Accounts Assistant Apprentice
KEW ACCOUNTANTS & TAX SPECIALISTS LTD
TELFORD (TF3 3BA)
Closes in 27 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 July 2025
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Summary
Do you want to work in finance and accounting? KEW Accountants has an Accounts Assistant opportunity in Telford. This great employer is keen on finding their next apprentice.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 7.5 hours per day between 8.30am - 5.30pm.
Total hours per week: 37.50
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 11 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
The level of responsibility in this role depends upon the experience of the successful applicant. The successful applicant will be fully trained to complete the following duties:
- Completion of annual returns
- Completion of dormant company accounts
- Booking in client's records to ensure that no information is missing
- Listing and analysis of client's bank accounts, invoices, receipts and other records ready to produce accounts
- Bookkeeping on behalf of clients, sometimes on their premises
- Completion of bank reconciliations
- Completion of Sales and purchase ledger controls
- Completion of vat and PAYE control accounts
- Posting from working papers to produce a trial balance
- Ensuring that all notes on the client accounts are complete
- Ensuring that money laundering regulations are observed
- A commitment to ongoing training, particularly in tax
- Assisting manager and senior accounts staff on completion of accounts
- Assisting clients with their queries
- Deputising for the administrator during times of holiday and sickness
Where you'll work
SUITE 4
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
STAFFORD PARK 4
TELFORD
TF3 3BA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SBC TRAINING LIMITED
Your 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.
Your training plan
- Accounts / Finance Assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- Following enrolment, learners engage in a blended programme of training and support that will include attendance at group training sessions, self-directed learning, email and face-to-face support from their trainer/assessor where you will be working towards the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting as well as a programme of training devised by the employer
- Functional Skills in mathematics and English
- These provide practical skills to help gain the most out of work, education and everyday life and are assessed by the completion of written and online tests
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- IT skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
Other requirements
This vacancy is being managed by SBC Training on behalf of this company. By submitting your application, you are consenting to allow SBC Training and KEW Accountants to contact you in connection with your application. Your details will not be shared with third parties.
About this company
Based in Telford, Shropshire but with clients all over the UK, KEW was formed in 2014 by Karen Whitehead FCCA, CTA after a career with a large Shropshire practice. Karen’s team comprise qualified Accountants and Accounting Technicians, who are able to cater for the accounting needs of individuals, right through to small and medium sized businesses.
After this apprenticeship
It is hoped that the successful applicant will continue to work on a full-time basis with KEW Accountants following completion of the apprenticeship (this will be dependent upon performance throughout the duration of the apprenticeship programme)
If it transpires that continued employment with KEW Accountants is not the preferred option, the training, experience and qualifications gained throughout the apprenticeship will stand the apprentice in very good stead to gain future employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SBC TRAINING LIMITED
Colin Preece
colin.preece@sbc-training.co.uk
01743454810
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329650.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Thursday 31 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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