AAT Accountant Apprenticeship

Summary

Kick-start your career with an AAT Level 2 Apprenticeship at MMBA Accountants Ltd, delivered in partnership with Kaplan. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable hands‑on experience within a professional accountancy practice while studying towards a nationally recognised AAT qualification. You'll earn a salary from day one.

Wage: £15,392 a year

Minimum wage rates

Training course:
Accounts or finance assistant (level
2)

Hours:

Monday to Friday. 37 hours a week

Start date:

Thursday 1 October 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.

• Accounts Preparation:
  Assist in double-entry bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, trial balance preparation, control accounts, and drafting financial statements for SMEs
• Tax Compliance:
  Support the preparation of VAT returns, PAYE calculations, Self-Assessment tax returns, and basic Corporate Tax (CT600) computations
• Audit Support:
  Participate in external audit engagements, performing vouching, sample testing, stock count verifications, and maintaining clear working paper files
• Client & Software Systems:
  Utilize cloud accounting software (Xero, Quick Books, Sage) and Microsoft Excel to input data, resolve queries, and communicate professionally with clients.

Morton House
21 Kimpton Road
Luton
LU2 0LA

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

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Accounts or finance assistant (level
2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels

Course contents

• Record transactional data.
• Use the organisation's standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues, such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
• Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
• Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience, and different media methods, with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Record transactional data.
• Use the organisation's standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues, such as reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
• Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
• Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
• Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience, and different media methods, with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
• Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
• Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

This apprenticeship is a perfect match for someone without any accountancy or bookkeeping knowledge. On this programme they will learn the building blocks of the modern accountant. Not only will they grasp the fundamentals of bookkeeping, but we will help them develop those vital skills and behaviours to enable them to put their knowledge into action.

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