Accounts Assistant Apprentice

CT Skills

Hansons Yard, Botany Way, Purfleet (RM19 1SR)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 21 August 2026)

Posted on 29 July 2026

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Summary

You will be joining a small and supportive team of 2 in the accounting department. This is an excellent opportunity to build up your accounting skills alongside gaining a valuable qualification for your accounting career!

Wage

£18,000 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, 1 hour lunch

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 24 August 2026

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

  • Assisting with day-to-day bookkeeping
  • Supporting routine reconciliations and helping to identify data inconsistencies
  • Recording financial transactions using accounting software (e.g. Xero) and excel spreadsheets to enter and manage data
  • Recording and processing financial transactions accurately using company financial systems
  • Reconciling bank statements and control accounts
  • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
  • Supporting VAT return preparation
  • Communicating with colleagues to support timely financial operations
  • Contributing to the planning and reviewing of finance tasks as directed
  • Assisting with the processing of invoices and credit notes, obtaining approvals, goods received data
  • Assisting with Credit Control
  • Assisting in matching receivable payments to debtor accounts
  • Emailing customer statements once reconciled on a weekly and or monthly basis
  • Assisting with responding to supplier and internal emails
  • Assisting with processing supplier payment runs and obtaining relevant approvals
  • Assisting with matching outgoing payment run batches accurately to supplier accounts and sending out remittance advices to suppliers
  • Assisting with collaborating with internal teams to ensure accurate invoicing and resolution of disputes in a timely and professional manner
  • Assisting with month end tasks, running Aged Creditor Reports, Aged Debtor Reports reconciliation of Debtors and creditors and liaising with Management Accounts team
  • Supporting with ad-hoc tasks
  • Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training

Where you'll work

Hansons Yard, Botany Way, Purfleet
RM19 1SR

Training

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

Training provider

CT SKILLS LIMITED

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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'll work towards the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting through monthly 1-to-1 online sessions (via MS Teams - so NO classroom OR college).

Your AAT Tutor will support you with the study and completion of the Mandatory Qualification 'Certificate in Accounting.' This contains 4 modules that will each take approximately 2 months each to complete.

You will sit a mandatory online exam after completing each module that you must pass in order to gain your AAT Level 2 Qualification.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

None required (grade None required)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Initiative
  • IT skills
  • Number skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

About this employer

Specialising in the Caribbean, W.I. Freight are considered the leading commercial and personal effect shipper in the UK. With over 45 years of shipping experience and regular acquisition of other successful companies, W.I. Freight is a world-class business. They operate from a 13,000-square foot warehouse in Greater London.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CT SKILLS LIMITED

Isabella Todd

isabella.todd@ctskills.co.uk

0115 959 9544

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045234.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 21 August 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.