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Our clients are investing more and more into the latest technologies driven by the need to deliver an enriched customer experience. No matter the scale or location, we help our clients deliver the right solution with our ability to deploy and install working systems and the infrastructure behind them.
Wage: £16,640 a year
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Training course: Assistant accountant (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm. 40 hours a week
Start date: Monday 5 October 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The best part of working with Celestra is knowing that whatever the challenge, we will always find the best solution to fit, this is how we serve star solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Raising purchase orders on the Celestra in-house management system
- Data entry using our Xero accounting system including maintaining a sales & purchase ledger
- Involvement in the setup of customer invoices and credit notes
- Learning about the processing of employee expenses & reconciling supplier statements
- Reviewing new and existing suppliers
- Raising and preparing sales invoices and statements, credit control, supplier & internal account reconciliations & preparing payroll, expense claims
- General office support, such as answering the telephone, meet and greet customers, photocopying and scanning paperwork and filing
- Extensive use of Excel, at advanced level
- Communicate with project teams, account managers and electrical supervisor to ensure that paperwork has been complete promptly and accurately
- Other ad-hoc duties as directed by the finance team
- To support with ad-hoc projects as instructed by the finance manager
Where you'll work
1-5 James Way Bletchley Milton Keynes MK1 1SU
Training
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Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation of, and response to, financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements, and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve, or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using a range of approaches and media, with an understanding of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
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Essential qualifications
- GCSE in: English and Maths (grade 4-9)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Good administration skills
- Microsoft Office / Outlook
- Excel
- High level of confidentiality
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer-facing skills
- Written communication skills
- Flexibility
- Willingness to learn
- To enjoy working with people
- Dedicated
- Reliable
- Leader
- Self-awareness
- Integrity
About this employer
At Celestra we provide our clients with the services they need with forward-thinking expertise that develops, implements, and supports innovative and essential technologies. Driving big brands in Hospitality and Retail forward in the digital era, this is what we do!
Celestra is a successful and dynamic Company delivering IT services nationally to the best brand names in the hospitality and retail industries. We build on the essential ingredients required to build strong, long-term partnerships. We become an extension of our clients’ teams as we work together to help them achieve digital visions. With teams spread across the UK, we deliver an exceptional customer experience and speed of delivery which is second to none.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
The potential to go on to do further study and move onto a permanent contract if the apprenticeship framework is completed in full.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000051740.
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Closes in 12 days (Saturday 26 September 2026)
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