Higher Apprentice Finance

BAE Systems.; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Barrow-in-Furness is offering a Finance Apprentice position where you will embark on a Level 4 Finance Higher Apprenticeship. This two-year program combines structured learning and practical experience, helping you gain a CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting while developing key skills in communication, analysis, and problem-solving. Competitive starting salary of £23,493 per annum with progression opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Potential annual incentive

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 GCSEs at grade 9-4 must include Maths & English.
• Achieve 96 UCAS points with Maths or Finance qualification at Level 3.

Responsibilities

• Start your finance career with a Level 4 Finance Higher Apprenticeship.
• Gain skills in communication, analysis, and problem-solving through role rotations.
• Work across finance teams while studying for CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.

Skills

Communication

Analysis

Problem-solving

Education

5 GCSEs including Maths & English

96 UCAS points including Maths or Finance qualification

Job description

Job Title

Finance Apprentice

Location

Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria)

Salary

Starting from £23,493 per annum, with annual progression through the scheme duration.

What you’ll be doing

• Start your finance career with Level 4 Finance Higher Apprenticeship.
• Two‑year programme combining structured learning and hands‑on experience.
• Work across finance teams while studying for CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.
• Gain skills in communication, analysis, and problem‑solving through role rotations.
• Study support, mentoring, and tailored development.
• Potential progression onto Level 7 Finance Degree Apprenticeship, achieving Chartered Accountant status.

What Qualification Will You Get?

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Finance Team

Our role is to support by way of agreeing contracts with customers, monitoring subsequent performance against budgets and implementing relevant financial reporting mechanisms that consider all of our large scale, multi‑year complex manufacturing programmes that exist across our boat programmes.

The Submarines Team

Our Submarines business has been safely delivering world‑class submarines to the UK Royal Navy for more than a century. The Astute class will equip the Royal Navy with its largest and most capable generation of attack submarines. We are responsible for the design, build, test and commissioning of these state‑of‑the‑art vessels. In total, seven boats will make up the fleet, each weighing a mighty 7,400 tonnes. Dreadnought is the successor to the Vanguard class of nuclear deterrent submarines. We will deliver four submarines to the Royal Navy, with the first submarine entering service in the early 2030s. Dreadnought is widely considered to be one of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Export Control/Security

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Click here for more information on national security vetting levels.

Qualification requirements

• 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) at grade 9-4 / A*-C which must include Maths & English.
• 96 UCAS points (or equivalent) (excluding UCAS points gained at AS level) which must include Maths or a Finance/Numerical related qualification at Level 3.