Apprentice accountant
BERNARD LISTER & CO ACCOUNTANTS
DONCASTER (DN1 3PB)
Closes in 11 days (Friday 1 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 April 2026
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Summary
This role will compromise learning entry level accounting and VAT. You will be working in a city centre office and be taught how the accounting process works, starting with bookkeeping and working your way up to creating full financial accounts.
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Christmas bonus based on performance
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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4 days in office 1 day in college. Days and times to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
Once taken on, you will start working on your AAT level 2 course at Doncaster College. This will gain you a qualification in accounting at the end of your first year and, if it works well, we would be looking to make the position permanent and continue putting you through your accountancy exams up to a fully qualified level.
- Balancing bank accounts. This is where you enter the client’s information into a spreadsheet to analyse their income and expenses for the financial year.
- VAT computations, part of your job each month, will be working out VAT calculations to see how much VAT is owed for the clients.
- Dealing with new clients and handling accounting records.
- You’ll learn the basic principles of accountancy, such as double-entry bookkeeping, costing and preparing financial statements, as well as how to use accountancy software
No prior knowledge of accounting is needed as we will teach you how to do it from the start and support you along the way with learning. Good Maths and English skills are required but A-levels in these are not necessary.
Where you'll work
64 HALL GATE
DONCASTER
DN1 3PB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
Training will be at Doncaster College, where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer.
Day release.
You will undertake Account/Finance assistant Level 2 Standard
Accounts or finance assistant / Skills England
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or Maths if needed.
You will undertake both on and off-the-job job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 6)
- Maths (grade Grade 5)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
Other requirements
A good level of Maths and English is required.
We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and/or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Relevant means offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft. A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others. This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points.
A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.
About this employer
For more than six decades, Bernard Lister & Co Accountants has been a trusted provider of professional Accountancy services to clients in Doncaster. Our team of highly qualified and experienced Chartered Certified Accountants brings vast expertise and professionalism to every aspect of your business requirements, ensuring that your financial needs are expertly handled with precision and care.
After this apprenticeship
There may be the opportunity to progress to the next level and a position within the company on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Tracey Butterfield
tracey.butterfield@don.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000026725.
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Closes in 11 days (Friday 1 May 2026 at 11:59pm)