Accounting Apprenticeships – Employer Information
Hire An Apprentice!
About the Apprenticeship
Looking for the highest standard of enthusiastic and reliable young people to strengthen your business?
Employ an Accountancy Apprentice today! At 3aaa we work with a range of passionate young people who are keen to make a head start in their accountancy careers. Our Accounting Apprentices are given intensive employer lead training using vast industry knowledge that is needed to ensure that they become a valuable asset to your business within various accounting roles.
Our dedicated Recruitment Executive will work closely with you to understand the requirements of your business and help to select the best possible candidates to suit your needs.
The committed Accounting trainer will then support you throughout the programme in ensuring your Accounting Apprentices progress is reviewed against your expectations throughout induction and the full training programme.
Our Accounting Apprentices that are trained within your company will provide a strong foundation to your staff base and show your commitment to the future development of your business by providing a consistent level of quality. Our research shows that 96% of employers report that taking on an Apprentice benefits their business in some way. These benefits include:
- Increased quality of staff
- Increased staff loyalty
- Positive return on investment
- Higher quality of work
Technical Details
Course Length:
- Minimum of 12 months
The figures that matter to your business:
- Free of charge recruitment support worth approximately £2,000
- Estimated value of training £14,000
- 90% success rate for 3aaa Apprentices
- 90%* of Apprentices continue working for their employers after their Apprenticeship ends.
- Salaries for Apprentices start at £2.73** an hour, but in a competitive market some employer choose to pay more.
*Independent survey data
**Subject to change with government guidelines
Age Grant
The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year-olds supports businesses that would not otherwise be in a position to do so, to recruit individuals aged 16 to 24 into employment through the Apprenticeship programme.
Other additional grants maybe also be available subject to your local region. Please contact your region’s Recruitment Executive for more information on this.
See Information about the grant for training organisations to help check employers’ eligibility [Here]
The AAT Programme
Our innovative programme embeds excellent classroom based learning with important real life job skills to prepare the Apprentice for your business.
At the start of the programme your Accounting Apprentice will complete the Level 2 Bookkeeping introduction course or the Level AAT Level 2 qualification. This will ensure that they have the relevant skills and prepare your Apprentice for the start of their main AAT Level 3 Certificate in Accountancy.
AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accountancy
Your Accounting Apprentice will work closely with you learning valuable industry skills and knowledge, as well as working towards the internationally recognised AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accountancy in one of the 3aaa Academies. They will attend the Academy on a weekly day release with their remaining time being spent in the work place.
Within the Level 3 qualification your Accounting Apprentice will complete the following 6 main modules:
- Accounts preparation
- Prepare final accounts for sole traders and partnerships
- Cost and revenues
- Professional ethics
- Indirect tax
- Spreadsheets software
When studying these modules and also with your in the work place, they will learn valuable skills that will help them become a valuable asset to your business. These skills include:
- Understanding fixed assets including purchase, depreciation and disposal
- Learning profit and loss and balance sheets for sole traders and partnerships
- Understanding the principles of VAT
- Understanding ethical behaviour in the workplace and accountancy practice
- Learning spreadsheets, software and data analysis tools and techniques
- Management accountancy reports and costing mechanisms
AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accountancy
Once your Accounting Apprentice has completed their Level 3 qualification they will then have a great opportunity to further develop their skills and progress onto a Level 4 Apprenticeship.
Just like the Level 3 qualification, this is a 12 month programme which involves them attending the Academy on a weekly day release basis with the remaining time being spent with you in the workplace
Within this advanced Level 4 qualification your Accounting Apprentice will complete the following 4 modules:
- Financial statements
- Budgeting
- Financial performance
- Internal control and accountancy systems
Both of our AAT Accountancy programmes offer our Accoutning Apprentices valuable skills and knowledge to ensure that they will become a strong foundation of your business.
Our programmes help prepare your Accounting Apprentices for a number of important job roles within your business such as:
- Accounts Payable and Expenses Supervisor
- Assistant Financial Accountant
- Commercial Analyst
- Cost Accountant
- Fixed Asset Accountant
- Indirect Tax Manager
- Payments and Billing Manager
- Payroll Manager
- Senior Bookkeeper
- Senior Finance Officer
- Senior Fund Accountant
- Senior Insolvency Administrator
- Tax Supervisor
- VAT Accountant
To find out more about how recruiting an Accounting Apprentice could transform your business, contact 3aaa now!