Apprentice Accounting Assistant

FIRST FOR RECRUIT LIMITED

Tamworth (B77 4RP)

Closes in 15 days (Sunday 21 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 5 June 2026

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Summary

This is a long term career opportunity to train as an Accountant in a successful recruitment agency. This is a busy enviroment in face to face customer care. If you want to be challenged and learn new skills then this is a role for you. If the right person has Bookkeeping experience with a level 2 qualification, then we will offer the level 3 apprenticeship.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Pay to be discussed at Interview

Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 1 August 2026

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

  • Prepare and monitor budgets: Contribute to the 
    preparation and monitoring of the companies’ budgets    
  • Manage financial records: Support the monitoring and control of financial records and key reconciliations
  • Assist with financial statements: Contribute to the preparation of the Companies annual Statements of Accounts
  • Handle queries: Answer queries from colleagues
  • Using spreadsheets and accounting software
  • Matching purchase invoices to PO’s
  • Processing purchase orders
  • Maintaining accounts and resolving supplier queries
  • Assisting with general administrative and financial duties of the Accounting Team

Where you'll work

Office 2 Amber Business Centre
Mercury Park
Tamworth
B77 4RP

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE

Training course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
  • Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
  • Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
  • Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
  • Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
  • Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
  • Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
  • Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
  • Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.

Training schedule

The successful candidate will work towards achieving their AAT Level 3.

A dedicated work-based trainer will be assigned to the candidate to provide them with support and guidance throughout the course. Learning will take place one day per week from the Lichfield Campus

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths & English (grade 4-9 (A*- C))

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

 

FFR started in 2015 by James the director with the aim of supporting the traffic management industry with temporary labour.

Each year we have grown the team, the client base and the services we offer.

FFR is well thought of across the industry and is growing at a fast pace.

http://www.FirstForRecruit.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, progression would be into roles such as accounting assistant and on to accounts manager. 
 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE

Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeships@southstaffs.ac.uk

03004562424

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032800.

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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 21 June 2026 at 11:59pm)