Accountancy Apprentice

Summary

Start your career with a growing practice operating in a very exciting industry sector. We have a team of talented people delivering accountancy, taxation and advisory services to agricultural and rural businesses. We work closely with our clients so that we can provide them with information that helps them grow and develop their businesses.

Wage

£15,500 a year

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm including 1 hour unpaid lunch

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 22 May 2025

Duration

1 year 4 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

From day one we will be teaching you the skills you require to prepare accounts and eventually tax computations from data provided by our clients.

Your work will include:

Data analysis
Reconciliation
Problem solving
Sense checking

Where you’ll work

GROVE FARM
PORTWAY
BURGHILL
HEREFORD
HR4 8NF

Training

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

College or training organisation

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Your training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

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.

Your training plan

Formal training is delivered at HWGTA, located in Hereford (HR4 9SX):

You will receive training one day per week which is a combination of face-to-face and remote, as per your assigned training plan
Additional training for functional skills in English and maths will be undertaken if needed
You will receive monthly visits from your assigned Learning and Development Specialist, who will set you work, monitor your development and wellbeing, and discuss training sessions. They will also prepare you for your End Point Assessment to gain your AAT Level 2 qualification
There is also a five-day teambuilding residential trip that is held in the spring of each year offered to all apprentices on programme

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English and Maths (grade 4 or C above)

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

A Level grades (grade A - C)

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
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

Other requirements

Location just north of Hereford, so the candidate would ideally need to drive.

About this company

An established accountancy practice specialising in agricultural accounts. Based just outside Hereford, in new purpose-built offices, the firm was established in 1998.

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

After this apprenticeship

As a firm we believe in developing and enabling our staff to progress so that they can reach their full potential
After completing AAT we would hope that the candidate would progress to the ACA or ACCA exams

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Lisa Wilkinson

lisa.wilkinson@hwgta.org

01432377002

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000305200.

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Closes in 16 days (Thursday 15 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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