AAT Accounts Assistant Apprentice

Onyx Accountants Ltd

UK (B7 4NU)

Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 14 May 2025)

Posted on 22 April 2025

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Summary

Are you looking to build a long-term career in Accountancy? Then look no further! Start your career today with a level 4 apprenticeship with Onyx Accountants Ltd and Kaplan. You will be gaining valuable workplace experience whilst working towards the AAT Level 4 qualification.

Wage

£18,500 a year

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Training course
Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)
Hours
Shifts to be confirmed

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Dealing with basic bookkeeping
  • Processing and paying invoices
  • Recording receipts and payments
  • Preparing and checking ledger balances and other monthly and yearly accounts
  • Assisting with preparation work for tax returns and VAT returns
  • Using computerised accounting systems
  • Assisting with preparation work for both statutory and management accounts
  • Assisting in preparation of management accounts

Where you’ll work

Onyx House 12 Phoenix Business Park
Birmingham
UK
B7 4NU

Training

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

College or training organisation

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Your training course

Professional accounting or taxation technician (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Your training plan

  • Professional Accounting Taxation Technician Apprenticeship Level 4 - AAT A key role within any accountancy and finance function, individuals undertaking this apprenticeship will hone their ability to create, verify and review accurate and timely financial information
  • This apprenticeship can suit a variety of financial functions as there are a range of qualifications available to suit your organisation.
  • Our Professional Accountant / Taxation Professional apprenticeship programme offers a choice of professional qualification with work based projects. This ensures that learning and skills are directly applied to the apprentice’s role, and maximises the time used as part of off-the-job training. The course is made up of three mandatory units and five optional units
  • You must pass all the mandatory assessments and two optional unit assessments to achieve the qualification. Mandatory: Drafting and Interpreting of Financial Statements (DAIF) Applied Management Accounting (AMAC)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • Maths (grade 9/A* - 4/C)
  • English (grade 9/A* - 4/C)

Other in:

  • AAT (grade L3)

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
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills

Other requirements

Standard holidays and pension. Parking available at office. Located close to Aston express way with public transport links close to the office and city centre.

About this company

We are an accountancy practice based in Aston, Birmingham and Tettenhall, Wolverhampton. As finance and business advisory specialists we do more than taking care of the books.

After this apprenticeship

  • Possibility to progress onto a full time position upon completion of the apprenticeship
  • Possibility of progressing to chartered level qualification (subject to review upon completion of level 7 apprenticeship)
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316546.

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Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 14 May 2025)

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