Finance Apprentice

**Job Role**: Finance Apprentice

**Location**: Caledonia House, Glasgow

**Salary**: £23,809.00 per annum

**Hours of Work**: 37.5 hours per week Monday - Friday

**Overview**:
City has an exciting opportunity to join our five-year Finance Graduate Apprentice Programme which will allow you to develop your academic skills alongside practical and professional skills.

You will benefit from on-the-job experience whilst studying towards a fully funded Master of Accountancy qualification at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).

Approximately 80% of your time will be spent in the workplace as you support a wide range of finance activities that enhance your learning.

The Master of Accountancy (MAcc) degree is delivered through a combination of online and in-person learning and is designed to develop both academic and professional finance skills and includes ACCA exam preparation.

More information on the course can be found via the link below:
**What will the apprenticeship involve?**

You’ll have the opportunity to experience a wide range of tasks, including financial and management reporting, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting. In addition, you will gain invaluable experience across our finance team including cash management, bank, invoicing, finance administration, and expenses.

With over 30 colleagues in our finance team, you will be exposed to a wealth of knowledge and find a network of great colleagues committed to supporting you on your journey to becoming a finance professional.

To supplement your learning, you will also gain exposure and experience working alongside our Internal Audit and Group Finance teams, as well as collaborating with key internal stakeholders within our operational teams.

You will have a dedicated workplace mentor to support you throughout your journey. Your mentor will co-ordinate and review your programme to ensure that you maximise your potential and develop your academic and professional finance skills.

This is a five-year integrated degree programme with no tuition fees.

By choosing the accelerated path to chartered accountancy, you can embark on a streamlined and efficient journey towards qualification as a chartered accountant. This path compresses the time frame needed to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills from 7 to just 5 years, expediting your entry into the workforce and enables you to kick-start your accountancy career earlier than your peers who pursue traditional routes.

**What will I learn?**

You will study modules in:

- Financial & Management Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Taxation, Law and Ethics
- Audit & Assurance
- Strategic Business Reporting
- Advanced Financial Management
- Research and work-based learning projects

**What qualifications and skills are required?**
- You’ll need five Highers at a minimum of BBBBC, including Maths or Accountancy
- 135 UCAS Tariff points
- Eligible to work full time in Scotland
- Passion for finance
- Good communication and organisation skills
- Motivation to balance work with university study

**Why choose this opportunity?**
- Fully funded Master’s degree and ACCA qualification
- Real work experience from day 1
- Long-term career progression in a growing business
- Workplace mentoring and support
- Exposure to a broad range of finance disciplines across City’s UK operations

In 1985, husband and wife Willie and Susan Haughey established City Refrigeration Holdings. The pair set out with one goal - to make a positive change in the facilities management industry.

The Haugheys founded their enterprise on the values of collaboration and transparency, replacing client/contractor relationships with long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships. Each partner receives a unique strategy, shaped by the needs of the business and implemented by a bespoke, self-delivered model.

It is this focus that has allowed the City Group to grow from its humble beginnings into one of the world’s most trusted facilities management companies. The business now employs over 12,000 people and has established divisions across Europe, Australia, North America and Asia. It has also diversified the services it offers to include maintenance and engineering, technical procurement and support, cleaning and ancillary services across retail, residential and commercial markets.

Now more than three decades into its story, City remains rooted in the core values established by the now Lord and Lady Haughey and remains passionate about sharing its unparalleled professionalism, quality, customer service and value with partners around the globe.