Audit Apprentice in Blackburn

Summary

This vacancy is for an Apprentice Accounts/Finance Assistant based in Blackburn. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to undertake valuable work experience within the accounts department whilst gaining on the job qualifications.

Wage

£20,000 a year

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

Hours

Monday – Friday 09:30 – 16:00. 36 hours a week

Start date

Monday 2 March 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

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

What you’ll do at work

The general accountancy duties within this role may include:

• Understanding your organisation
• Be aware of the organisation’s needs and activities and their impact for accounting and finance.
• Accounting systems and processes
• Identify, collate and process financial and accounting data from primary sources such as business records.
• Attention to detail
• Examine financial and accounting data to identify issues with quality and reliability as instructed and in accordance with guidance.
• Correcting financial data errors
• Rectify errors in financial and accounting data, escalating problems beyond their remit as appropriate.
• Ensuring accurate financial records
• Reconcile transactional data to minimise the chance of errors in financial and accounting outputs such as sales and purchase invoices, sale and purchase orders, bank statements and payroll.
• Optimising efficiency
• Plan and review workloads with a supervisor to ensure the best use of time to complete allocated tasks efficiently.
• Professional communication
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using appropriate methods and professional language. Examples may include letters, phone, face‑to‑face, e‑mail, video call, online chat functions etc.
• Secure data management
• Use financial and accounting software packages to input and manage data safely and securely in line with organisational instructions.
• Teamwork
• Provide support to team members to help ensure that financial and accounting activities are carried out within expected timescales and quality expectations.

Continuous learning

• Keep up to date with developments to enhance relevant skills and take responsibility for your own professional development.
• 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.

Where you’ll work

MENTOR HOUSE
AINSWORTH STREET
BLACKBURN
BB1 6AY

Training

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

Training provider

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

What you’ll learn

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

• GCSE in English (grade 4/C or above)
• GCSE in Maths (grade 4/C or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Initiative

About this employer

Pierce Group is a leading independent firm of business advisers supporting owner‑managed businesses. Based in Blackburn, Lancashire the firm’s core client base of owner‑managed businesses resides in East Lancashire but extends throughout the UK and internationally.

After this apprenticeship

The opportunities in the world of business are endless. Many apprentices start in business administration, customer service or accountancy, which are great stepping stones into lots of exciting careers. You can go on to specialise in a particular field and into management. You will find people who started in finance and administration working in all professional areas and at all levels.

The contact for this apprenticeship is

TRAINING 2000 LIMITED

Reference code: VAC2000007032.

Apply now. Closes on Friday 27 February 2026