Apprentice Accountant Assistant

ST MARYS SERVICES LTD

London (SW4 6JP)

Closes on Sunday 5 April 2026

Posted on 5 February 2026

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Summary

This is an ideal opportunity which help candidates to start to build their future career in accounting through the apprenticeship programme.

Duties will include:

  • Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and transactions
  • Maintaining the sales and purchase ledgers
  • Setting up and updating cash flow report

Wage

£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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£9,609.60 to £18,964.40 a year.

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, between 9.00am - 5.00pm. Day release for class. Total hours per week: 35 hours a week.

35 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

3

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

  • Setting up and updating cash flow report
  • Agreed monthly reports
  • Payroll Year End processing and reconciliation
  • Printing of payslips
  • Updating and reconciling nominal ledgers activities and        transactions
  • Dealing with bank postings 

Where you'll work

Unit 3B, Union Court
20 Union Road
London
SW4 6JP

Training

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

Training provider

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE 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

  • You will gain AAT level 2 Foundation Certificate qualification
  • Level 2 NVQ
  • Accounting / Finance Apprenticeship Level 2 
  • Apprentices without Level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and taken the test for level 2 prior to taking their end point assessment 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths, English (grade 5-9)

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
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

  • Desired skills and personal qualities
  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Number skills

About this employer

Our central aim is to provide high quality, professional and friendly accounting services to our clients. We offer bookkeeping, accounting, taxation and payroll services in and around South London area.

After this apprenticeship

  • AAT Level 3 Apprenticeship
  • Full time employment

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE TRAINING PLACE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000013254.

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Closes on Sunday 5 April 2026