Finance Assistant Apprentice

ARROW COUNTY SUPPLIES LIMITED

SHREWSBURY (SY3 9AE)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

To support the finance team with daily operations while completing an AAT Apprenticeship. This hands-on role is ideal for someone looking to gain practical experience in finance, particularly in purchase ledger duties, payments processing, and supplier relations.

Wage

£16,500 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 11 August 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Assist the finance team in processing supplier invoices accurately, including handling foreign currency invoices (EUR, USD), and ensuring they are coded correctly for payment. 
  • Help prepare and check payment runs using automated bank upload systems, ensuring supplier terms and internal deadlines are met.
  • Assist with reconciling supplier statements and help investigate and resolve any differences or missing invoices/credits. 
    Match purchase invoices with purchase orders and goods received notes; flag and investigate any discrepancies.
  • Support compliance with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESD) requirements by ensuring timely and correct payments to approved suppliers.
  • Help ensure that purchase ledger data is accurate, complete, and kept up to date, including assisting with maintenance of open items.
  • Support the finance team in preparing creditor reports and help explain any unusual variances or issues in data.
  • Communicate with suppliers to resolve invoice queries, request missing documents, and build positive working relationships.
  • Provide general administrative support, including scanning, filing, data entry, and maintaining records in line with company procedures.
  • Actively participate in AAT training, apply learning to real-world tasks, and complete apprenticeship requirements (including off-the-job learning time). 

Where you'll work

ARROW HOUSE
LONGDEN ROAD
SHREWSBURY
SY3 9AE

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

TELFORD COLLEGE

Training course

Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Record transactional data.
  • Use the organisation’s standard tools and processes to examine data to identify transactional issues such as, reconciliations and inconsistencies between invoices.
  • Recognise and rectify routine errors, escalating as necessary.
  • Plan and review accounting and finance tasks.
  • Communicate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely results, avoiding jargon, using language tailored to the audience and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
  • Use finance and accounting software packages to accurately input and manage data to contribute to routine accounting tasks.
  • Handle data and digital technology in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.

Training schedule

  • One day per week release at Telford College.
  • Allocated mentor in the workplace. 
  • Assessor visits from Telford College.  

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C / 4)
  • Maths (grade C / 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Professional
  • Time Management
  • Negotiation
  • Results orientated
  • Positive attitude

Other requirements

Performance Objective : - Accurate processing of invoices. - Assist in credit control. - Top 10 monthly supplier statement reconciliations as an absolute minimum and top 40 half yearly. - Daily assist in processing company invoices circa 1200 a month - including invoices from foreign suppliers in EUR & USD. - Assist with monthly supplier statement reconciliations and follow up to resolve issues with any unreconciled items. - Assist with other tasks as required by AP and AR teams.

About this employer

Arrow is a leading UK distributor of cleaning, hygiene and janitorial supplies. We provide the products you need to keep your space clean, safe and running smoothly – every day. Whether you’re running a school, hospital, food site, or public facility, we make cleaning easier with quality products, expert support and smart supply solutions.

Company benefits

- Free food Friday - Birthday day off - Holiday purchase schemes - Staff discount - Early Friday finish

After this apprenticeship

A full time position may be available depending on performance. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

TELFORD COLLEGE

Amy Walker

amy.walker@telfordcollege.ac.uk

01952642452

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332400.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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