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Kingswinford
£15.6k/yr
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Kick Start Your Career in Accountancy

There is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to kick start their career in accountancy. The successful candidate will be working towards a recognised qualification while gaining valuable experience. Why not apply today?

Wage

  • £15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
  • National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

Training Course

  • Professional accounting technician (level 4)

Hours

  • Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm (1.00pm - 2.00pm lunch). 37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start Date

  • Sunday 1 November 2026

Duration

  • 1 year 6 months

Positions Available

  • 1

What You'll Do at Work

As an apprentice/trainee accountant, the successful candidate will be expected to:

  • Prepare income & expenditure accounts using IRIS accounting software
  • Be able to interpret a trial balance from numerous accounting software packages
  • Produce accounts from a trial balance or manual records for sole traders, partnerships, and or limited companies

Additional works will include:

  • The preparation of VAT returns
  • The preparation of Management accounts
  • Drafting corporation and personal tax returns

Full study support will be given to complete the AAT qualification.

Where You'll Work

Brook House
Moss Grove Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9HS

Training Details

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

Training Provider

HALESOWEN COLLEGE

Training Course

Professional accounting technician (level 4)

What You'll Learn

Course Contents

  • Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
  • Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
  • Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
  • Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
  • Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.

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Training Schedule

The apprentice will be expected to attend college one day per week to work towards their AAT Level 4 qualification. In addition, they will be allocated with an assessor who will visit them within the workplace, once every 6-8 weeks.

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Essential Qualifications

  • GCSE in:
    • English (grade C/4)
    • Maths (grade 4/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Initiative
  • Honest & Friendly
  • Approachable
  • Good work ethic
  • Willingness to learn

Other Requirements

The applicant must have completed a Level 2 and 3 qualification in AAT or Book-keeping. Alternatively, substantial work experience in book-keeping may be considered.

About This Employer

The practice was established in 1984 and is now a team of around 40 professional staff dedicated to providing excellent advice and first-class service to our business and personal clients alike. We have many clients in the local community of Kingswinford & across the West Midlands and service businesses, small and large, across many sectors including: The professions, The construction industry, Manufacturers, Retailers, The service sectors.

After This Apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). Ability to grow and progress within the organisation; full study support including ICAEW training contracts.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is: HALESOWEN COLLEGE
Deborah Maley
dmaley@halesowen.ac.uk
0121 602 7777

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055549.

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Skills

accounting
communication
identify digital competence gaps
attend to detail
work in an organised manner
apply numeracy skills
show initiative
demonstrate trustworthiness
be friendly to passengers
demonstrate willingness to learn
accounting department processes
bookkeeping regulations
financial department processes
financial statements
fraud detection
depreciation
statistics
accounting techniques
accounting entries
commercial law

Location

Moss Grove, Kingswinford DY6 9HS, UK

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