Apprentice Assistant Accountant
Sovereign Network Group
Basingstoke (RG21 4FA)
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 23 June 2026)
Posted on 9 June 2026
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Summary
As an apprentice, you will attend college while working in a SNG office, developing the skills required to become a qualified member of the workforce. You will work alongside highly skilled mentors who will support and reinforce your learning. Our support roles play a vital part in the efficient day-to-day running of business operations.
- Wage
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£15,680 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
This will increase after your first year with us.
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
Friday 9.00am - 4.30pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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’ll build your skills by working across different areas of Finance at key times of the year. This could include supporting financial reporting during the year-end audit, learning about procurement and tax, helping with budget planning, and contributing to business planning activities.
Where you'll work
Sovereign House
Basingstoke
RG21 4FA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FIRST INTUITION LIMITED
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
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
SNG (Sovereign Network Group) is one of the largest housing associations in England.
Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life - and our vision is thriving communities, over generations. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year.
Everything we earn, we reinvest so that our customers - now and in the future - have a sustainable home in a thriving community.
https://www.sng.org.uk/careers/early-careers (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
- Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- To gain the skills and experience to start your career in finance
- Finance Assistant / Accounts Assistant
- Accounting Technician / Assistant Accountant
- Senior Finance or Supervisory roles
- Progression to ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualifications
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FIRST INTUITION LIMITED
careers@sng.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036012.
Apply now
Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 23 June 2026)
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