Accounts & Bookkeeping Apprentice
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING LTD
Clitheroe (BB7 2LA)
Closes on Friday 30 January 2026
Posted on 19 December 2025
Contents
Summary
This vacancy is for an Apprentice Accounts/Finance Assistant based in Clitheroe.
The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within the accounts department whilst gaining on the job qualifications.
- Wage
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£15,000 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 08:30 - 16:30.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
The general Accountancy duties within this role may include:
Understanding your organisation
Be aware of the organisations needs and activities and their impact for accounting and finance.
Accounting systems and processes
Identify, collate and process financial and accounting data from primary sources such as business records.
Attention to detail
Examine financial and accounting data to identify issues with quality and reliability as instructed and in accordance with guidance.
Correcting financial data errors
Rectify errors in financial and accounting data, escalating problems beyond their remit as appropriate.
Ensuring accurate financial records
Reconcile transactional data to minimise the chance of errors in financial and accounting outputs such as sales and purchase invoices, sale and purchase orders, bank statements and payroll.
Optimising efficiency
Plan and review workloads with supervisor to ensure best use of time to complete allocated tasks efficiently.
Professional communication
Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using appropriate methods and professional language. Examples may include letters, phone, face-to-face, e-mail, video call, online chat functions etc.
Secure data management
Use financial and accounting software packages to input and manage data safely and securely in line with organisational instructions.
Teamwork
Provide support to team members to help ensure that financial and accounting activities are carried out within expected timescales and quality expectations.
Continuous learning
- Keep up to date with developments to enhance relevant skills and take responsibility for own professional development.
- Basic bookkeeping activities.
- Working with sales and purchase ledgers.
- Running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct.
- Recording of cash and data entry.
Where you'll work
144 Bawdlands
Clitheroe
BB7 2LA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4/C or above)
- Maths (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
- Organisation skills
- Logical
- Initiative
About this employer
Assistive Technology and Training covers nationwide, both in person and remote, to ensure we can offer our services directly to those who need it. Our team of dedicated assessors are based throughout the country to guarantee that there is always support in an area that requires it. Our philosophy of inspiring change could not be achieved without our large network of assessors and offerings.
After this apprenticeship
The opportunities in the world of business are endless. Many apprentices start in business administration, customer service or accountancy, which are great stepping stones into lots of exciting careers. You can go on to specialise in a particular field and into management. You will find people who started in finance and administration working in all professional areas and at all levels.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
TRAINING 2000 LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006036.
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Closes on Friday 30 January 2026