Professional Accounting Technician – Level 4 (with Edward Jenner)
Professional accounting technicians may work in the accounts or finance department. Their broad purpose is to prepare, co-ordinate and implement accounting tasks that support the creation of financial statements. A professional accounting technician will work alone as well as in, or supervising, a team. An employee in this occupation will be responsible for quality assuring financial statements. They provide key reliable accounting data on a day-to-day basis.
This apprenticeship combines the NHS Leadership Academy’s Edward Jenner programme with a level four professional accounting technician.
Who is it for?
Typical job titles include:
Accountant, accounts payable and expenses supervisor, assistant auditor, assistant financial accountant, assistant management accountant, commercial analyst, finance adviser, junior analyst
Duration
Eighteen months
How you will learn
As per providers delivery of the apprenticeship.
Online. Delivery is tailored to your organisation’s values, and you will benefit from online peer-to-peer support network.
What’s covered
As a professional accounting technician, you will apply your technical knowledge and skills to specific tasks within an accounting team.
Tasks may include supervising assistant accountants and others to deliver processes.
They may also assist senior accountants, management and other stakeholders by providing timely financial data and reports.
They ensure compliance with internal controls. This may include tasks that involve interactions with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), applying legislation and complying with regulations, ethical and professional codes.
In this occupation you will interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholder.
They take a risk-based view of transactions and data to identify key risks and help to mitigate those risks.
A typical day could include, overseeing data entry, control account reconciliations and monthly, quarterly, yearly reporting. They may be involved in researching and resolving accounting problems.
It is essential that people in this occupation are comfortable using digital tools and keeping up to date with changes in the occupation.
Entry requirements
Individual providers will determine entry requirements.
Key benefits
- You will be able to tailor the apprenticeship and delivery plan to best meet your needs.
- You will develop a wide range of skills from your time in the accounts or finance department
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