Accounts Apprentice (Purchase Ledger)
P&O FERRYMASTERS LIMITED
Suffolk (IP9 2WG)
Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 June 2025
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Summary
This role is in our UK accounts department where you will be assisting the Purchase Ledger team to ensure accurate processing of invoices, managing supplier accounts, and handling payments. This could lead to a wider role within the accounts function within the business.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday. Day release for class.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 28 July 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
You will work with the Purchase Ledger Team and you will:
- Process and scan invoices and manually input supplier invoices into the company’s accounting system
- Check invoices and obtain approvals for payment
- Deal with any customer queries by phone or email
- Learn to manage accounts
- Set up new or amend existing supplier accounts
- Check payment dates are met according to payment terms
- Receive and distribute post to the department
- Support with managing customer accounts and communication
- Learn and adapt to the fast-paced office environment
Where you'll work
Wherstead Park
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP9 2WG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BLUE SKY ASSESSING & CONSULTANCY LTD
Your 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.
Your training plan
The apprenticeship includes on the job training from qualified team members and regular virtual training with a training organisation - Diverse Futures Ltd. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
More training information
- Diverse Futures Ltd
- London
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Ability to memorise info
- Punctual
- Professional
About this company
P&O Ferrymasters operates from over 20 locations in 13 countries and work with some of the best-known global household names. We are a part of D.P. World who are one of the largest global logistics companies in the world; at any one time 10% of all shipping containers in the world are being shipped by D.P. World. Come and join us to kickstart your career in a diverse and quickly evolving and expanding company and industry.
After this apprenticeship
There is an opportunity to take up a full-time permanent position once the apprenticeship successfully completed .P&O Ferrymasters offers career advancement within the UK or across the wider business and D.P. World.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BLUE SKY ASSESSING & CONSULTANCY LTD
Amar Sangha
asangha@diversefutures.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323932.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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