Description
Job title: Finance Apprentice
Location: Based in Glascoed, approx. 1 hour from both Cardiff and Bristol by car. Please note: public transport options are limited to our Glascoed site, so access to a car is recommended as onsite attendance is expected for this role.
Salary: Starting from £22,000 with annual progression through the scheme duration.
What you’ll be doing:
• Begin your career in accountancy with our Finance Apprenticeships.
• Earn a competitive salary while studying for AAT Levels 2–4.
• Develop key financial management skills and practical applications.
• Gain experience in drafting financial statements, recommending accounting strategies, and creating management reports.
• Learn about tax, auditing, credit control, and cash management.
• A 3-year programme delivered by Cardiff and Vale College, combining on-campus learning and online study
What Qualification Will You Get?
AAT Levels 2–4
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 Shared Services Team:
Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. A career here means using your passion and ingenuity to defend national security with breakthrough technology and intelligence solutions. It’s rewarding work that truly makes a difference. You’ll work alongside a supportive team with a dedicated Skills Coach – driven by a shared ambition to protect what really matters. At BAE Systems, you’ll find an extraordinary career where you can realise your true potential.
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, and 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.