Apprentice Accounting Technician
BOWES BROOKS ACCOUNTANTS LTD
Axminster (EX13 5PQ)
Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 September 2025
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Summary
A great opportunity to start your career in Accountancy. As an Apprentice Accounting Technician, you will support managers and other senior staff in providing a range of accountancy services to our clients. You will gain the experience and knowledge to progress through AAT qualifications and then onto chartered training.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Thursday excluding bank holidays.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 4 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 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 accountant you will work as part of a team assisting with clients’ accounting needs.
This position involves a number of different aspects, including:
- Preparing financial statements for limited companies, partnerships and sole traders
- Preparing tax computations
- Providing bookkeeping services
- Preparation of VAT returns
- Filing Companies House and H M Revenue & Customs documents on the client's behalf
Assignments will be undertaken both in the office and at the client's premises. Trainees will have support and on-the-job training from managers and other senior staff.
Where you'll work
Woodmead Road
Axminster
EX13 5PQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACCOUNTANCY LEARNING LTD
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
You will undertake the “Assistant Accountant” Apprenticeship (an Advanced Apprenticeship in Accounting), with full support from Accountancy Learning as part of their Flexible Apprenticeship Programme.
This is a blended learning experience for apprentices which incorporates multiple teaching methods to suit the learning styles of our apprentices. We have on-demand learning materials that can be accessed at any time alongside face-to-face contact with a personal tutor either via Microsoft Teams or at one of our college sites once a week.
The other three days a week will be spent in the office, where you will undertake further practical and theoretical training.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this employer
At Bowes Brooks we offer a friendly and personal service. Whether it’s effective tax planning, someone to take the strain of HMRC deadlines or advice Bowes Brooks are your Partners in Accounting. We can do a lot more than just fill in your tax return – whilst we don’t have a secret agreement with HMRC we are trained to know exactly what you can claim for so can make sure you’re not paying too much tax. Bowes Brooks was started by Jessica Brooks after she relocated to the Axminster area. Jess trained at a Chartered Accountancy Practice in Bath more years ago than she cares to remember! She went on to run their small business section and was responsible for a team of 6 and over 1000 clients whose businesses ranged from start ups to several million pounds in turnover. She has since been the Finance Director for several companies (including a blue chip one) and treasurer for many charities. She has worked for Administrators and Factoring companies as a turnaround specialist dealing with failing and struggling companies and has set up, run and sold businesses herself. In all Jess brings over 20 years private practice and invaluable commercial experience to the team at Bowes Brooks. Bowes Brooks are proud to be the first point of call when clients need help with any aspect of their business and have an extensive network of specialist professional advisors to call on when necessary.
After this apprenticeship
It is expected that you will stay with the company following successful completion of your apprenticeship to undertake further qualifications and increase your responsibility in the office.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACCOUNTANCY LEARNING LTD
Vicky
Vicky@accountancylearning.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343406.
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Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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