Accounts Apprentice

S R C ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD

STOURBRIDGE (DY8 4FA)

Closes in 16 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 19 November 2025

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Summary

Working as an Admin Accounts Apprentice, you will support the accounting team in preparing, coordinating, and implementing accounting tasks that contribute to the creation of financial statements.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 December 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

Key Responsibilities:

·        Prepare and process financial transactions, including ledger entries, reconciliations, and trial balances.

·        Assist in the preparation of financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.

·        Conduct control account reconciliations (e.g., bank, sales, purchase ledger).

·        Oversee data entry processes, ensuring accuracy and integrity of financial records.

·        Prepare and submit accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports.

·        Assist with tax computations and the submission of returns to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations, including Making Tax Digital (MTD) requirements.

·        Research and resolve accounting problems and discrepancies, applying ethical and professional codes.

·        Interact with internal and external stakeholders, including junior colleagues, senior managers, clients, customers, suppliers, lenders, government agencies, and auditors.

·        Take a risk-based view of transactions and data to identify and help mitigate key financial risks.

·        Utilize digital accounting tools and software proficiently and stay updated with changes in accounting practices and technology, particularly those related to MTD.

·        Work effectively as an individual contributor and as part of a team, potentially supervising assistant accountants and other junior staff.

·        Ensure the quality assurance of financial statements and the provision of key reliable accounting data.

·        Contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting processes and procedures.

 

Where you'll work

3 THE MILL
STUART WORKS
HIGH STREET
STOURBRIDGE
DY8 4FA

Training

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

Training provider

HALESOWEN COLLEGE

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

The successful apprentice will be expected to attend college one day per week to work towards their AAT Level 3 qualification.

In addition, they will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace, once every 6-8 weeks.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • Maths (grade C/4)

Other in:

AAT (grade Pass)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Initiative

About this employer

We are an established accountancy firm of over 15 years, that services both local areas in the West Midlands and remotely across the UK.

After this apprenticeship

There is potentially a permanent postion at the end of the apprenticeship.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HALESOWEN COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001410.

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Closes in 16 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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