Corporate tax assistance & trainee accountant apprentice

Summary

This vacancy will be based in our new Gloucester office, it will involve learning how to process and produce corporate accountants alongside our lead accountant Lauren Wilson. Other duties will include client admin and contact.

Wage

£14,144 to £22,471.28, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

National Mimimum Wage for age of applicant.

Training course Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours Monday to Friday (Hours to be confirmed)

34 hours a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

Your duties will include:

• Assisting Lauren in contracting and helping client’s day to day
• Producing and learning corporate accounts and how to process the transactions
• Prepare and process invoices

Where you'll work

Office 1 05 the Forum
5 7 Cathedral Walk
Gloucester
GL1 1DF

Training

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

Training provider

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

What you'll learn

• 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

• AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
• College delivery half a day per week, or a blended approach, with half a day in College one week and half a day online the following week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Initiative