Junior Accounts Payable Apprentice

CT Skills

Artisan, Hillbottom Road, Sands, High Wycombe, HP12 4HJ (HP12 4HJ)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 26 December 2025)

Posted on 2 December 2025

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Summary

The Accounts Payable Junior is responsible for preparing and processing daily and monthly supplier invoices in accordance with supplier-specific invoicing requirements. The role ensures timely and accurate processing and strong stakeholder relationships by resolving invoicing queries promptly and professionally.

Wage

£18,000 a year

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Training course
Accounts or finance assistant (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm.

38 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

1 year 2 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

  • Assisting with the processing of invoices and credit notes, obtaining approvals, goods received data and matching against purchase orders.
  • Assisting with responding to supplier and internal emails.
  • Assisting with processing supplier payment runs and obtaining relevant approvals.
  • Assisting with matching outgoing payment run batches accurately to supplier accounts and sending out remittance advice to suppliers.
  • Assisting with collaborating with internal teams (engineers and customer services) to ensure accurate invoicing and resolution of disputes in a timely and professional manner.
  • Assisting with month-end tasks, running Aged Creditor Reports, reconciliation of supplier statements and liaising with the Management Accounts team.
  • Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.

Where you'll work

Artisan, Hillbottom Road, Sands, High Wycombe, HP12 4HJ
HP12 4HJ

Training

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

Training provider

CT SKILLS 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

You'll work towards the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting through monthly 1-to-1 online sessions (via MS Teams - so NO classroom OR college). Your AAT Tutor will support you with the study and completion of the Mandatory Qualification 'Certificate in Accounting.' This contains 4 modules that will each take approximately 2 months each to complete. You will sit a mandatory online exam after completing each module that you must pass in order to gain your AAT Level 2 Qualification.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

None required (grade None required)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Initiative
  • IT skills
  • Logical
  • Number skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

About this employer

EA-RS Fire Engineering are a leading UK specialist in fire detection, fire alarms, fire suppression, water mist and sprinkler systems; to meet their customer requirements, they work to understand individual business needs and offers dedicated fire systems consultancy.

After this apprenticeship

As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CT SKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003251.

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Closes in 23 days (Friday 26 December 2025)

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