Semi-Senior Accounts Apprentice

Summary

We are an expanding and friendly team and are now seeking a Semi Senior Accountant. We are particularly interested in individuals who are looking to develop their experience so they can eventually manage their own portfolio of clients and take on a more senior role. This is a permanent, office based, full-time position.

Wage

£28,000 a year

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Training course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 4 August 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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

Reporting directly to the partner and being the primary point of contact for a number of clients responsibilities will include:

Preparing statutory financial statements for Limited companies, Sole Traders and Partnerships
Preparation of Corporation tax computations and Returns
Preparation of Self Assessment Tax Returns
Ensuring compliance with statutory deadlines
Bookkeeping - using systems to produce and review monthly and quarterly management accounts
Preparing monthly/quarterly/annual budgets and forecasts for clients and monitoring actual performance against these.
Review and submission of VAT returns
Preparation of management accounts
Supporting junior members of the team

Where you'll work

2 CHEAPSIDE
DERBY
DE1 1BR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Your 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.

Your training plan

You will complete the level 4 Professional Accountant Programme on day release from the employer for 15-months.

Modules will include:

Applied Accounting
Drafting Financial Statements
Internal Accounting Systems
Business Tax And Personal Tax

Attending the EMA hub based in Derby for classroom sessions delivered by specialist trainers. You will be supported by a dedicated mentor through your portfolio of work and end point assessment.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSE's including Maths and English (grade 5/B or above)

Other in:

AAT Level 3 (grade Pass)

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

Communication skills
IT skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

You must hold at least 18-months of practical experience in a UK based accounting practice with experience of QuickBooks, Xero and other online bookkeeping systems. Experience of Taxcalc would be an advantage but not essential.

About this company

The TAX Partnership are a small Accountancy firm and have been based in Derby city centre for 30 years. Our payroll and bookkeeping department has seen significant growth over recent years and are now appointing a trainee who is looking to start their career in finance. This is a ‘hands on’ position where you would gain valuable experience in all aspects of payroll management and bookkeeping.

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After this apprenticeship

Opportunity for a full-time position within the team upon completion of the apprenticeship programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

EMA TRAINING LIMITED

Jess Mitchell

apply@ematraining.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330231.

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Closes in 13 days (Monday 21 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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