Accountancy Apprenticeship (AAT)

Summary

Not planning on university? Get your career off to a flying start with a Hazlewoods apprenticeship and work towards becoming a qualified accountant. Join one of the South West’s largest independent accountancy and business advisory firms.

• Wage: £23,000 a year
• Training course: Professional accounting technician (level 4)
• Hours: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm. 37 hours 30 minutes a week
• Start date: Wednesday 1 September 2027
• Duration: 1 year 6 months
• Positions available: 30

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Whatever your interests, you’ll find opportunities across Audit, Accounting and Business Services, Tax, and our specialist sector teams.

The Apprenticeship:

• 5-year programme leading to ACA qualification
• After 2 years you will achieve Level 4 (AAT)
• When you start your ACA, you will be able to select departmental rotation
• Study is in blocks and is classroom based in Bristol

As an apprentice, you’ll engage in client work within a supportive and inclusive team. Our apprentices collaborate with a diverse range of clients across various industry sectors. We support your growth and development by assigning a manager and buddy throughout the programme.

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship. This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Bull Wharf, Redcliff Street, Bristol, BS1 6QR
• 10th Floor South Gate House, Wood Street, Cardiff, CF10 1EW
• 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1WG
• Windsor House, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3AT
• Staverton Court, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0UX

Training

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)

What you'll learn

• 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.