Summary
Launch your career in accountancy with our Accounts Apprentice Trainee role! This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in a supportive and professional environment. You'll receive full training and mentoring, work towards your AAT qualification, and be part of a friendly team committed to your development.
Wage
£18,500 a year
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 3.30pm (30mins lunch).
30 hours a week
Start date
Monday 15 September 2025
Duration
1 year 1 month
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
* Assist with processing invoices, receipts, and payments using accounting software
* Support with preparing financial reports, reconciliations, and basic bookkeeping tasks
* Help maintain accurate financial records and filing systems
* Communicate with clients and suppliers via phone and email
* Provide general administrative support to the finance team
Where you'll work
Eden House
Two Rivers Industrial Estate, Station Lane
Witney
OX28 4BL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ABINGDON AND WITNEY COLLEGE
Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
What you'll learn
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.
* 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.
Training schedule
Delivery model:
* Work-based training with your employer
* Day release during term time (approximately 1 day a week)
* Regular meetings with your training coordinator to monitor progress and well-being
* Level 1 Functional Skills in English (7 days at college, if required)
* Off the job training will count for at least 6 hours a week of an apprentice’s time at work
Qualifications included:
* Level 1 Functional Skills in English (if required)
* AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Accounting
* Level 2 Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship
End Point Assessment:
* Knowledge Test - Integrated
* Interview
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English & Maths (grade A*- C / 4 - 9)
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
* Number skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
Other requirements
Please apply as soon as possible for this role. Should the right candidate be found prior to the closing date, then the vacancy may be closed early. Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session: Any new person applying for apprenticeship roles where Abingdon and Witney College deliver the training will be required to attend an Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session at Witney or Abingdon campus. This will consist of a series of initial assessments (required prior to any apprenticeship offer), completion of essential paperwork, the opportunity to find out more about the apprenticeship process, the training included, and a forum for your questions. As a new Apprenticeship applicant, you will only have to undergo this process once. If you would like to talk to us about the assessments or if you would need any extra support to attend the Apprenticeship Assessment and Information Session, please call us on 01235 216216. Qualification checks: By applying for this vacancy, you are giving Abingdon and Witney College permission to undertake a Learner Record Service check on your previous qualifications. We make every effort to ensure that applicants from non-traditional academic backgrounds or those who may not have the formal GCSE entry requirements can access apprenticeships where possible. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for Apprentices is £7.55 per hour from April 2024. This applies to 16 - 18 year old apprentices and those aged 19 and over during the first year of their apprenticeship. After this, the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The Wage for apprentices applies to both time spent on the job plus time spent training.