Accountant Apprentice

LAWTON BRADFORD ACCOUNTANTS LTD

Stafford, ST18 0FZ

Closes in 23 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 4 October 2024

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Summary

We are a growing firm of accountants working with clients in many industries and sectors. We work with sole traders and partnerships to multi-million pound companies. We are a small friendly team which means we offer a wider range of experience for the right candidate. We are working towards automating the practice to reduce the "boring" stuff

Annual wage
£12,675 a year

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Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, with a 30 minute lunch break.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 11 November

Duration

1 Year 3 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • Admin - incoming post and outgoing post
  • Front of house and hospitality
  • Data entry using software to automate the process
  • Bookkeeping, including bank reconciliations
  • Value Added Tax Returns
  • Preparation of management information
  • Assist senior accountants and managers
  • Assist Tax Manager in preparing personal tax returns
  • Ongoing in-house training in accountancy
  • Ongoing in-house training in software that we use
  • Ad hoc tasks and duties

Where you’ll work

7 Marconi Gate

Staffordshire Technology Park

Stafford

ST18 0FZ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED

Your training course

Assistant accountant (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
  • Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
  • Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
  • Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
  • Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
  • Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
  • Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
  • Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
  • Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

    • Your training plan

    The successful candidate is expected to train for AAT level 3 (including bridging level 2) with Babbington Business College. This takes the form of online class based training once a week.

    There will also be in-house training to enable the candiate to fullfil their duties.

    More training information

    Babbington Business College is a friendly place of study that we have used for a number of years and provides a better quality of service in our experience.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 4)
    • Maths (grade 4)

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Computer Science/IT (grade 4)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • IT skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience
    • Computer literate

    Other requirements

    The candidate will be located at Staffordshire Technical Park.

    About this company

    We are a busy professional accountancy practice that has been operating for 7 years, and two directors and manager each have at least 25 years experience, and a fantastic background working with small medium enterprises.

    http://www.lawtonbradford.com (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    The successful apprentice, can if they wish, study for the professional accountancy qualifications to level up from being a Qualified Accounting Technician to being hopefully becoming a Qualified Accountant.

    This will coincide with the successful candiate progressing through the firm.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    LAWTON BRADFORD ACCOUNTANTS LTD

    Gavin Marsh

    gavin+jobs@lawtonbradford.com

    01785748683

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280612.

    Apply now

    Closes in 23 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)

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