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We are looking for a commercially driven individual who is keen to pursue a career in accountancy and begin their AAT studies which we will fully fund.
Wage
- £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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- 25 days holiday
- Trade Card for B&Q
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Hours
- Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm
- Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard.
- 40 hours a week
Start date
- Sunday 1 November 2026
Duration
- 2 years
Positions available
- 1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What will my core responsibilities be?
- Assist with day-to-day financial transactions and record-keeping.
- Process invoices and expense claims, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Assist with the month end process, reconciling accounts, producing financial reports and analysis. Translating data into valuable information for managers.
- Contribute to financial process improvement initiatives, testing new automation workflows and provide feedback and suggestions for further improvements.
- Attend monthly meetings with the whole finance team to share ideas and best practice around core activities.
- Communicate with Account Managers to resolve queries and approve invoices for payment.
- Liaise with suppliers, requesting copy statements and analyse the data to identity discrepancies.
- Set up and onboard new suppliers ensuring all the correct information is gathered and approval agreed with the FD.
What skills and experience do I need to be successful in this role?
- Well developed time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
- High level of numerical and analytical ability and a genuine interest in an Accountancy career.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel and Outlook, and confidence to learn new systems
- Good attention to detail and a highly organised approach to workload management.
- A professional communication style, both written and verbal.
- A collaborative approach to contribute to team success.
- Curious and eager to learn new skills.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Where you'll work
Queen Charlotte House 53-55 Queen Charlotte Street Bristol BS1 4HQ
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Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FIRST INTUITION SOUTH LIMITED
Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
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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
You will have one day a week to focus on your AAT studies, which may involve attending sessions at the training provider and also support and training from your line manager and other colleagues.
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
- Analytical skills
- Team working
Other requirements
What skills and experience do I need to be successful in this role?
- Well developed time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
- High level of numerical and analytical ability and a genuine interest in an Accountancy career.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel and Outlook, and confidence to learn new systems
- Good attention to detail and a highly organised approach to workload management.
- A professional communication style, both written and verbal.
- A collaborative approach to contribute to team success.
- Curious and eager to learn new skills.
Why work for us?
Established in 1998 Lancer Scott offers renowned high-quality construction projects and facilities management services, often competing and winning work from our much larger competitors. We are based in the heart of Bristol and have enjoyed significant success, particularly in the last 4 years with turnover increasing from £56 million in 2020 to £125 million in 2025. To ensure our business remains fully supported we are investing into our people strategy and infrastructure to give our employees the tools to perform to the best of their ability. If you would like to join a rapidly expanding business that can offer up good opportunities for career development and professional personal growth, you should apply today and lets talk.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab). You can move into a Trainee Accountant role and begin your ACCA or CIMA studies, or chose not to study further and move into an Accounts Assistant role.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LANCER SCOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED Claire Fearon claire.fearon@lancerscott.co.uk 01179439800
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053449.
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Closes in 29 days (Thursday 15 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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