Graduate Finance Apprentice

7 months ago

Reading, United Kingdom Aldermore Bank PLC Full time

**Let us tell you a bit about us**

We’re Aldermore - the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

**Feel like being part of**

Aldermore are offering an exciting apprenticeship programme that will immerse you straight into the Bank’s finance function, all while supporting you as you study towards gaining the ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification (ACA).

Over three years you will spend time in different teams key to the Bank’s finance function, such as Financial Control, Financial Planning and Analysis, Regulatory Reporting and Financial Reporting. Here you will learn from experienced industry professionals through hands-on teaching, where you will pick up the vital business, personal and technical skills you will use across the Aldermore network, and throughout your future career. The programme can even offer the apprentice the opportunity to spend some time seconded to the finance function of the Bank’s parent company FirstRand - based in South Africa.

You will also be fully supported with study leave for courses and exams as you work towards the Level 7 Accountancy and Taxation Professional Apprenticeship as well as the ACA qualification.

**What would your day look like?**
- Gain experience across many aspects of accounting, including transactional posting, assisting the production of monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and statutory annual financial statements, and providing variance analysis on the Bank’s performance;
- Assist and support the production of regulatory reporting to the Bank of England and other relevant bodies;
- Prepare presentations and other communication materials for press releases and presentations to analysts and the FirstRand IR function (Power Point slides, credit risk and margin analysis);
- Support the delivery of the monthly forecasting process (cashflow and monthly rolling forecasts);
- Develop relationships and build a strong network of people across Finance and the wider Group;
- Communicate in a professional manner with various stakeholders across the bank;
- Support the delivery of new financial processes;
- Take the initiative for process improvements and process reviews and their implementation;
- And much more

**What do we expect of you?**
- Organised and prepared to work and study during the 3 years
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple stakeholders
- Assertive, knowledgeable and adaptable with an interest and curiosity to make a difference
- Good communication skills both written and oral
- Ability to work in a team
- Minimum 2:1 degree
- 3 A Levels at C or above and must include 1 of the following: Maths, English or a Science
- GCSE Maths and English

**What can you expect of us?**
- A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
- A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
- A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one.
- A communicative, accessible and approachable ExCo.

And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.

**Let us tell you a bit more about us**

We’re a nimble and ambitious financial services specialist. Backing people to go for it in life and business..

We’re UK-based supporting our customers across a range of products and services. Aldermore Group was formed by bringing together two very successful businesses, Aldermore Bank and MotoNovo Finance, under the First Rand umbrella.

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

**Still curious?**

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on

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