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Semi Senior Accountancy Apprentice
STEVEN BURTON & CO LIMITED
COLCHESTER (CO6 2JX)
Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 October 2026
Summary
This apprenticeship offers experience in an accountancy practice, supporting a wide range of clients with accounts, tax, and VAT work. You will develop your knowledge of modern accounting software, build client relationship skills, and gain exposure to business development activities while working towards further professional qualifications.
Wage
£25,000 a year
Training Course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 08:30am to 5pm (1-hour lunch)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start Date
Friday 1 January 2027
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions Available
1
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
- Work with Xero and QBO
- Prepare annual accounts, personal tax returns, and VAT returns
- Review team members' work
- Prepare annual accounts, management accounts, and personal tax returns
- Manage staff and workloads to ensure internal deadlines are met
- Build positive relationships with clients in person, telephone, zoom, etc.
- Identify opportunities to offer additional services to clients
- Promote the services of the business to clients and potential clients
Where you'll work
BROOMFIELD PARK COGGESHALL ROAD EARLS COLNE COLCHESTER CO6 2JX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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Training Provider
FIRST INTUITION EAST AND NORTH 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.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
Essential Qualifications
- GCSE in: English (grade 4)
- GCSE in: Maths (grade 4)
Desirable Qualifications
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- AAT L3 in: Accountancy (grade Pass)
- AAT L4 in: Accountancy (grade In Progress)
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Willingness to learn
- Confidence using technology
About this Employer
Steven Burton & Co is a chartered accountancy practice based in Essex that supports business owners by helping them run their businesses simply and profitably. The firm works with a range of clients, including sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies, providing accountancy, tax, and business advisory services while making use of modern cloud accounting technology.
stevenburtonandco.com (opens in new tab)
Company Benefits
- Flexible and remote working available.
- Private medical cover.
After this Apprenticeship
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After completing this apprenticeship, the learner could progress to a more senior role with greater responsibility for managing client portfolios, reviewing colleagues' work, and supporting business development activities.
Ask a Question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FIRST INTUITION EAST AND NORTH LIMITED
Amelia Walker
awalker@fi.co.uk
01245209900
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000057796.
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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
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