Audit & Assurance AAT Apprenticeship
James Cowper Kreston · Greenham · posted 3 November 2026
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Audit is about understanding how businesses operate and helping provide confidence that their financial information is accurate and reliable. You'll work with a wide variety of organisations, gaining first-hand insight into how different businesses operate while supporting experienced colleagues with audit assignments.
You'll learn how to review financial information, gather evidence and identify areas of risk, while developing the communication and professional skills needed to work confidently with clients and colleagues.
As your knowledge and confidence grow, so will your responsibilities. You'll work alongside experienced Managers, Directors and Partners who will support you as you develop your technical knowledge and client-facing skills.
During your first year, you'll start developing the skills to:
- Prepare financial statements
- Understand the fundamentals of audit and key areas of risk
- Gather audit evidence with support from more experienced colleagues
- Work effectively as part of an Audit team
- Build professional relationships with clients and colleagues
- Communicate confidently and professionally
Your training
- You will be studying AAT Level 3 and Level 4 over a three-year training contract.
- Training will be a mix of classroom based courses and self-study.
- Classroom sessions will be block release and generally take place at First Intuition's premises in central Reading.
Where it leads
After completing your AAT qualification, you'll have opportunities to continue your studies with a chartered qualification (ACA or ACCA).
As you build your career with us you will progress to Audit Senior, then Assistant Manager, and potentially follow a route all the way to being a partner in the firm.
Five of our current partners started as trainees with the firm.
About James Cowper Kreston
James Cowper Kreston is a leading firm of accountants and business advisers with offices across the Thames Valley and South Coast. We work closely with our clients, offering a wide range of services and helping them navigate challenges, seize opportunities and maximise their potential.
We pride ourselves on blending professional excellence with a supportive and friendly culture. We're big enough to offer exciting career opportunities, yet small enough that you'll quickly feel part of a close-knit team.
We're looking for motivated school and college leavers to join our growing Audit & Assurance team. If you're ready to start your career, earn while you learn, and work towards professional qualifications without going to university first, our School Leaver Apprenticeship Programme could be the perfect place to start.
Things to consider
For this role, you must be able to drive and either own, or have access to, a car for work purposes.
The trainees in our Audit & Assurance team regularly works across all our offices and are often out on client site so you will need to be able to get yourself to these locations, and they are not always easily accessible via public transport.
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English Language (grade 4 or higher) — essential
- GCSE Maths (grade 4 or higher) — essential
- A Level All subjects (grade 112 UCAS points or higher) — essential
Where you'll work
- 2 Communications Road, Greenham Business Park, Greenham, Newbury, RG19 6AB
- Pine Lodge, 201 Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PJ
- Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX
- White Building 1-4, Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2NP
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