Apprenticeship in Accountancy (Accounting Technician)
- Employer
- Greater Brighton Metropolitan College Apprenticeships
- Location
- Hove, East Sussex
- Salary
- £15,000.00
- Closing date
- 5 May 2021
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- Sector
- Finance, Accountancy, Financial Services
- Function
- Apprenticeship, Financial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Apprenticeship summary
The role will provide the opportunity for someone who has a genuine interest in accountancy to start their career in the field. It will enable you to develop your accountancy and taxation knowledge and experience of working within an accountancy practice. The role will be varied, and you will be provided 'on-the-job' training to support your AAT studies.
Duties will consist of:
- Bookkeeping for incomplete records
- Accounts preparation – sole traders, partnerships and limited companies
- Completion of tax returns – individual, partnership and corporation tax returns; tax computations; submission of documents to HMRC
- Tagging limited company accounts for onward submission to HMRC
- Liaising with HMRC
- Company secretarial work
- Dealing with correspondence to clients
- Client set-up procedures
- Administrative duties
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- IT literate (MS Excel and Word)
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
Personal qualities
- Analytically minded
- Methodical
- Have a good attention to detail
- Have the ability to adapt and learn
Desired qualifications
- GCSE maths and English (Grades 9-6 (A*-B)) or equivalent qualification
- Three A-levels (Grades A or B) or equivalent qualification
- Accounting A-level (desirable) or equivalent qualification
Future prospects
After successfully achieving the AAT qualification, the candidate will be considered for a chartered accountant training contract and/or opportunity to progress to a more senior level with the firm and a career within accountancy.
Things to consider
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
For more information, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
Annual wage - £15,000.00
Working week - Monday to Friday, 08:45 am to 5:30 pm with 1-hour lunch break. There will be one working day on day release at the college.
Total hours per week: 38.75
Expected duration - 18 months
Apprenticeship level - Advanced Level 3 (A level)
About the employer
The firm has built a strong reputation for successfully advising and supporting individuals and businesses with their financial affairs since 1928.
Our clients benefit from our depth of experience and expertise with an established reputation in many fields.
We are based in Eastbourne and in Brighton & Hove. However, a client’s location is never a problem as we travel to meet clients at their homes or businesses.
Employer
Humphrey & Co
Address
34 Third Avenue
Hove
BN3 2PD
Company
About Brighton MET (formerly City College Brighton and Hove)
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (MET) was created from the merger of City College Brighton and Northbrook College Sussex. It is the college for our City and our region and draws on 150 years of heritage, history and experience.
The MET offers a comprehensive range of qualifications for 16 year olds leaving school, full and part time courses for adults, apprenticeships, professional qualifications and university degrees. The MET operates across five campuses in Brighton, Shoreham and Worthing and teaches around 3,500 16-18 year olds, 7,500 adult learners, 1,000 undergraduates and 800 apprentices.
Brighton MET Apprenticeships offer a matching service for apprentices to be put forward to a range of apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of sectors in the city.
Apprenticeship Drop-in every Wednesday between 12 and 3pm in the Student Centre. Broadwater
Apprenticeship Drop-in every Tuesday 9am-4.30pm in the Student Centre. Pelham Tower
- Website
- https://www.gbmc.ac.uk/apprenticeships
- Telephone
- 01903 273735
- Location
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Recruitment and Careers Hub
Broadwater Campus
Worthing
west sussex
BN14 8HJ
GB
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