Accounts Apprentice

CROXDALE SERVICE STATION LIMITED

Durham (DH6 5HS)

Closes in 21 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 8 August 2025

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Summary

Croxdale Service Station Ltd are looking to recruit an accounts assistant apprentice to join their ever growing team. The successful candidate will work towards an AAT Level 2 qualification and will support with all accounts duties to include chasing outstanding debt, invoicing, daily banking and so much more!

Wage

£15,600 a year

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

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 22 September 2025

Duration

1 year 2 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

  • Accounts
  • Daily Banking
  • Processing Bank Statement Transactions into the DMS
  • Reconciling the Bank Statement within the DMS
  • Setting up Bank Payments
  • Contacting Customers to confirm Bank Details
  • Importing Sales Transactions into Sage
  • Posting Service Plan information to DMS
  • Chasing Outstanding Debt
  • Sending Customer Statements
  • Processing, coding and scanning Purchase Ledger Invoices to the DMS
  • Raising Sundry Invoices for Intercompany Re-charges
  • Reconciling Nominal Ledger Accounts

Where you'll work

Croxdale Service Station, Croxdale
Durham
DH6 5HS

Training

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

Training provider

MIDDLESBROUGH 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

Accounts or Finance assistant Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard:

  • Day release at Newcastle Training Office
  • On and off-the-job training 
  • Level 2 AAT qualification

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

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

Other requirements

This vacancy is to start immediately therefore you must be available to start before applying. All closing, interview and start dates are subject to change and may close early if sufficient applications are received. Please ensure you apply early to avoid disappointment. Northern Skills will check candidates' eligibility prior to any interviews.

About this employer

Croxdale Group has been family-owned and run since 1967, proudly providing motorists in County Durham with an array high-quality vehicles and services.

https://www.croxdalegroup.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Depending on the circumstances of the business upon completion of the apprenticeship programme there could be a potential position of employment available

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336361.

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Closes in 21 days (Saturday 30 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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