Apprentice Accountant
LEIGHTON VANS LIMITED
ROTHERHAM (S60 1BX)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 March 2026
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Summary
Kick‑start your finance career as an Accounts Assistant Apprentice! Gain real responsibility from day one, work towards your AAT with full study support, and build experience across a dynamic finance team. Follow a clear development path leading to a long‑term accounting role.
- Wage
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£20,800 a year
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 April 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
You will gain exposure to the full finance cycle, including:
- Purchase ledger processing and supplier reconciliations
- Sales ledger, invoicing and credit control
- Bank reconciliations
- Assisting with month-end processes
- Journals and accruals/prepayments
- Supporting payroll administration
- Assisting with VAT returns
- Financial reporting and management accounts support
- Maintaining accurate financial records and documentation
- Supporting audits and compliance requirements
As your experience grows, responsibilities will increase in line with your development plan.
Where you'll work
UNIT 1
DODDS CLOSE
ROTHERHAM
S60 1BX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CHESTERFIELD 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
Work-based delivery, but you will be required to attend Chesterfield College on a day-release basis during term time
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Willingness to learn
- Microsoft Excel
Other requirements
Essential:
- L2 Accounts/Finance Assistant qualification
- L3 Accounts Or Finance Assistant qualification equivalent financial experience.
- Understanding of basic accounting principles.
- Experience of Xero accounting software.
About this employer
Leighton Vans is one of the UK’s leading VW and Ford–approved sport van specialists, known for building high‑quality, manufacturer‑registered conversions for Transporter and Transit Custom models. Based in Rotherham with additional sites in Sheffield and Milton Keynes, the company designs and produces its own in‑house styling, interiors, body kits and performance upgrades, delivering OEM‑grade vehicles tailored to customer needs.
Founded in 2005, the business has grown rapidly, supplying new and used vans, leasing options, parts, and bespoke enhancements. Its workshop carries out specialist upgrades such as suspension modifications, leather interiors, and LV‑branded styling packs. Leighton Vans also operates a rental fleet and distributes parts nationwide, with a strong reputation for quality and customer service. [cbinsights.com],
For an Assistant Accountant apprentice, this means joining a fast‑growing automotive company with diverse financial activity—sales, leasing, rentals, parts, manufacturing, and imports—offering valuable exposure to a broad range of business‑finance processes.
http://www.leightonvans.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- AAT study support
- Progession pathway
- Supportive, collaborative team
- Mentoring by professionals
- Structured on‑the‑job training
- Regular reviews & progression planning
After this apprenticeship
- This role offers a clear pathway towards a permanent position within the Finance team upon successful completion of the apprenticeship and achievement of agreed performance milestones
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE
Brittany Gill
gillb@chesterfield.ac.uk
01246500681
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000023117.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 10 April 2026 at 11:59pm)