An Assistant Accountant Apprentice provides support to internal and external
customers and will work predominately either as an assistant accountant within
practise or alternatively within the finance function of an organisation. Our
advanced qualification within the apprenticeship introduces more detailed
financial tasks including maintaining cost accounting records and the
preparation of reports and returns. You will also master a range of accounting
disciplines from ethical practices for accountants to advanced bookkeeping. The
type of jobs could include progression to payroll supervisor, audit trainee and
tax assistant.
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Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship
Level 3 - Advanced
Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship
The Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship is equivalent to two A-level passes.
Our Assistant Accountant programme builds the foundations needed for a career in
accountancy. The programme help you develop all the skills you will need to work
in a modern accounting environment. In addition to this, our level 3 accountant
qualification will equip you with all the necessary technical knowledge by
embedding the AAT Level 3 qualification as part of the apprenticeship programme.
An Assistant Accountant provides support to internal and external customers and
will work predominately either as an assistant accountant within practice or
alternatively within the finance function of an organisation. Part of their role
will involve assisting in the day to day financial activities such as data entry
to month end management accounts and/or year-end financial statements. In
addition the Assistant Accountant may find themselves involved in regulatory
financial requirements such as the completion of VAT returns or assisting in the
preparation of tax computations. If you are looking to apply for an apprenticeship and are available to start
immediately, please follow this link where you will find our current
apprenticeship vacancies. If you are currently in full time education studying towards qualifications
and looking to apply for an apprenticeship next academic year, please apply via
the button below. For any other information about this particular apprenticeship please contact
us via ask@bmet.ac.uk.
Location
Entry
Fees
When
Matthew Boulton College
01-08-2023
£0.00*
TBC
Sutton Coldfield College
01-08-2023
£0.00*
TBC
* Courses are free for 16-18s. Students aged 19 or over could be charged fees and is subject to a fee assessment. Learners on benefits in the majority of cases courses are also free. Fee assessments are completed at enrolment.
Course Length: Weeks
Individual employers set the selection criteria however, for entry onto this apprenticeship, applicants must have 5 GCSE’s at grade C/4 and above including English and maths.
Assessment is via online unitised examinations and two elements of End Point Assessment, one being the completion of a portfolio of work based evidence and the second a final synoptic exam covering all other units.
Once you have completed the Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship you may consider progression to the Professional Accounting Technician (Level 4) Apprenticeship.
We work with a range of large and small employers that support apprentices through their journey.
The Level 3 apprenticeship covers modules in making provisions for double and irrecoverable debts, reconcililing ledgers with cash book, the importance of professional ethics in the working environment, analysing variances, using spreadsheets to manage and record information in the accounting environment.