Accounts Payable Clerk Apprentice (36259)
Outdoor & Sports Company Limited
Greater Manchester (SK14 1RD)
Closes in 25 days (Friday 12 September 2025)
Posted on 18 August 2025
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Summary
An exciting role interacting with members of the finance department, other staff and suppliers in order to achieve objectives and to provide a high level of customer service.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Thursday, 9.00am - 5.30pm, Friday, 9.00am - 4.15pm. 45 with min unpaid lunch break.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
To process Accounts Payable (AP) transactions and support the AP Supervisor to maintain an accurate AP ledger at all times.
Key responsibilities:
AP Processing:
- AP Document logging, scanning and distributing to approvers
- AP document filing after approval
- Assist the AP Supervisor with the approving of documents on the system and apply the correct GL code/division
- Minimise unallocated cash ensuring that direct debit and all other documents are processed in timely manner
- AP Ledger Supplier Statement reconciliations
- Prepare payment runs initially for non-stock UK based suppliers
- Customer and supplier communication/relationship management - UK suppliers
- Resolve supplier account queries daily
- Establish and maintain good rapport with all suppliers
- Interact with other members of finance department and other departments within OSC
- Employee expenses and company credit card processing
- Coding actual expenditure to nominal ledger codes in line with the company's coding structure
- VAT analysis from the receipts submitted and ensuring that all receipts have been submitted
- Uploading processed expenses onto the ledger via a GJ entry
- Reconciling employee expenses and company credit card control accounts
- Preparing/distributing weekly unapproved invoices reports
- Prepare and distribute unapproved purchase invoices reports to relevant approvers
- Prepare statistical info by user and chase approvers for long outstanding purchase invoices
- Liaise with approvers on any queries on long outstanding Purchase invoices
Other:
- Support the costing function within the finance department during seasonal peaks if required
- Support to management accountant and director of finance and Ops as and when required
- To take responsibility for contributing to own training and development
Measures of success/KPI’s:
- Timely and accurate performance of key responsibilities
- Building and maintaining constructive relationships with all stakeholders and colleagues
How you will be supported:
Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role
What will happen next:
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team.
You will then have the opportunity to find out:
- More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
- Any training you need to complete
What the next steps will be
How you could get there:
If you would be catching public transport for this role, visit the Journey Planner on www.tfgm.com to see how you would get there and how long it would take
Where you'll work
Redfern House
Dawson Street
Hyde
Greater Manchester
SK14 1RD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
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
Full apprenticeship training provided, working towards an Intermediate Level Apprenticeship gaining a Level 2 AAT Accounting qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Analytical skills
- Accuracy
- Methodical
- Meticulous
- Assertiveness
- Persuasive
- Knowledge of ERP packages
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Personable
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Proactive
- Flexible
- A sense of humour
About this employer
Outdoor and Sports Company are a group of outdoor brands. Brands include • Mountain Equipment has been making some of the finest mountain clothing and equipment in the world since 1961. We believe in what we do; we design, test and build with passion and commitment because we know that our products are depended upon in some of the most demanding conditions on earth. • Dr Ron Hill MBE founded the brand in September 1970. Ronhill is proud of our founder and the heritage he has allowed. His lifelong passion of running and improvement is shared within the team and products we produce today. With 50 years of retrospect, Ronhill has benefited from the experiential learning and change that has occurred within running – from its sporting roots, to a lifestyle and universal culture. • In 1974, above a laundrette in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, two lads with a little bit of cash in their back pockets set about making functional and affordable 4oz PU coated Nylon cagoules for the sailing market – Sprayway was born.
After this apprenticeship
- Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337364.
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Closes in 25 days (Friday 12 September 2025)
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