Accounts Apprentice

SIMON BAILES LTD

N YORKSHIRE (DL7 8DS)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 1 October 2025

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Summary

Simon Bailes Ltd are looking for a hardworking, motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join their team as an accounts apprentice. The successful candidate will work towards their level 2 aat apprenticeship qualification.

Wage

£14,722.50 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 - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 27 October 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

Reporting to the finance director the apprentice duties will include:

  • Processing purchase invoices
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Sales ledger debt
  • Trial balance reconciliations
  • Bank payments
  • Dealing with petty cash

Where you'll work

2-3 TANNERY LANE
NORTHALLERTON
N YORKSHIRE
DL7 8DS

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 Middlesbrough College
  • On the job training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths or equivalent (grade 4/C or above)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Initiative

About this employer

Our three North East dealerships, located in Northallerton, Guisborough and Stockton, have a wide ranging stock of new, nearly new and used Peugeot models to choose from. Or, if you’re already an owner then our aftersales department are on hand for all your servicing and MOT needs – we’ve even got a parts shop too. Finally, our Accident Repair centre in Northallerton aims to help make the stress of an accident easier to deal with.

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

After this apprenticeship

  • Potentially, a full accounts role for the right person

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344600.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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