Trainee Accountant apprentice

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring accounting professional to join the finance function while studying towards the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification. This role is ideal for someone who has completed Level 3 AAT (or equivalent) and is looking to progress.

Competitive wage offered.

Professional accounting technician (level
4)

Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm;
Friday 9am-4:30pm. 37 hours 30 minutes a week.

Thursday 26 March 2026

1 year 6 months

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

Key responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts, including supporting schedules
• Support profit and loss and balance sheet reporting
• Assist with variance analysis and KPI reporting
• Help prepare short‑term cash flow forecasts
• Complete bank reconciliations and support cash management processes
• Maintain the general ledger, including journals, accruals and prepayments
• Assist with fixed asset register maintenance
• Support purchase ledger and sales ledger processes
• Assist with credit control activities
• Process staff expenses
• Support payroll administration processes
• Assist in preparing and submitting VAT returns
• Support compliance with accounting policies and internal controls
• Contribute to improving financial processes and systems
• Provide general finance and administrative support to the wider team

• Study towards the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician (AAT) qualification
• Develop skills in management accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting
• Gain experience in accounting software (e.g., Sage) and Excel
• Receive mentorship from experienced finance professionals

UNIT 1
WINDSOR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
RUPERT STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B7 4PR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You'll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

Professional accounting technician (level
4)

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Course contents

• 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…