Apprentice Credit Controller

MELLORS CONSOLIDATED LIMITED

SKELMERSDALE (WN8 9TN)

Closes in 10 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 2 October 2025

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Summary

Support the finance team in managing the company’s sales ledger and ensuring the timely collection of customer payments. Providing experience in credit control and supporting the wider finance team. Enhancing financial and accountancy experience.

Wage

£14,722.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Annual salary increases applied

Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm although we are flexible with start and end times.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Duration

1 year

Positions available

2

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 in monitoring and maintaining the sales ledger.
  • Support in issuing invoices and statements to customers.
  • Follow up with clients regarding outstanding payments, via phone and email.
  • Help reconcile customer accounts and resolve queries promptly.
  • Support cash allocation and banking processes.
  • Produce simple reports on debtor balances and highlight potential issues.
  • Work closely with the operations and finance teams to resolve invoicing discrepancies.
  • Provide general support to the wider finance team, including purchase ledger and other accounts work as needed.

Where you'll work

TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CENTRE
MOSS LANE VIEW
SKELMERSDALE
WN8 9TN

Training

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

Training provider

KAPLAN FINANCIAL 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

Training is taking place at the workplace and online as part of the apprenticeship qualification.

More training information

Off-the-job learning will enhance knowledge and experience of the wider business, as well as general business knowledge. Opportunity to enhance Excel and Word skills, too.

Requirements

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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Family friendly company, part of a wider group of companies.

https://mellorscatering.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Family friendly company, additional holidays on top of statutory entitlement, free parking.

After this apprenticeship

Progress through training and experience to become an experienced credit controller. Opportunities for further training and development are funded by the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MELLORS CONSOLIDATED LIMITED

Jenna Calderbank

Jennac@mellors.co.uk

07580075764

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344696.

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Closes in 10 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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