Mentor – Accountancy
Location: Working from home with travel across the East Midlands
Have you ever worked in an accountancy or finance role and felt ready for a new challenge where your experience could genuinely shape the futures of others? This is a rewarding opportunity to move beyond day to day finance work and use your knowledge to guide, support and inspire learners working towards AAT Level 3 and Level 4 qualifications.
This is your opportunity to do exactly that.
At Able Personnel, we are recruiting on behalf of a respected and growing training provider for a passionate Accountancy Mentor to join their expanding team based in Derby and the surrounding East Midlands.
This is a hybrid role with a mix of home working and travel across the East Midlands, including visits to learners and employers on a regular basis, with the option to work from office bases when preferred. You will play a key role in supporting learners through their apprenticeship journey and helping them progress towards successful completion of their qualifications.
What you will be doing:
• Mentoring and supporting learners throughout their apprenticeship journey and helping them progress towards successful completion of AAT qualifications
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with learners and employers to support engagement and progress
• Managing your own diary and completing structured progression reviews with clear targets and support plans
• Tracking learner progress using online systems and providing clear feedback and reporting
• Delivering pastoral support where needed to help learners stay motivated and supported
• Embedding equality and diversity, safeguarding, British values, Prevent and health and safety into all learning activity
• Working closely with colleagues to support learner achievement and timely completion
• Ensuring all documentation and compliance requirements are met to a high standard
• Keeping your own professional knowledge up to date within the accountancy field
What we are looking for:
• AAT Level 3 and AAT Level 4 qualification as a minimum
• Experience working within an accountancy or finance environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage learners effectively
• Excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to manage your own workload
• Confident IT skills including Microsoft Office
• Full driving licence with access to a vehicle for travel across the East Midlands
• Supportive and empathetic approach with a genuine desire to help others succeed
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team
Desirable:
• Mentoring, teaching or training experience
• Experience within apprenticeships or the education sector
• Teaching or assessing qualification
Salary and benefits:
• Salary £25,000 to £35,000 per annum
• 34 days annual leave including bank holidays plus your birthday off
• Significant pension contribution
• Retail discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Private health insurance
• Career progression and ongoing professional development opportunities
If you are ready to use your accountancy experience to support, inspire and develop the next generation of finance professionals, this role offers purpose, reward and the opportunity to make a lasting impact