Key Program Details

<aside> 📅 Up to 18 months to complete

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<aside> ⏰ 8 hours per week

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<aside> ➡️ Requirements:

• Advanced English skills </aside>

Who is it for?

The Assistant Accountant apprenticeship provides an ideal progression route for those who have completed the level 2 Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship. It builds on the knowledge, skills and behaviours developed through the level 2 programme and takes them to a more advanced level.

Examples of roles for which the programme is suitable include: Assistant Accountant, Trainee Accounting Technician, Accounts Clerk, Cashier, Finance Assistant, Purchase Ledger Clerk or Sales Ledger Clerk.

Entry Requirements

To enrol on this programme applicants must have:

• GCSEs in English and Maths at grade A*-C / levels 9-4 and provide acceptable evidence of this
• Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship OR AAT L2 Certificate in Bookkeeping (in certain circumstances you may be able to integrate the L2 Certificate into the level 3 programme) OR experience in an accounting role within the last three years.

Course Content

The Assistant Accountant apprenticeship standard details the knowledge, skills and behaviours (KSBs) expected of a competent Assistant Accountant. The KSB are covered through 9 duties, these are:

• Duty 1 - Assist with monthly and year end reporting of financial and accounts information. This will include the timely collation of data from a range of sources, such as different functions within one organisation, or a range of external clients if operating in a practice. This includes both foreseeable finance and accounting data requirements and unexpected requirements.
• Duty 2 - Maintain financial and accounting records including the timely collation of data from a range of sources. For example, different functions within one organisation, or a range of external clients if operating in practice. This includes both foreseeable requirements and unexpected requests, often to tight timescales.
• Duty 3 - Safeguard against suspicious activities for example anti-money laundering.
• Duty 4 - Assist with the compilation of accounting and financial records, for example, to inform direct and indirect tax returns under supervision, audit documentation or control account reconciliations.
• Duty 5 - Deliver financial and accounting information and data to stakeholders to ensure that key messages are communicated.
• Duty 6 - Assist in the maintenance and use of digital systems by using software applications and packages to support the delivery of accurate and timely financial and accounting information.