Audit Junior AAT / ACA (Apprenticeship)

1. Would you like to get a head start with some relevant 'on the job' experience while you study for your recognised qualification? 
2. We'll make sure you have the right experience, personal development, and training to make your career stimulating and rewarding.
3. Along with your peers, you will be assigned mentors who will support and guide you as well as dedicated tutors who will ensure your progress and development is on track.

Are you a bright person looking for a career in accountancy? Would you like to become ’the go to person’ for your clients? Would you like to get a head start with some relevant 'on the job' experience while you study for your recognised qualification? Then starting your career with our Audit Apprenticeship programme might be for you! Earn while you learn!

There's every chance you'll be fully qualified in less than five years, much earlier than if you were to study at university. You will have the same opportunities available to you as any other graduate would without student debt. On top of that are you interested in joining a supportive and social community of incredible people who are invested in your success. Our mentors will guide you on a rewarding journey!

You’re leaving school or looking for something new, what next? How about:

• Competitive apprenticeship salary and benefit package.
• Work-life as well as work-study balance.
• Agile working policy with working from home opportunities and flexible hours.
• Full study support to gain a globally recognised qualification with the ICAEW.
• Linked learning approach with Kaplan or First Intuition, who are award winning training providers.
• On the job training and practical experience.
• Face to face contact with clients early on.
• A career within a national organisation, with access to a in a global network of 30,000 people across 147 countries.
• Working with a wide range of entrepreneurs, owner managed businesses and subsidiaries of large international groups.
• Secondments opportunities further down your career and more!

What will I do?

As an Audit Junior, you’ll experience the power of collaboration as you work with diverse teams on real projects, building lasting connections with colleagues and start off by learning the fundamentals, including:

• Working on audit and accounts preparation assignments with your team,
• Working closely with your mentor on audit planning memorandum,
• Analytical reviews,
• Drafting client letters,
• Preparing accounts and producing sets of financial statements.
• Studying towards Professional Qualification (AAT Level 3, 4 and ACA Level 7),

We'll make sure you have the right experience, personal development, and training to make your career stimulating and rewarding. We'll carefully balance your practical experience to reinforce your professional training. Combined, these two crucial elements will help you achieve your qualification. Along with your peers, you will be assigned mentors who will support and guide you as well as dedicated tutors who will ensure your progress and development is on track. Our AAT and ACA Juniors come from a variety of different academic and cultural backgrounds.

Please note that our apprenticeships are available to career changers and school leavers.

Entry Requirements

We do not require Audit and Accounts Juniors to have a business or financial background. However, we do ask that all applicants have achieved at least 112 UCAS Points (based on the new 2017 UCAS Tariff), or equivalent, all achieved during the same exam year. This excludes General Studies.

Alternatively, you may already be AAT qualified and have achieved at least 280 UCAS points (based on the UCAS Tariff prior to the new change) from 3 A-levels - or equivalent, all achieved during the same exam year. This excludes General Studies.

Thank you for choosing to apply for one of our 2024 Apprenticeship programme at MHA. We are looking forward to hearing more about you!

Our advice is for you to work your way through the application process with care and attention, as the questions you answer as part of your application will allow for our assessors to conclude whether they should progress you through to the next stages. This will include online testing and an assessment centre - dependent on the role you are applying for. This is your time to shine!

Give us as much detail as possible, spell check your answers and don't forget to re-read the application before you submit it at the end!

We are looking forward to reading more about your academic background, motivations of starting a career within accountancy and why you have applied to MHA!

Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process