AAT Accounts Audit Apprentice (Apprenticeship)
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £10.00 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B30 3JN |
| Company: | GetMyFirstJob Ltd |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | 272517 |
Summary
Duties include:
Preparation of year end accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited company businesses
Bookkeeping duties including preparation of VAT returns on various accounting packages and Microsoft Excel.
Preparation of management accounts
Involvement in statutory audit fieldwork as part of an audit team
Training
Professional Diploma - AAT Level 4
Professional is the final level, teaching you more complex accounting theory, and lets you choose two specialist subjects. You’ll learn about budgeting, management accounting, preparing financial statements, accounting systems, and tax.
This level builds on the knowledge you gained in the Advanced Diploma (Level 3). After qualifying you can work in accounting roles or progress onto studying chartered accountancy.
The course is made up of three mandatory units (also known as subjects), one synoptic unit, and five optional units. You must pass all the mandatory assessments, synoptic assessment, and two optional unit assessments to achieve the qualification.
The areas you will cover include:
Financial Statements of Limited Companies
Management Accounting: Budgeting
Management Accounting: Decision and Control
Professional synoptic assessment (Accounting Systems and Controls)Optional Units:
Business Tax
Personal Tax
External Auditing
Cash and Treasury Management
Credit Management
The Apprenticeship standard details the essential Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that somebody would need to demonstrate to be successful in this job role, this includes, Business Awareness, Ethics, Communication, Leadership, Planning and Prioritisation and Problem Solving. Apprentices will need to show they are competent in all the areas detailed in the standard when they take End Point Assessment.
The Knowledge areas of the standard will typically be covered through completion of the qualification. Skills and Behaviours are developed through workshops, e-learning, workplace training and practical experience provided ‘on-the-job’.
Qualifications required
Level 3 AAT or relevant working experience.
A Levels.
Minimum of 5 GCSE’s Grade 4 - 9 (A* – C) including English Language and Mathematics.
Skills required
IT literate, confident using Microsoft Office
Prospects
Opportunity for secondment into payroll / tax departments
Opportunity to progress and be given more responsibilities in all areas of work
Qualification / Standard : ST0003 Professional accounting or taxation technician
Duration 18 months
Preparation of year end accounts for sole traders, partnerships and limited company businesses
Bookkeeping duties including preparation of VAT returns on various accounting packages and Microsoft Excel.
Preparation of management accounts
Involvement in statutory audit fieldwork as part of an audit team
Training
Professional Diploma - AAT Level 4
Professional is the final level, teaching you more complex accounting theory, and lets you choose two specialist subjects. You’ll learn about budgeting, management accounting, preparing financial statements, accounting systems, and tax.
This level builds on the knowledge you gained in the Advanced Diploma (Level 3). After qualifying you can work in accounting roles or progress onto studying chartered accountancy.
The course is made up of three mandatory units (also known as subjects), one synoptic unit, and five optional units. You must pass all the mandatory assessments, synoptic assessment, and two optional unit assessments to achieve the qualification.
The areas you will cover include:
Financial Statements of Limited Companies
Management Accounting: Budgeting
Management Accounting: Decision and Control
Professional synoptic assessment (Accounting Systems and Controls)Optional Units:
Business Tax
Personal Tax
External Auditing
Cash and Treasury Management
Credit Management
The Apprenticeship standard details the essential Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that somebody would need to demonstrate to be successful in this job role, this includes, Business Awareness, Ethics, Communication, Leadership, Planning and Prioritisation and Problem Solving. Apprentices will need to show they are competent in all the areas detailed in the standard when they take End Point Assessment.
The Knowledge areas of the standard will typically be covered through completion of the qualification. Skills and Behaviours are developed through workshops, e-learning, workplace training and practical experience provided ‘on-the-job’.
Qualifications required
Level 3 AAT or relevant working experience.
A Levels.
Minimum of 5 GCSE’s Grade 4 - 9 (A* – C) including English Language and Mathematics.
Skills required
IT literate, confident using Microsoft Office
Prospects
Opportunity for secondment into payroll / tax departments
Opportunity to progress and be given more responsibilities in all areas of work
Qualification / Standard : ST0003 Professional accounting or taxation technician
Duration 18 months