Apprentice Accounts Assistant
KENT MEDICAL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED
Chatham (ME5 8LF)
Closes in 15 days (Saturday 4 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 June 2026
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Summary
You will support the accounts and finance team with basic financial work, and you will gradually take on more responsibility as you progress in your new role.
- Wage
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£21,200 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 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
Processing invoices (checking and recording bills)- Data entry into accounting systems
- Handling payments and receipts
- Reconciling bank statements (checking money in/out matches records)
- Filing financial documents
- Supporting month-end or year-end financial tasks
Where you'll work
Unit 6
Oaks Business Village, Revenge Road
Chatham
ME5 8LF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MID-KENT COLLEGE
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
4 days per week in the office, and 1 day per week in Midkent College.
Requirements
Essential 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
Other requirements
Must pass a DBS check.
About this employer
We provide complete practice management for consultants and their private practices.
https://medicalsecretarialservices.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Progressions to Accounts Assistant for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MID-KENT COLLEGE
Sam Reynolds
sam@medicalsecserv.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000037472.
Apply now
Closes in 15 days (Saturday 4 July 2026 at 11:59pm)