Accounts Payable Apprentice J3444
SOUTH WEST APPRENTICESHIP COMPANY LTD
Nottingham (NG4 2AN)
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 26 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 October 2025
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Summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to begin their career in finance. As an Accounts Payable Apprentice at Xylem Water Solutions, you will gain hands on experience working alongside an experienced finance team in a global organisation.
- Wage
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£16,057.60 a year
- Training course
- Assistant accountant (level 3)
- Hours
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8.00am to 4.00pm or 9.00am to 5.00pm, with ½ hour unpaid lunch.
37 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 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
Your responsibilities will include:
- Accurately posting transactions on time across all entities, including invoices, credit notes, corrections, and supplier payments
- Assisting with day-to-day finance duties to ensure compliance with accounting standards (e.g. AP corrections, AP accruals)
- Acting as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing excellent customer service and meeting agreed SLAs
- Reconciling supplier accounts to prevent disruption to services or goods
- Supporting the preparation of all third-party payments
You will also have the opportunity to support wider finance projects and audits, gaining hands-on experience that will set you up for future success.
Where you'll work
Private Road Number 1
Colwick
Nottingham
NG4 2AN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Assistant accountant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
- Assist with the investigation and response to financial information queries.
- Record and analyse financial data using the organisation’s standard tools and processes.
- Apply double entry bookkeeping and accounting standards to process financial documents, generate financial statements and report financial information to users of accounts.
- Assist with production of accurate financial information for the preparation of accounts.
- Reconcile financial data, such as, preparation of reconciliations or review of reconciliations.
- Investigate, resolve or escalate transactional queries and errors within their remit as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
- Communicate financial information in a way that non-finance stakeholders can interpret and understand.
- Utilise digital skills to present key financial information using finance and accounting software and applications.
- Use software packages to assist with basic accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Communicate using varying approaches and different media methods with an appreciation of the risks and benefits to the business of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))
- Maths (grade 4 to 9 (A* to C))
A Level in:
Other in:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Motivated
- Commitment
- Reliability
- Common Sense
- Enthusiastic
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
As an apprentice, South West Apprenticeship Company Limited, the Flexi Job Agency (FJA) will employ the successful candidate on behalf of this employer. 99% of our apprentices gain full-time employment with their host organisation after completing their apprenticeship or they have progressed onto higher qualifications. The experience and knowledge you gain, plus the relationships you develop, make it easier to progress quickly.
After this apprenticeship
It is expected but not guaranteed that on successful completion of the apprenticeship you would progress onto the Level 3 AAT.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000345821.
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Closes in 16 days (Sunday 26 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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