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

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.
• Duty 7 - Use digital systems safely to ensure that the cyber security of the organisation is not compromised, and data handling legislative requirements are met.
• Duty 8 - Undertake Continuous Professional Development by keeping up to date with relevant statutory obligations and procedural best practice.