Accounting Apprentice (Woods Russell Limited)

Short Description

To provide accounting assistance to the partners and accountants. To prepare accounts and draft tax computations as well as dealing with payroll and VAT calculations. To work with excel, QuickBooks and other accounting software to provide basic bookkeeping/accounting support and data entry to the accounting team. Reporting directly to the managing partner. This job description is subject to change in line with the details laid out in the staff handbook.

Full Description

Simple, honest, friendly, and uncomplicated.

Not the usual words you would associate with an accounting firm - but then, we like to think we are a little different.

Here at Woods Russell Accounting we offer much more than classic accounting services - we provide a chance for our clients to have a Chartered Accountant professional as part of their team - working alongside them, with a vested interest in building their business and with a passion to create success. We love what we do, because we see the results every day in the success of our clients. That feels really good.

We are looking for an Accounting Apprentice to join this growing team.

Working in a quiet office in central Basingstoke.

This is an exciting opportunity to work towards an AAT qualification as an Accounting Apprentice for a small growing firm of Chartered Accountants in Basingstoke. Due to the small nature of the firm, you will gain experience across a broad range of jobs within an accounting firm including accounting, payroll, VAT, and tax.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Basic data entry of bank transactions, sales and supplier invoices into QuickBooks.
• Basic data entry of bank transactions, sales and supplier invoices into excel.
• Reconciling control accounts e.g. performing bank reconciliations, wages reconciliations etc.
• Preparing extended trial balances.
• Input of trial balance date into tax filer and preparing basic sets of accounts for the managing partner to review.
• Imputing payroll data into moneysoft and preparing draft payroll for the managing partner to review.
• Preparing draft VAT returns in QuickBooks and excel for the managing partner to review.
• Printing off final versions of accounts and binding accounts for the managing partner.
• Drafting minutes of meetings and dividend vouchers for the managing partner.
• Drafting self-assessment tax returns for review.
• Drafting company tax calculations for review.

Future Prospects

We are a registered firm of Chartered Accountants and able to offer ACA Chartered Accountancy qualifications.

Employer Description

Woods Russell are a firm of chartered accountants in Basingstoke. We prepare year end accounts, tax returns for our clients.

Training Provided

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.

Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Duration

18 Months

Skills Required

You will have computer literacy and a having a firm grasp of Maths and English is essential. You will need to be versatile and able to turn your hand to many various tasks. You will be working with cloud accounting software as well as dealing with a shoebox stuffed full of receipts!

Personal Qualities

Desire to solve problems and work through them in a calm and rational way. If you like doing Sudoku, wordsearches or solving the mats problems, then you will probably enjoy being an accountant.

Qualifications Required

GCSEs in English and Maths are essential

Start Date

10/08/2026

Interview Date

ASAP