Accountancy Apprentice

Summary
Start your career with a growing practice operating in a very exciting industry sector. We have a team of talented people delivering accountancy, taxation and advisory services to agricultural and rural businesses. We work closely with our clients so that we can provide them with information that helps them grow and develop their businesses.

Wage: £15,500 a year
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm including 1 hour unpaid lunch
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 17 March
Duration: 1 year 4 months
Positions available: 1

Work
As an apprentice, you'll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You'll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you'll do at work
From day one we will be teaching you the skills you require to prepare accounts and eventually tax computations from data provided by our clients. Your work will include:

• Data analysis
• Reconciliation
• Problem solving
• Sense checking

Where you'll work
GROVE FARM
PORTWAY
BURGHILL
HEREFORD
HR4 8NF

Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation
HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Your training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Equal to GCSE

Course contents

• Record transactional data.
• Use the organisation's standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
• Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
• Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Your training plan
Formal training is delivered at HWGTA, located in Hereford (HR4 9SX):

• You will receive training one day per week which is a combination of face-to-face and remote, as per your assigned training plan.
• Additional training for functional skills in English and maths will be undertaken if needed.
• You will receive monthly visits from your assigned Learning and Development Specialist, who will set you work, monitor your development and wellbeing, and discuss training sessions. They will also prepare you for your End Point Assessment to gain your AAT Level 2 qualification.
• There is also a five-day teambuilding residential trip that is held in the spring of each year offered to all apprentices on programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications
GCSE in:

• English and Maths (grade 4 or C above)

Desirable qualifications
A Level in:

• A Level grades (grade A - C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Initiative

Other requirements
Location just north of Hereford, so the candidate would ideally need to drive.

About this company
An established accountancy practice specialising in agricultural accounts. Based just outside Hereford, in new purpose-built offices, the firm was established in 1998.

After this apprenticeship

• As a firm we believe in developing and enabling our staff to progress so that they can reach their full potential.
• After completing AAT we would hope that the candidate would progress to the ACA or ACCA exams.

Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Lisa Wilkinson
lisa.wilkinson@hwgta.org
01432377002
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000305200.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 7 March at 11:59pm)

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