Accounts Payable Manager Review

Item: Accounts Payable Manager at Travis Perkins plc
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at Travis Perkins plc

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Finance

Northampton, Northamptonshire

Review Submitted: September 2020

Overall Rating

3.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

3.2/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

4/5

I am an Accounts Payable Manager that involves managing a team of 14 responsible for supplier management - being the first point of contact for all suppliers to contact us about payments. The team is high transaction with phones & emails and I have to manage this.

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

4/5

I really enjoyed the programme, not only did I learn lots completing the work but the time spent in the workshops with other people that I would not normally have the opportunity to meet & talk to gave me more exposure on how our company works as a whole.

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

4/5

I had my promotion while undertaking my apprenticeship but before that I had held team leader & supervisor positions not only with my current company but with previous ones too. My apprenticeship not only developed skills I had grown during my career but taught me lots of new skills as well.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

3/5

I felt it was well organised, it was still relatively new & so some processes changed as we were doing it however my mentor & the trainers in the workshop were really supportive & helps us through the changes.

How much support do you receive from your employer?

4/5

I had great support during my apprenticeship, I was given time to complete the tasks & opportunities to ensure that I had exposure to give me the best position to complete all modules.

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

3/5

There were some great training tools along the way & I actually still use some of these tools to refer back to when putting things in place when managing my team.

How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

4/5

I feel the apprenticeship has just given me some really strong foundations to helo me to become a great manager. Not just skills but also made me so much more self aware to assist me with decisions & behaviours.