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School Leaver Apprenticeship Programme
Location: Gatwick
Salary: £24,950
Applications close: 8th June 2025
Programme start date: 22nd September 2025
About Finance
Life here is varied – from the projects, clients, and corporations you’ll work on, to the teams and people you’ll work with. Whatever you take on, you’ll build your skills and experience
supported by the best minds in the industry. Discover life beyond the classroom – and careers beyond the ordinary.Working with every department at BDO, our Finance team helps us meet relevant legal requirements that ensure our firm operates effectively in a tightly-regulated field. They implement strategies that help us innovate – like combining new technology with traditional financial processes to make us even more digital. As part of this friendly team, you’ll enjoy flexible hours and have opportunities to take responsibility for the delivery of quality work. With your colleagues behind you, you’ll embrace change, new ideas and have an impact on the future of our firm.
About The Finance School Leaver Apprenticeship Programme
Get ready to connect with subject-matter experts. Gain the management and commercial skills you need to take your career to new heights. Get hands-on and stuck into impactful projects. Earn while you learn, with work experience that helps you achieve the AAT Level 3 qualification (provided by First Intuition) with the opportunity to progress onto Level 4. During your 2 year programme you will rotate across our Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams – working one year in each team. And after the 2-year programme, there’s a permanent role waiting for you. Just bring a natural inquisitiveness, a problem-solving mind, and a passion for doing the right thing. And you won’t be doing it alone – we’ll provide mentorship and guidance that support you to balance work and studies, ace the exams, and become a fully-rounded professional.
About You
Wherever you work with us, you’ll need to be curious, resilient, and adaptable. We’re big on relationship-building across all our teams, so we’ll help you develop excellent communication and interpersonal skills Bring a data mindset, strong logical and analytical skills, and critical thinking – we’ll give you the tools and training to develop everything else you'll need.
You’ll also need the right to work in the UK as we are unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship for all any of our School Leaver programmes as they do not meet the current minimum salary requirements for sponsorship set by the Home Office.
Programme-specific requirements:
* Three A-levels or equivalent at A*-C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)
* 9-4 in Maths and English at GCSE/Scottish Standards or equivalent (non-UK qualifications also considered)
* Ability and commitment to balance study and professional work
* Able to work from the location in our Gatwick office.
If you’ve already got a degree, check out our graduate programmes.
About BDO
Operating out of 18 locations across the UK, we’re one of the world’s largest accounting and business advisory firms – but we’re so much more than that. The ambitious, high-growth businesses we work with boost the economy, and our people’s careers. This is where you’ll provide meaningful advice and solutions. Build thriving businesses. Feel respected at all times. Learn. Grow. And go beyond the ordinary – because your development is our priority.
Accountancy isn’t what you think it is. It’s dynamic, hands-on, and collaborative. The best part? The people. We’re a friendly, diverse bunch who work hard to achieve the best outcomes – and love to celebrate when we do. It’s one of the ways we prioritise wellbeing, along with agile, flexible working and extensive benefits that cover your lifestyle, money, and all aspects of your health. We’re all about supporting you to be your best, inside and outside of work.
Discover life at BDO from all angles – the office, corporate sites, or occasionally, your home. We’ll need you to join us in the office so we can best support your development, so ensure you’re a commutable distance away.
Ready to jump-start a beyond-the-ordinary Advisory career? Apply today!
Our firm is distinctive because we preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.
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