Accounts Assistant Apprentice
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Company: CT Skills
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Location: RM19 1SR
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £18,000.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000045234
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Application Deadline Date: 22/08/2026
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Start Date: 24/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, 1 hour lunch
Brief Description
You will be joining a small and supportive team of 2 in the accounting department. This is an excellent opportunity to build up your accounting skills alongside gaining a valuable qualification for your accounting career!
Training to be Provided
You'll work towards the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting through monthly 1-to-1 online sessions (via MS Teams - so NO classroom OR college).
Your AAT Tutor will support you with the study and completion of the Mandatory Qualification 'Certificate in Accounting.' This contains 4 modules that will each take approximately 2 months each to complete.
You will sit a mandatory online exam after completing each module that you must pass in order to gain your AAT Level 2 Qualification.
Future Prospects
As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.
Vacancy Detail
- Assisting with day-to-day bookkeeping
- Supporting routine reconciliations and helping to identify data inconsistencies
- Recording financial transactions using accounting software (e.g. Xero) and excel spreadsheets to enter and manage data
- Recording and processing financial transactions accurately using company financial systems
- Reconciling bank statements and control accounts
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
- Supporting VAT return preparation
- Communicating with colleagues to support timely financial operations
- Contributing to the planning and reviewing of finance tasks as directed
- Assisting with the processing of invoices and credit notes, obtaining approvals, goods received data
- Assisting with Credit Control
- Assisting in matching receivable payments to debtor accounts
- Emailing customer statements once reconciled on a weekly and or monthly basis
- Assisting with responding to supplier and internal emails
- Assisting with processing supplier payment runs and obtaining relevant approvals
- Assisting with matching outgoing payment run batches accurately to supplier accounts and sending out remittance advices to suppliers
- Assisting with collaborating with internal teams to ensure accurate invoicing and resolution of disputes in a timely and professional manner
- Assisting with month end tasks, running Aged Creditor Reports, Aged Debtor Reports reconciliation of Debtors and creditors and liaising with Management Accounts team
- Supporting with ad-hoc tasks
- Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training