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Advanced AAT Apprentice - Level 3

Buckinghamshire County Council · County Hall, Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UD

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Salary
£15,392 a year
Level
Advanced
Course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
Closing date
19 Aug 2026
Start date
1 Sept 2026
Duration
1 Year 6 Months
Hours per week
37 hours
Working week
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you can either work from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements.
Positions
1

About the role

We’re looking for an ambitious, energetic & attention-detailed person to join our Income Team. You’ll combine work-based training along with achieving a qualification. Working for one of the largest employers in the County, you'll gain Finance, Systems and Communications skills and teamwork experience.

Skills required

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Initiative

Qualifications

  • GCSE · English · A*-C / 9-4 · Essential
  • GCSE · maths · A*-C / 9-4 · Essential

Benefits

Paid holiday package. Join our generous Pension scheme. Get 50% off of Arriva bus travel. Receive a range of restaurant, shop & gym discounts through our Employee Benefits scheme. Apply for a TOTEM Card (formerly called the NUS Extra card).

Things to consider

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions. Please note: You will not be eligible for this post if you have a degree in the same subject as this apprenticeship, or other qualifications in the same subject at an equivalent level. 

About Buckinghamshire County Council

The Income Team are responsible for ensuring that income received from our customers is correctly distributed across the organisation. We deal with large volumes of transactions daily, with a real emphasis on accuracy and efficiency across processing, maintenance, and reconciliations. Being a centralised Team, we assist our colleagues across all the councils’ various directorates, meaning there is a lot of variety across the various types of work that we are involved in. This provides a great opportunity to build working relationships with a large variety of colleagues across the organisation. 

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Training provider

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL · Legal, finance and accounting · Level 3

Vacancy reference: 2000046664 · Posted 6 Aug 2026