Accounts Office / Administrator Apprentice
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Company: MSM FABRICATIONS LTD
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Location: LANCASHIRE, BB9 0RY
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: Apprenticeship Minimum Wage
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000018862
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Application Deadline Date: 24/04/2026
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Start Date: 04/05/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Thursday, 8.00am - 4.30pm and Friday, 8.00am - 2.00pm
Brief Description
This vacancy is for an Apprentice Accounts / Finance Assistant based in Nelson. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within the accounts department whilst gaining on the job qualifications.
Training to be Provided
AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting which contains:
- Introduction to Bookkeeping
- Principles of Bookkeeping
- Principles of Costing
- The Business Environment
Future Prospects
- The opportunities in the world of business are endless. Many apprentices start in business administration, customer service or accountancy, which are great stepping stones into lots of exciting careers
- You can go on to specialise in a particular field and into management. You will find people who started in finance and administration working in all professional areas and at all levels
Vacancy Detail
The successful candidate will be proactive, reliable, and confident carrying out accounts and administrative tasks accurately and efficiently.
The general Accountancy duties within this role may include:
- Understanding your organisation
- Be aware of the organisations needs and activities and their impact for accounting and finance
- Accounting systems and processes
- Identify, collate and process financial and accounting data from primary sources such as business records
Attention to detail:
- Examine financial and accounting data to identify issues with quality and reliability as instructed and in accordance with guidance
Correcting financial data errors:
- Rectify errors in financial and accounting data, escalating problems beyond their remit as appropriate
Ensuring accurate financial records:
- Reconcile transactional data to minimise the chance of errors in financial and accounting outputs such as sales and purchase invoices, sale and purchase orders, bank statements and payroll
Optimising efficiency:
- Plan and review workloads with supervisor to ensure best use of time to complete allocated tasks efficiently
Professional communication:
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using appropriate methods and professional language. Examples may include letters, phone, face-to-face, e-mail, video call, online chat functions etc.
Secure data management:
- Use financial and accounting software packages to input and manage data safely and securely in line with organisational instructions
Teamwork:
- Provide support to team members to help ensure that financial and accounting activities are carried out within expected timescales and quality expectations
Continuous learning:
- Keep up to date with developments to enhance relevant skills and take responsibility for own professional development
- Basic bookkeeping activities
- Working with sales and purchase ledgers
- Running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct
- Recording of cash and data entry
- Handling incoming calls and emails professionally
- Maintaining organised filing systems and company records
- General office support as required
Other Information
Please do not contact the company directly. Please note - we reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply as soon as possible if you wish to be considered for this role.