Accounts Administrator Apprentice

PICOW ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED

Cheshire (WA7 5TQ)

Closes in 7 days (Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 28 August 2025

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Summary

We are seeking an individual who is highly organised and detail-oriented to join the team. This role plays a vital part in the day-to-day accounts and administrative operations of the business, focusing primarily on managing the accounts payable function.

Wage

£19,000 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 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

The successful candidate will be responsible for processing supplier invoices, reconciling accounts, and maintaining effective communication with both internal teams and external suppliers. Additionally, the role provides essential administrative support across the office to ensure the smooth running of operations.

Responsibilities

  • Manage incoming invoices received via email, ensuring they are accurately logged into the system for approval and timely processing.
  • Match and reconcile purchase orders and supporting documentation to validate invoice accuracy
  • Process supplier invoices efficiently, ensuring accuracy and adherence to payment timelines.
  • Collaborate with other departments to ensure smooth operations.
  • Ensure that all accounts payable activities comply with relevant financial policies, procedures and regulations.
  • Respond to and resolve both internal and external inquiries.
  • Communicate effectively with suppliers to facilitate invoice processing and resolve payment issues.
  • Investigate and resolve outstanding or disputed creditor balances in a timely manner.
  • Prepare monthly supplier statement reconciliations.
  • Assist with ad-hoc financial and non-financial administrative tasks and reporting as required.
  • Perform other general administrative duties as required by the business.

Skills and Experience

  • Ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Verbal and written communication skills.

Where you'll work

1 Station House
Lowlands Road
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 5TQ

Training

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

Training provider

RIVERSIDE 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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

4 GCSEs including English & Maths (grade Grade 4 or above)

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills

About this employer

Picow is a multi-discipline engineering company that provides design, installation and maintenance services for various sectors, such as transportation, food, chemical and pharmaceutical. Approaching 50 years old, we have grown into one of the most prominent construction and MEP engineering companies in the UK. We pride ourselves on our unwavering commitment to engineering excellence and customer satisfaction. This enables us to achieve repeat business consistently, which is the foundation from which we continue to grow.

After this apprenticeship

Permanent position may be avalible on completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Joanna Smith

joanna.smith@riversidecollege.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339269.

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Closes in 7 days (Friday 5 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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