Accounts Office / Administrator Apprentice

MSM FABRICATIONS LTD

LANCASHIRE (BB9 0RY)

Closes on Friday 24 April 2026

Posted on 3 March 2026

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Summary

This vacancy is for an Apprentice Accounts / Finance Assistant based in Nelson. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within the accounts department whilst gaining on the job qualifications.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 2.00pm

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 4 May 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

The successful candidate will be proactive, reliable, and confident carrying out accounts and administrative tasks accurately and efficiently.

The general Accountancy duties within this role may include:

  • Understanding your organisation
  • Be aware of the organisations needs and activities and their impact for accounting and finance
  • Accounting systems and processes
  • Identify, collate and process financial and accounting data from primary sources such as business records

Attention to detail:

Examine financial and accounting data to identify issues with quality and reliability as instructed and in accordance with guidance

Correcting financial data errors:

Rectify errors in financial and accounting data, escalating problems beyond their remit as appropriate

Ensuring accurate financial records:

Reconcile transactional data to minimise the chance of errors in financial and accounting outputs such as sales and purchase invoices, sale and purchase orders, bank statements and payroll

Optimising efficiency:

Plan and review workloads with supervisor to ensure best use of time to complete allocated tasks efficiently

Professional communication:

Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using appropriate methods and professional language. Examples may include letters, phone, face-to-face, e-mail, video call, online chat functions etc.

Secure data management:

Use financial and accounting software packages to input and manage data safely and securely in line with organisational instructions

Teamwork:

Provide support to team members to help ensure that financial and accounting activities are carried out within expected timescales and quality expectations

Continuous learning:

  • Keep up to date with developments to enhance relevant skills and take responsibility for own professional development
  • Basic bookkeeping activities
  • Working with sales and purchase ledgers
  • Running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct
  • Recording of cash and data entry
  • Handling incoming calls and emails professionally
  • Maintaining organised filing systems and company records
  • General office support as required

Where you'll work

WAIDSHOUSE MILL
TOWNSLEY STREET
NELSON
LANCASHIRE
BB9 0RY

Training

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

Training provider

TRAINING 2000 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

AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting which contains:

  • Introduction to Bookkeeping
  •  Principles of Bookkeeping
  •  Principles of Costing
  • The Business Environment

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade Grade 4/C 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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

Please do not contact the company directly. Please note - we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply as soon as possible if you wish to be considered for this role.

About this employer

MSM Fabrications specialise in advanced subcontract sheet metal fabrications.

Company benefits

  • Stable, full-time position
  • Supportive working environment
  • Opportunities for training and development
  • Company pension scheme

After this apprenticeship

  • The opportunities in the world of business are endless. Many apprentices start in business administration, customer service or accountancy, which are great stepping stones into lots of exciting careers
  • You can go on to specialise in a particular field and into management. You will find people who started in finance and administration working in all professional areas and at all levels

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Morgan Horne

morgan.horne@t2000.co.uk

01254 54659

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018862.

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Closes on Friday 24 April 2026