Professional Accounting Technician Apprentice - Leeds

As a Finance apprentice, you'll gain expertise and the ability to create, verify and review accurate and timely financial information, meeting relevant ethical, professional and legal standards and accounting practices. Throughout the apprenticeship, you will be stretched and challenged to develop your technical knowledge and skills and to apply what you learn in your day-to-day role. Your apprenticeship will take around two years to complete, and cover key areas such as:

• Audit and assurance
• Finance, accounting and reporting
• Management accounting
• Governance, risk and control
• Strategic business management
• Taxation.
On completion of your level 4 apprenticeship, you'll progress to a higher level qualification, which will deepen your understanding of finance and mean you'll end the scheme as a fully qualified chartered accountant - a combined study time of around four to five years. During this time, you'll complete five 12 month rotations within the Finance function. As part of your apprenticeship, we'll support your study to complete the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification.


• GCSE (or equivalent) at grade 4-9 in both Maths and English (Language and / or Literature)
• PLUS - 3 A levels (or equivalent) at grade A-C.
These grades can be predicted, but any offer made to you will be conditional upon successful achievement of these qualifications.
• You'll need to be at least 18 years old on 1st September 2025.
Whilst we welcome candidates who have a degree, this cannot be in a field related to the apprenticeship due to a crossover in learning. We'll request a copy of your degree module transcript to review if your degree may contain prior learning.

Help us empower our people and Help Britain Prosper At Lloyds Banking Group, we are passionate about delivering high-quality apprenticeship experiences to support everyone to realise their full potential. This is an opportunity to learn skills, gain a qualification and earn a salary, all while playing a meaningful role in shaping finance as force for good. In Finance, we do so much more than day-to-day accounting. Emerging technology, new competitors and customers' changing expectations are constantly reshaping our industry. We need to keep on top of data insights, financial markets, regulation, strategic investment, and customer and product development. We look for the patterns that others haven't seen, assessing them for financial impact and using them to shape new opportunities. We use energy, teamwork, resilience and creative thinking to make a visible and positive impact on our Group and its customers, shaping finance to do good things. Ready to play your part?, We're the UK's biggest digital bank and you'll be supporting over 22 million digitally active customers. We're investing over £3bn in our people, technology, and data, to drive positive change, and our focus is on green finance and sustainable products to deliver a better future for everyone., At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

You will join us on a fixed apprenticeship salary where you'll be eligible for annual pay reviews. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, your salary will be increased in line with the grade and pay range for your role. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 22 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.