2025 Finance Apprentice - Level 2 Accountant Assistant
Thales Group, Crawley
2025 Finance Apprentice - Level 2 Accountant Assistant
£39520
Thales Group, Crawley
- Full time
- U
- Remote working
- Apprenticeship programme
Posted 1 week ago, 22 Oct | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 666ed88e4b48421790a715f2342b49dd
Full Job Description
- Liaising with various stakeholders to understand, challenge and report the overheads and headcount of the business
- Providing accurate, timely and reliable overhead and cost information, and analysis to senior management
- Utilizing Thales tools to develop internal reporting and ensure consistency across the UK
- Supporting cost centre reviews
- Assisting in the budgeting cycle where required
- Managing data cleanse activities including balance sheet reconciliation
- Supporting projects in maintaining forecast invoicing dates and improving cash forecasting
- Supporting Project Managers and Business Controllers in timely cost transfers
- Assisting in Project Closure activities.
- Ad hoc tasks, reporting and analysis as required by Financial Controller/Director
- Supporting preparation and distribution of monthly financial results, ensuring tight deadlines are achieved
- Supporting monthly overhead, headcount and DLU (Direct Labour Utilisation) reviews
- Supporting the preparation and review of monthly Cost By Nature (CBN) and Functional Cost Report (FCR) reports, including commentary and analysis as may be requested by Group, UK or business management
- Support the overhead multi-year budget (MYB) process
- Support the overhead reforecasting process
- Provide information on headcount evolution
- Provide specific analytical reports to cost centre managers
- Support the preparation and posting of journal vouchers, including accruals, prepayments, corrections etc Apprentice Programme Apprentices will start by enrolling onto a Level 2 Accountant Assistant Apprenticeship with our award winning training partner. 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. For this level of role it is expected that you will progress onto higher level learning including 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.
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions., For further information on our Early Careers recruitment process or to speak to a member of the Early Careers Team or a Graduate or Apprentice, please visit Thales Future Talent - Connectr. Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires Security Clearance (SC). It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance. To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years' residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks. As part of the vetting process you will be asked to provide evidence of your identity, eligibility to work in the UK, time spent abroad over the last 5 years, as well as employment and/or educational history. For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please follow this link - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels. Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales. In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. 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. At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. 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. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. - Earn while you learn
- Job specific training experience
- Recognised qualifications
- Permanent role from day one
- Great opportunity to gain experience and further your career in Finance
- Operate in a visible role with an opportunity to add value from the early stages, 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
- 80 Hours Volunteering (first two years) Please note, assessment centres for shortlisted candidates will be held between February and May 2025. Induction week for all Graduate and Apprentices will take place from Monday 01 September until Friday 05 September 2025.
Working Schedule: Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours Friday) Are you an individual who is proactive with a passion for getting into the detail? We have an exciting opportunity to join our corporate team based in Crawley. This role is a rare chance for a highly motivated individual to take on a role that has excellent career progression opportunities within Thales. What the role has to offer: