments
  • Assist with fixed asset register maintenance
  • Support purchase ledger and sales ledger processes
  • Assist with credit control activities
  • Process staff expenses
  • Support payroll administration processes
  • Assist in preparing and submitting VAT returns
  • Support compliance with accounting policies and internal controls
  • Contribute to improving financial processes and systems
  • Provide general finance and administrative support to the wider team

Training & Development

The apprentice will:

  • Study towards the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification
  • Develop skills in management accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting
  • Gain experience in accounting software (e.g., Sage) and Excel
  • Receive mentorship from experienced finance professionals

Where you'll work

UNIT 1
WINDSOR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
RUPERT STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B7 4PR

Training

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

Training provider

BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)

A Level in:

Accounting (grade Pass or above)

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

This is a dog-friendly office, so please be aware that you may come into contact with dogs in the workplace.You will also be required to attend our Sutton Colldfield college for your college day once a week.

About this employer

Norton has been operating in the Birmingham and West Midlands area since 1984. The company is one of the leading providers of industrial door and access installations, known for its quality and high level of service.This is a dog-friendly office, so please be aware that you may come into contact with dogs in the workplace.

https://nortonindustrialdoors.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • There are progression opportunities available within the performace subject to performance

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

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recruitment@bmet.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018566.

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Closes in 12 days (Sunday 15 March 2026 at 11:59pm)