Accountant Apprentice
WILKES TRANTER & CO LIMITED
West Midlands (DY6 9HS)
Closes in 20 days (Friday 16 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 September 2026
Contents
Summary
There is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to kick start their career in accountancy. The successful candidate will be working towards a recognised qualification while gaining valuable experience. Why not apply today?
- Wage
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£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm (1.00pm - 2.00pm lunch).
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 November 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
As an apprentice/trainee accountant, the successful candidate will be expected to:
- Prepare income & expenditure accounts using IRIS accounting software
- Be able to interpret a trial balance from numerous accounting software packages
- Produce accounts from a trial balance or manual records for sole traders, partnerships, and or limited companies
Additional works will include:
- The preparation of VAT returns
- The preparation of Management accounts
- Drafting corporation and personal tax returns
Full study support will be given to complete the AAT qualification.
Where you'll work
Brook House
Moss Grove Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9HS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HALESOWEN 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
The apprentice will be expected to attend college one day per week to work towards their AAT Level 4 qualification.
In addition they will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace, once every 6-8 weeks.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Initiative
- Honest & Friendly
- Approachable
- Good work ethic
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
The applicant must have completed a Level 2 and 3 qualification in AAT or Book-keeping.
Alternatively, substantial work experience in book-keeping may be considered.
About this employer
The practice was established in 1984 and is now a team of around 40 professional staff dedicated to providing excellent advice and first-class service to our business and personal clients alike. We have many clients in the local community of Kingswinford & across the West Midlands and service businesses, small and large, across many sectors including: The professions The construction industry Manufacturers Retailers The service sectors
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Ability to grow and progress within the organisation; full study support including ICAEW training contracts.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Deborah Maley
dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk
0121 602 7777
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055549.
Apply now
Closes in 20 days (Friday 16 October 2026 at 11:59pm)