Job Description

Job Title: Apprentice - Association of Accounting Technicians

Department: Dental Accounts Department

Hours of work: Permanent, 37hrs hours per week

Location: Newcastle City Centre

Start date: November 2025

Salary: 16,500 per annum

UNW have an exciting opportunity for an AAT Apprentice to join our busy, nationally-recognised Dental accounts team in a successful and rapidly growing professional services firm.

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification is the perfect start if you're looking to study for a professional qualification in accounting.

The apprenticeship programme takes between two to three years to complete and you'll learn both practical and technical skills to equip you for a future in business.

UNW's apprenticeship scheme is the perfect platform to launch your career in accounting, aiding your personal and professional development and enabling you to gain experiences that will stay with you throughout your working life. Working towards your AAT Levels 3 and 4 qualifications, you will gain vital experience and work on a variety of projects across our Dental Accounts department. At the end of the programme, you will have completed a Level 4 apprenticeship (Professional Accounting Technician).

The scheme consists of first-class on-the-job training, coupled with both classroom-based training and remote-learning with Kaplan.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a covering letter which includes the job title and department named above, along with your CV, GCSE and A Level results to recruitment@unw.co.uk

Key Responsibilities

Learn the basics of accounting and bookkeeping

Preparation of sole trade, partnership and limited company accounts from client records

Provide support for members of the dental accounts department (as part of compliance and outsourcing work)

Collate, check and analyse data

Reconcile client book-keeping software

Skills Required

Attention to detail

Team working

Able to analyse data/information

Good IT skills are essential and knowledge of Microsoft Office, including a good understanding of Excel would be an advantage

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Future Prospects

At the end of the three-year programme it is hoped that, in addition to gaining significant experience through day to day work at UNW, each student will have earned the AAT Levels 3 and 4 qualifications and would wish to progress to a further professional qualification to become a Chartered Accountant or Certified Accountant.

UNW currently provides support for students studying for these qualifications and, subject to satisfactory performance on the initial Apprenticeship Programme and demonstrating commitment towards the next qualification.

Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: 16,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Discounted or free food Free flu jabs Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person