Bookkeepers keep financial records up to date and help prepare accounts. On a day to day basis they may deal with sales invoices, income, receipts and payments, prepare statements to show income and payments, complete VAT returns, check that accounts are accurate, prepare wages and manage claims for expenses, help to prepare annual accounts, use computerised accounting systems, handle commercially sensitive and valuable information and much more. 

The main routes to get into this role are:

• A college course- there are different diplomas you can undertake for this role. 

• An apprenticeship- you could do a degree apprenticeship for this role. 

• Working towards this role- you could apply for an entry level job and work your way up. 

• Applying directly- if you already have the key skills and experience for this role you can just apply. 

You could do an accounts and finance assistant intermediate apprenticeship. This typically takes around 12 months to complete. This is dependent on the company and you will usually need to do an interview to gain this role. 

Apprenticeship Finders

https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

You could study :

Accountancy at university to go into this area .