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Accounts /Finance Assistant Apprentice

Exeter
£16k/yr
Posted about 1 month ago
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An opportunity to start to your Accountancy career

& cover a range of accounting/ bookkeeping functions, including assisting payroll team & getting involved in bookkeeping transactions for clients & drafting their VAT returns. Potential for progressing to subsequent qualifications & membership of the AAT.

As an apprentice accounts assistant, you will work as part of a team assisting with clients’ accounting needs.

This position involves a number of different aspects including:

  • Preparing year-end accounts for a diverse client base, including limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders across the UK and further afield
  • Managing VAT
  • Conducting bookkeeping for limited companies, sole traders, and partnerships
  • Gain experience with company secretarial services
  • Progressively assume more significant responsibilities and deepen your technical knowledge

During your training you will be expected to develop an understanding of the practical issues involved in delivering a high quality service to clients.

Assignments will be undertaken both in the office and at client's premises. Trainees will have support and on the job training from managers and other senior staff.

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You will undertake the “Accounts / Finance Assistant” Apprenticeship (an Intermediate Apprenticeship in Accounting), with full support from Accountancy Learning as part of their Flexible Apprenticeship Programme.

Assessment will be by an “End Point Assessment”, which will include the following two elements:

  • A Structured Interview. This will consist of 10 questions asked by an AAT Independent Assessor. It will last 60 minutes and will be performed remotely via the AAT on-line video portal. The questions will allowing you to display the knowledge and experience you have obtained over your apprenticeship. You will build a Portfolio of reflections and product evidence that will be used to support your answers to these 10 questions.
  • An In-tray Test. This will be undertaken under exam conditions and will last 105 minutes. It will be based on what you have studied in your AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.

Successful completion of the AAT (Level 2) Foundation Certificate in Accounting is a mandatory element of the Accounts / Finance Assistant Apprenticeship. Your Apprenticeship will therefore include formal studies towards this qualification. It is anticipated that your apprenticeship duration will be for 15 months, although earlier completion is possible, provided the duration exceeds one year and a week.

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You will receive support from both the employer, and the training provider, to complete and achieve your Apprenticeship and will be given time to study during the week on a day release basis. As you are working towards a professional qualification, it is also expected that you will continue your studies outside of normal office hours.

As you learn more in both the office and in your studies your responsibilities, and the variety of tasks you undertake, are expected to increase.

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.

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It is expected that you will stay with the company following successful completion of your apprenticeship to undertake further qualifications and increase your responsibility in the office.

As an apprentice with Frost Accountants, you'll refine administration, record-keeping, and communication abilities while contributing to the firm's expansion. Due to this expansion, there are regular opportunities for promotion into, and development of, newly created roles in the business. You will be perfectly placed to take advantage of these opportunities due to the firm’s culture of ‘growing our own’ and promoting from within.

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Skills

accounting
manage payroll
prepare tax returns forms
identify digital competence gaps
work in an organised manner
apply numeracy skills
think analytically
teamwork principles
use microsoft office
accounting department processes
bookkeeping regulations
depreciation
accounting techniques
accounting entries
tax legislation
perform business research
allocate bills
check accounting records
manage corporate bank accounts
follow up accounts receivables

Location

Tourism House, Woodwater Park, Pynes Hill, Exeter EX2 5WS, UK

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