Accounting Apprentice (Apprenticeship)

About the Role As an Accounting Apprentice, you will support day-to-day accounting and administrative tasks while developing your knowledge of bookkeeping, VAT, and financial accounts.

This role offers exposure to a wide range of clients, including sole traders and limited companies, giving you valuable real-world experience from the outset.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• General administrative support within the accounts function
• Sending reminders for VAT and limited company deadlines and following up on required documentation via phone, email, and letter
• Organising and maintaining invoices and receipts
• Entering sales invoices, purchase invoices, and receipts into accounting software
• Maintaining accurate client files and liaising directly with clients
• Completing cashbooks using bank statements and reconciling them to zero
• Compiling and submitting VAT returns
• Preparing trial balances for financial accounts for sole traders and limited companies
• Dealing with HMRC and responding to queries
• Answering client queries via telephone and email
• Ensuring month-end planning is completed and deadlines are met for VAT returns, financial accounts, and tax returns
• Credit control duties, including contacting clients regarding outstanding balances, receiving payments, and allocating funds on the system

Training and Qualifications

• Working towards an AAT Level 2 or Level 3 Accounting qualification
• Full on-the-job training and structured learning support provided

Skills and Personal Qualities

• Good organisational and administrative skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal
• Comfortable working with numbers and financial data
• Basic IT skills and willingness to learn accounting software
• Ability to manage deadlines and prioritise workload
• Reliable, professional, and eager to learn
• Able to work well independently and as part of a team

What You'll Gain

• A recognised AAT qualification
• Practical experience across bookkeeping, VAT, and accounts
• Exposure to a variety of clients and accounting tasks
• A strong pathway into a long-term career in accountancy or finance

Training Qualifications required. Prospects Qualification / Standard : ST0608 Accounts or finance assistant Duration

Jobs are provided by the Find a Job Service from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).