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Finance Higher Apprentice

Financial and Professional Services

The Finance apprenticeship scheme is an alternative route to university. It provides you with the opportunity to earn a competitive salary while gaining experience and knowledge across a number of different finance teams and studying to achieve an accountancy qualification.

The Finance function delivers the insights that drive financial outperformance and long-term value. On the programme, you’ll gain exposure to different parts of our business and be an integral part of the team. The finance function plays an important role across some areas, and you’ll be actively involved in the following:

  • Playing an integral part in business decision-making

  • Planning, budgeting and forecasting

  • Reporting and commentary

  • Maintaining strong controls and financial integrity

  • Supporting business and finance initiatives to drive performance and efficiencies

  • Understanding of the finance systems and data structures

Through the finance apprenticeship programme, you will undertake a 2-year Level 4 apprenticeship which upon successful completion will lead to a 3-year Level 7 apprenticeship. Throughout both apprenticeships, you will undertake several placements with the opportunity to gain experience in various roles across different types of finance teams.

Location

This role is based in Warwick. They offer flexible, hybrid working.

About you

You will need to have a GCSE in English Language AND in Math (including Level 2 functional skills) at Grade 4 or above (or equivalent)

2 A levels / A2: Grades A* - C or equivalent

What you'll get

  • Starting salary of £25,335.

  • You’ll gain an insight into how they work at National Grid, understand what a career with them can offer, and receive some great rewards and benefits: 

  • Level 3 and Level 5 qualification dependent on experience

  • 26 days annual leave + statutory holidays  

  • Pension scheme and Sharesave options  

  • Flexible benefits include cycle to work, buy/sell holiday to name a few

  • Opportunity to enrol in sharesave/share incentive plans

  • You’ll develop well-rounded skills through practical experience

  • A permanent position upon successful completion of your Apprenticeship

About National Grid

National Grid is at the heart of the energy future, and our people are at the heart of National Grid. We’re 30,000 colleagues strong.  In the UK, National Grid doesn’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.

The world of energy is changing beyond recognition as we focus on building a cleaner, greener future. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

https://successatschool.org/job/national-grid/higher-apprenticeship/finance-higher-apprentice/1667

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