ACCA Finance Graduate Apprenticeship

• Strong organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise own work and that of others to meet deadlines and ensure an efficient and effective service.
• Be highly numerate, and accurate.
• A high level of interpersonal and communication skills, including a commitment to offering high level customer service.
• Strong all round IT skills, particularly Excel, combined with a proactive approach to learning and developing new skills.

ACCA Level 7

There are three levels including Applied Knowledge, Applied Skills and Strategic Professional.

Applied Knowledge helps you understand the role of accounting in the business environment, and develop the practical skills and techniques expected of an accountant working in business.

The area you will cover include:

• Business and Technology

• Management Accounting

• Financial Accounting

Applied Skills encourages you to develop a broad understanding of the role of accounting in business, and how to interpret financial information.

The area you will cover include:

• Corporate and business law (ENG) (LW)

• Performance Management (PM)

• Taxation (TX-UK)

• Financial Reporting (FR)

• Audit and Assurance (AA)

• Financial Management (FM)

By studying Strategic Professional, you’ll learn advanced techniques, skills, and the professional ethics required of an accountant or consultant operating at a senior level. Once you’ve successfully passed you can apply to be a full member of ACCA.

The area you will cover include:

Essentials

• Strategic Business Leader

• Strategic Business Reporting

Options

• Advanced Financial Management

• Advanced Performance Management

• Advanced Taxation

• Advanced Audit and Assurance

The Apprenticeship standard details the essential Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours that somebody would need to demonstrate to be successful in this job role, this includes, Business Awareness, Ethics, Communication, Leadership, Planning and Prioritisation and Problem Solving. Apprentices will need to show they are competent in all the areas detailed in the standard when they take End Point Assessment.

The Knowledge areas of the standard will typically be covered through completion of the qualification. Skills and Behaviours are developed through workshops, e-learning, workplace training and practical experience provided ‘on-the-job’.

• Well-organised with the ability to remain effective when working under pressure and achieve deadlines without sacrificing attention to detail.
• Strong commitment to continuous personal development.
• Enquiring and analytical with the ability to absorb information quickly and accurately.
• Adaptable and flexible in approach with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.

Cockburn MAT is a trust which is growing (having gone from 1 to 5 schools in the past five years, and this year alone going from 5 to 8 schools). As the trust continues to grow, so too does the finance operation, and the central finance team will also grow. It’s possible that the graduate that joins us could on qualification, elevate to a managerial role within finance to support future graduates as the trust continues to grow.