Apprentice Accountant

DAVENPORTS GROUP LIMITED

Bury (BL9 6AD)

Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

Posted on 22 July 2025

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Summary

We are looking for an Apprentice Accountant to join our small team. We are looking for a confident, proactive person who would relish the opportunity to learn on the job. Having good IT Skills would be an advantage along with a can-do attitude.

Wage

£14,133.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.

36 hours 15 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

Day to day dealings with our client base, bookkeeping, preparation of small business accounts, assisting in the preparation of larger business accounts, exposure to VAT returns.

Where you'll work

Community House
Badger Street
Bury
BL9 6AD

Training

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

Training provider

BOLTON COLLEGE

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

Davenports is a one stop solutions for business. We offer accounting services. We offer a car park, pension scheme, uniform and an Employee Assistance Programme. We have proven talent pipeline of Apprentices and have won awards as recognition.

https://www.davenportsaccountancy.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

 To work through to AAT Level 4.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BOLTON COLLEGE

Sue Soper

sue@davenportsgroup.co.uk

0161 713 0157

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333103.

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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025

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