Bookkeeping Apprentice

Summary

Join our team providing accountancy and business services. You'll train in the core of our business, gaining broad experience while studying for your AAT. No previous experience needed-just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. Full training provided.

£15,184 a year

Assistant accountant (level
3)

Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. Friday, 9.00am - 4.00pm (unpaid 30 minute break and 1 day at college).

36 hours 30 minutes a week

Monday 13 April 2026

1 year

1

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

• Provide excellent client care both on the phone and in person. This includes answering incoming calls, greeting clients, welcoming them into the office, offering refreshments and guiding them in and out of the building.
• Complete book‑keeping tasks, mainly using cloud‑based accounting packages such as Xero, Quick Books and Free Agent, with support and supervision from the Book‑keeping team.
• Complete accounting tasks such as preparation of sole trader accounts and tax returns, using internal software with support and supervision from the Accountancy team.
• Complete payroll tasks, using internal software to produce payroll and payslips for clients with support and supervision from the payroll team.
• Utilise internal recording systems and follow internal procedures to ensure work is recorded and completed to a competent standard.
• Work effectively and efficiently as part of a team.
• Develop professional skillset by shadowing colleagues to learn wider business skills and interact with a variety of business clients.
• Maintain electronic filing of books and records.
• Participate in activities necessary to support the smooth running of the office environment.

1 The Briars
Waterberry Drive
Waterlooville
PO7 7YH

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

HAVANT AND SOUTH DOWNS COLLEGE

Assistant accountant (level
3)

Course contents

• Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
• Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
• Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
• Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
• Reconcile financial data, such as preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
• Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
• Communicate financial information in a way that non‑finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
• Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
• Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
• Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.

The apprentice will spend one day per week at Havant College studying their AAT Level 3. In addition there will be visits from the workplace trainer around once a month to the workplace to advise on and review portfolio work.

• GCSE English (grade
  4)
• GCSE Maths (grade
  4)

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Reliable
• Detail‑orientated
• Trustworthy

Are you looking to join a rapidly growing, dynamic, and commercially savvy Accountancy Practice where there's no such thing as a silly question, time and talent are respected, there are endless opportunities to learn, alternative perspectives are welcome, family comes first, and (most importantly of all) nobody thinks they're too “big time” to make a round of brews? If so, we'd love to have a conversation with you about joining our thriving team.

By combining our traditional values with modern thinking our team of Accounting, Bookkeeping and Payroll professionals proudly set the standard for what modern small business accounting support should look like. We are a team on a mission, with a rapidly expanding caseload of clients so now is a really exciting time to join our friendly team.

A career in Bookkeeping/Accountancy.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HAVANT AND SOUTH DOWNS COLLEGE

VAC

Closes in 27 days (Friday 6 March 2026 at 11:59pm)