Professional Accounting Apprentice

Summary

The role will provide the opportunity for someone who has a genuine interest in accountancy to start their career. It will enable you to develop your accountancy and taxation knowledge and experience working within an accountancy practice.

Wage

£22,000 a year

Training course

Professional accounting technician (level
4)

Hours

Monday - Friday 9 am
-5 pm. 35 hours a week

Start date

Wednesday 25 February 2026

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

• Bookkeeping – Prepare VAT returns with training
• Prepare small sets of accounts and non‑trading accounts using firm’s accounts plan
• Excel Analysis – Prepare simple corporation tax computations with training
• Small sets of management accounts with training
• Answering the phone and emails
• Monitoring and maintaining deadlines
• Chasing information from clients
• General administrative tasks (eg post, filing, scanning, uploading accounts, maintaining deadlines, internet research)

Desired skills and personal qualities

• Confident and professional communicator, particularly on the telephone
• Good work ethic and understanding of appropriateness in the workplace
• Good written and verbal communication
• Ability to listen and understand the client's needs
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure, multitask and cope with changing priorities
• Friendly and a team player
• Able to multi‑task

Where you’ll work

Saxon House
6A St Andrew Street
Hertford
SG14 1JA

Training

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

Training provider

SOLVEWAY LIMITED

Training schedule

Training will be one day a week and we provide flexible options of classroom training in our offices in Hertfordshire, as well as LIVE online learning options. We provide full support with a work coach to ensure you have a positive and successful experience on the apprenticeship programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

• GCSE in English (grade
  4)
• GCSE in maths (grade
  4)

Other

AAT L3 (grade Pass). Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience

About this employer

At DSA Bookkeeping, we firmly believe that accurate books and records are the foundation of your business. DSA take care of all your financial administration, allowing you the time to focus on the other important aspects of your business.

After this apprenticeship

We look to support staff internally and will review once the apprenticeship qualification is gained to retain employment within the company, and progress further in accountancy.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOLVEWAY LIMITED

Reference code

VAC

Apply now

Closes on Tuesday 24 February 2026

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