2026 Finance Apprentice

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2026 Finance Apprentice – Level 2 Accountant Assistant, with progression onto Level 3 Assistant Accountant and Level 4 Professional Accountant

Permanent
Working Schedule: Monday – Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday – Thursday, 5 hours Friday)

This role is a rare chance for a highly motivated individual to take on a role that has excellent career progression opportunities within Thales.

Job specific training experience
Permanent role from day one
Tuition fees for university or approved training providers are fully covered
Great opportunity to gain experience and further your career in Finance
We have an exciting opportunity to join a Finance Apprenticeship within our UK business. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of activities, gaining significant exposure to the business and building a broad professional network. Learn about Thales Finance processes and tools used and help with process documentation
Learn about travel and expense and support the resolution of expense queries using Concur
Learn about the P2P (Procure to Pay) process and support the resolution of supplier invoice queries and work with our TBSS team (shared services finance team, procurement and quality teams)
Help to develop and add content for our finance intranet pages
Help to manage access to Customer Portals
Help track data quality and assist the businesses in improving their metrics
Help with data cleanse activities to improve our data quality metrics
Supporting projects in maintaining forecast invoicing dates and improving cash forecasting
Ad hoc tasks, reporting and analysis as required by the UK finance process team

Apprentice Programme

Apprentices will start by enrolling onto a Level 2 Accountant Assistant Apprenticeship with our award-winning training partner, The Apprentice Academy. Delivered via a virtual delivery model over 15 months, the apprenticeship will introduce you to day-to-day accounting activities and will help you to build the competence to deliver these successfully. On completion of the programme, you will achieve an AAT Level 2 Diploma in Accounting.

On completion of the Level 2, you will be supported to progress onto the Level 3 Assistant Accountant Apprenticeship (18 months) and the Level 4 Professional Accountant Apprenticeship (17 months) to achieve your AAT qualifications.

5 GCSE’s 9-4 (A-C), including English and Maths


201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
~ Company Pension
~ Health Care Cash Plan
~ Life Insurance
~ Discount Portal
~ Performance-related pay uplifts
~Induction week for all Graduates and Apprentices will take place from Monday 7 September - Friday 11 September 2026.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID MISSING OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY.

For further information on our Future Talent recruitment process, including hints and tips, or to speak to a member of the Future Talent Team, a Graduate or Apprentice, please visit Thales Future Talent - Connectr .

All successful candidates must possess the permanent right to work in the UK and will be required to go through Government security clearance at BPSS Level and to obtain full Security Clearance (SC) in line with the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) requirements below, prior to starting with us.
This role requires Security Clearance (SC). Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

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Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.

Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.