Accounts or Finance Assistant Apprenticeship Level 2
An Accounts or Finance Assistant is an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within a business.
You’ll be responsible for assisting a team of accountants with junior accounting duties. Your work could include basic bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers, running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct, recording of cash and data entry. An Accounts or Finance Assistant can work in almost any sector.
You will build a portfolio of evidence from your practices in the workplace over a minimum of a 12 month period. The End-Point Assessment for this apprenticeship will consist of two parts:
A structured interview, supported by a summary of portfolio evidence. The interview will last for 60 minutes, and will focus on the portfolio you’ve completed throughout the on-programme learning section of your apprenticeship. this interview will be conducted remotely via the AAT Smart End Point Assessment (SEPA) platform.
An in-tray test overview. The test will be computer based, and last for 105 minutes, including 15 minutes at the beginning for you to review the information provided. The test will be made up of a combination of questions and data evaluations covering the knowledge and skills identified as applicable to the assessment method within the grading criteria.
The accountancy skills developed from this apprenticeship will enable you to seek employment with confidence and/or progress to the next level of learning. This apprenticeship can lead to employment as an accounts administrator, accounts assistant, accounts payable clerk, purchase/sales ledger clerk, trainee acounting technician, or a trainee finance assistant.
Please note to complete an apprenticeship with us, you will be required to find an employer vacancy. If you do not have an employer, the below links are useful places to find an apprenticeship:
South Devon College is committed to supporting all interested students in finding an employer and offer careers guidance, CV writing skills and interview techniques to help support your search for an apprenticeship.
Course Details
- You'll need to have an interview with an employer and you'll be required to achieve Level 1 English and maths by the end of the apprenticeship
Introduction to Bookkeeping
Principles of Bookkeeping Controls
Principles of Costing
The Business Environment
An Accounts or finance assistant is an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining an efficient and accurate finance function within a business. The Accounts or finance assistant is responsible for assisting the team of accountants with junior accounting duties. These can vary massively depending on the team structure and size of business. An Accounts or finance assistant’s work could include basic bookkeeping activities, working with sales and purchase ledgers, running calculations to ensure that records and payments are correct, recording of cash and data entry. Accounts or finance assistant can work in almost any sector. Potential employers include corporate businesses, sole traders, partnerships, Public sector, not-for-profit organisations and educational institutions. Accounts or finance assistant may work in-house for an organisation or they might work for an accountancy firm, bookkeeping practice, Shared Service provider, self-employed or on behalf of several different clients.
Course Applications
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This course costs: £
If the amount shown is more than £0.00 and you are aged 19 and over at the start of the course, you may have options to help fund your studies with us. The funding you can receive depends on your personal circumstances, and could mean you are entitled to fully subsidised or reduced tuition fees.
This course is fully funded for 16-18 year olds (if applicable to the course).
You may also be entitled to support with travel, childcare and equipment.
To find out exactly what you could receive, contact our Helpzone team on 08000 380 123 for a free, impartial appointment, with no commitment necessary.
This course costs: £0.00
If the amount shown is more than £0.00 and you are aged 19 and over at the start of the course, you may have options to help fund your studies with us. The funding you can receive depends on your personal circumstances, and could mean you are entitled to fully subsidised or reduced tuition fees.
This course is fully funded for 16-18 year olds (if applicable to the course).
You may also be entitled to support with travel, childcare and equipment.
To find out exactly what you could receive, contact our Helpzone team on 08000 380 123 for a free, impartial appointment, with no commitment necessary.
Cathie originally worked as a Learning Support Assistant whilst completing her BA (Hons) in Working with Children and Young People before completing teaching qualifications. Whilst qualifying, she worked extensively with young people who had become disengaged with education. Later, she achieved an MEd in Professional Development with a focus on reflective practice and the use of technology in learning. Cathie now teaches across a range of programmes in the College from learning opportunities through to degree level, where she particularly enjoys supporting dissertations. Her experience as a Support Assistant means that she has good knowledge, strategies, and ideas to support students on the Teaching Assistant course.Cathie Burgess