Apprentice Accountant

ASCOTT BLAKE LIMITED

Hertfordshire (CM23 3AR)

Closes in 10 days (Friday 20 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 March 2026

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Summary

This is a great opportunity for someone to start their accountancy career. You will be based in an office and attend college to study your AAT qualification which will then progress to ACCA/ACA.  

You will have professional communication skills and computer skills and will be looking to work in a business work environment.

Wage

£15,000 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 13 April 2026

Duration

1 year

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

  • Processing payments, invoices, income and receipts and entering data into XERO
  • Uploading receipts and invoices into DEXT
  • Following company internal processes
  • Communicating with HMRC with various tax issues. i.e. time to pay
  • Communicating with clients on a daily basis
  • Answering phone calls
  • Managing busy inbox and delegating to relevant client managers
  • Preparing financial statements showing business income and expenditure
  • Paying vendor invoices and tracking bank account balances
  • Regular bookkeeping for clients
  • Completing VAT returns
  • Recording any inconsistencies to help the Client Managers reconcile inaccuracies
  • Developing monthly financial statements including cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheets
  • Preparing and processing payrolls
  • Credit control for some clients
  • Helping the Client Manager's with administrative duties and preparing yearly accounts
  • Ad hoc duties required by senior stakeholders

Where you'll work

11 Ducketts Wharf
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 3AR

Training

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

Training provider

FIRST INTUITION CHELMSFORD 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

The successful candidate will be required to attend weekday courses, once a week, at First Intuition to study towards their AAT Level 2 qualification as well as mentoring towards the Level 2 Apprenticeship knowledge, skills, and behaviours.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills

About this employer

Ascott Blake are a commercial, dynamic accountancy practice always looking at innovative ways to be current and keeping up to date with all accounting technology to offer our clients.

We are focussed to create a service which makes us approachable and communicates in layman’s terms to our clients.

https://ascott-blake.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of your AAT qualification, there may be the opportunity to continue onto further studies and progression within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

FIRST INTUITION CHELMSFORD LIMITED

Amy Sawyer

amysawyer@fi.co.uk

01245 209900

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019313.

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Closes in 10 days (Friday 20 March 2026 at 11:59pm)