Finance Apprenticeship

At a glance

• We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Finance team aims for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. The role could be based at either our Bracknell or London Head Office depending on your preference, with occasional travel to the other location as required.

• The salary range for this role is set at £33,800 - £50,700. The salary offered to successful candidates will depend on individual experience.

• This is an Apprentice position and the course takes 36 months to complete.

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend that you apply early.

• Please note the Assessment Centres for our Apprenticeship will be held in-person in London Victoria on 16th April and Bracknell on 24th April.

About the role

Do you have a passion for Finance and a genuine desire to learn and grow? If so, our Level 7 Finance Apprenticeship scheme may be for you.

In a challenging retail world, the demand for a high performing Finance function is more important than ever. The role of Finance in the Partnership is to work at the heart of the business, providing great insight and control to strengthen our position and grow value. As a Partner and Professional Finance Apprentice, you will seek to actively drive our performance and influence key decisions using data and commercial acumen. You will be encouraged and respected for your opinions and ideas. We will give you access to the tools to build your knowledge and technical skills, giving you the opportunity to influence our performance and strengthen the role of Finance.

Our aim will be to give you the fullest experience of our Finance function so you will work flexibly between our Head Offices in Bracknell and London and home working.

What will you be doing?

We will support you to become a qualified Accountant during your apprenticeship and you will choose to study for either a CIMA qualification (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) or an ACCA qualification (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

This apprenticeship scheme will involve a series of modules and exams, learning activities and reflection tasks which are based around the skills, knowledge and behaviours set out by the national apprenticeship standard.

You will be allocated a buddy with a well known accountancy network and one of our line managers will work closely with you throughout the scheme to support your career and empower you to unlock your potential.

You will develop excellent technical skills, as well as the organisational and leadership skills necessary to thrive as a finance professional within the Partnership. As with all apprenticeships, this programme requires commitment and self managed learning from the apprentice.

Why do our Finance Apprentices love working for us?

"I've really been enjoying the wide range of experience I have had on the apprenticeship scheme. It has been amazing working with such experienced people in a variety of roles across finance. The scheme allows you to work across so many areas that you really feel you have a good understanding of how the function works together."

Grace, Finance Analyst and current Finance Apprentice

Essential skills you’ll need

Eligibility criteria for this scheme - one of the following:

• Degree 2:1 or above (or predicted) in any discipline OR

• L4 Finance/Accounting Apprenticeship OR

• Relevant work experience with demonstrable evidence of:

• analytical skills; particularly with regard to data management and/or financial analysis
• commercial experience in a retail or similar fast-moving industry
• the ability to work accurately and at pace, the ability to evaluate risk
• the ability to assimilate, comment on, and make proposals, influencing key decisions
• the ability to produce coherent reports using appropriate language and allocation of words

Please note:

• You must not have attained a finance qualification higher than CIMA Certificate Level or ACCA Knowledge Level

• You must have level 2 Maths and English (equivalent to GCSE grade C or above)

• You cannot be in any other form of education when the scheme commences in September 2024.

Desirable

• Self motivation and a commitment to your development and achievement of the scheme objectives

• A collaborative approach to working and developing relationships across the Partnership

Please see our FAQs document for further details about the scheme (please access using the link here if you are an internal candidate, or via the attachment at the bottom of the advert if you are an external candidate).

Benefits of the Partnership and the role

• Hybrid Working

️ - Full time working holiday entitlement of 22 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays (this is prorated for part time hours)

• - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy
• Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
• You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply). You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
• Simple cycle to work support scheme
• We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

- Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - ttps://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

Next Steps

• The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

• Once you've submitted an application, the next steps of the process if successful are likely to include a video interview (to be held in early to mid March), followed by an in-person Assessment Centre, to be held in London Victoria on 16th April or Bracknell on 24th April.

• You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

• Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.

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