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Accounts or Finance Assistant (Level 2) Apprenticeship
About the Role
First hand accountancy experience with a range of client types, covering a wide variety of areas such as accounts preparation, tax, payroll, and VAT.
Wage
- Wage: £14,560 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Training Course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm with 1hr lunch break
- 35 hours a week
Start Date
- Monday 5 October 2026
Duration
- 1 year 3 months
Positions Available
- 1
Job Responsibilities
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What You'll Do at Work
- Profit and loss account preparation
- Tax return preparation
- Bookkeeping preparation
- Administrative work
- Talking to clients and HMRC
Where You'll Work
14 FURTHERWICK ROAD
CANVEY ISLAND
SS8 7AE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
- SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Training Course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
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What You'll Learn
- 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.
Training Schedule
This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Maths and English (grade 2)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
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Other Requirements
- All work would be done in the office – we do not offer working from home.
About MSB Canvey
MSB Canvey is a dedicated accountancy firm providing a diverse range of services tailored to meet the needs of both individuals and businesses.
Our commitment to combining expert financial knowledge with a genuinely personal approach gives us confidence that we will help you achieve success. We take time to understand your business, your goals and your challenges to ensure our advice is always practical, proactive and tailored to you.
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Full-time Employment
Full-time employment on successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
- SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
- Diane Ridgley
- diane.ridgley@southessex.ac.uk
- 01702221858
Reference Code
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052404.
Closing Date
Closes in 18 days (Friday 2 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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