Apprentice Accounting Assistant
FIRST FOR RECRUIT LIMITED
Tamworth (B77 4RP)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 March 2026
Contents
Summary
This is a long term career opportunity to train as an Accountant in a successful recruitment agency. If you want to be part of a small passionate team with a can do attitude and want to be challenged with opportunites to learn new skills then this is a role for you.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 11 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Prepare and monitor budgets: Contribute to the
preparation and monitoring of the companies’ budgets. - Manage financial records: Support the monitoring and control of financial records and key reconciliations.
- Assist with financial statements: Contribute to the preparation of the Companies annual Statements of Accounts.
- Handle queries: Answer queries from colleagues.
- Using spreadsheets and accounting software
- Matching purchase invoices to PO’s
- Processing purchase orders
- Maintaining accounts and resolving supplier queries
- Assisting with general administrative and financial duties of the Accounting Team.
Where you'll work
Office 2 Amber Business Centre
Mercury Park
Tamworth
B77 4RP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
The successful candidate will work towards achieving their AAT Level 3.
A dedicated work-based trainer will be assigned to the candidate to provide them with support and guidance throughout the course. Learning will take place one day per week from the Lichfield Campus
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
FFR started in 2015 by James the director with the aim of supporting the traffic management industry with temporary labour.
Each year we have grown the team, the client base and the services we offer.
FFR is well thought of across the industry and is growing at a fast pace.
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, progression would be into roles such as accounting assistant and on to accounts manager.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
Apprenticeship Team
apprenticeships@southstaffs.ac.uk
03004562424
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020480.
Apply now
Closes in 28 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)