Accounts Apprentice

Summary

As an Accountancy Apprentice, you will work alongside experienced accountants and tax professionals, gaining practical experience in a wide range of accounting functions. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills while working towards a professional qualification in accountancy.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year

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

Key Responsibilities:

Bookkeeping: Assist with maintaining accurate financial records, including processing invoices, payments, and receipts.
Data Entry & Reconciliation: Input financial data into accounting software, ensuring accuracy and up-to-date information. Support the reconciliation of bank statements, credit card transactions, and supplier accounts.
Tax Compliance: Assist with VAT returns, personal tax calculations, and other statutory compliance tasks.
Financial Analysis: Analysis client financial records and investigate discrepancies for tax compliance checks
Client Support & Administration: Provide excellent client service by answering calls, addressing inquiries, and resolving issues.
Manage administrative tasks such as scanning documents and maintaining up-to-date client records.
Learning & Development: Complete your apprenticeship coursework and exams, applying new knowledge to practical tasks within the company.

Where you’ll work

F6
THE BLOC
38 SPRINGFIELD WAY
ANLABY
HU10 6RJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

MCARTHUR DEAN TRAINING 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

Training will be weekly in a class environment, working towards a Level 2 Accounts or finance assistant apprenticeship standard.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (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
Administrative skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

We are a dynamic and growing firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisors in the Anlaby area. Our company prides itself on providing exceptional service to our clients by tailoring our diverse range of services to meet their individual needs. We are a forward thinking, technology driven practice looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Accountancy Apprentice to join our team.

Company benefits

Free on-site parking.

After this apprenticeship

Excellent prospects with the possibility to progress onto level 3.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MCARTHUR DEAN TRAINING LIMITED

Julie Curtis

julie@mcarthurdean.co.uk

01482 210093

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313253.

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Closes on Monday 30 June 2025

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