Assistant Accountant Apprentice (Ardesia Aesthetics Ltd

Summary

This is a hands-on apprenticeship role supporting the finance function as it is built and scaled from the ground up.

Wage

£16,640 a year

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Training course Professional accounting technician (level
4)

Hours Monday
- Friday, 09:00-17:30 (30 min unpaid lunch) 40 hours a week

Start date Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration 1 year 6 months

Positions available 1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you ll do at work

Working under the direction of the Group Financial Controller, and alongside the Co-CEOs and clinic teams, you will help maintain accurate financial records, prepare timely reporting for the parent company and individual clinics, and develop the technical and professional skills set out in the Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician apprenticeship standard. The role combines paid work with structured off-the-job training and study towards a professional accounting qualification.

You will be given real responsibility from the outset, with supervision and review appropriate to your stage of training, and you will be expected to demonstrate the duties and behaviours required to achieve the apprenticeship s learning outcomes.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties below reflect the learning outcomes of the Level 4 accountancy apprenticeship and will be developed progressively over the course of the programme. The list is non-exhaustive:

• Collate, complete and maintain financial and accounting records from a range of sources
• Prepare and maintain timely and accurate financial reporting often to tight deadlines
• Undertake monthly and year-end reporting of financial and accounts information for the parent company and individual clinics
• Maintain the bookkeeping in Xero, including sales and purchase ledgers, bank reconciliations and journals
• Assist with the preparation and submission of VAT returns (incl. partial VAT) and support the monthly payroll process
• Co-ordinate accounting and finance input from colleagues and peers across the group and clinic teams
• Help to identify key accounting risks and assist in designing and implementing strategies to mitigate them
• Communicate and present accurate and timely data to stakeholders, on a regular and ad hoc basis, using an appropriate channel to meet deadlines.
• Use financial digital and technology systems and processes to support the delivery of accurate and timely financial and accounting information
• Deliver accounting activities taking account of confidentiality, reputational risk and data security
• Collaborate with people internally and externally at appropriate levels to deliver a service that meets customers  needs, with a commitment to professional and ethical standards
• Consult stakeholders to inform important business decisions and make recommendations to key stakeholders
• Provide support to the finance team on budgeting, cash flow monitoring, Board and investor reporting packs, and post-acquisition integration
• Undertake any additional duties on an ad-hoc basis

Where you ll work

Solon House 40A Peterborough Road London SW6 3BN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Training course

Professional accounting technician (level
4)

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What you ll learn

Course contents

• Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
• Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
• Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
• Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
• Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
• Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a  'right first time approach .
• Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
• Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of…