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Apprenticeship in Finance

Employer
Sky
Location
Osterley and Spring Grove, London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Mar 24, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Graduate
Sector
Arts & Entertainment
Contract Type
Apprenticeship
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Critical to our success, the Finance team is a big deal here. Join us, and dive into exciting projects while studying for your CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accounts) Level 7 qualification.

Training period: 4 years  

Requirements: at least five GCSEs A* – C (or equivalent grades 9-4), including English and Maths and achieved 3 A-Levels A-C grades with a preference to one A-Level being in a numerate subject (predicted or achieved) (Min 96 UCAS points)

Qualification achieved: CIMA Higher Apprenticeship in Management Accounting, Level 7

Start date: 9th September 2019

About the programme

Find out first-hand what it’s like to be an accountant for a leading entertainment brand.  Create financial analysis and make commercial decisions, all whilst being supported in your studies for an accountancy qualification. 

Finance influences all our business decisions and you’ll play a key role. Support new product launches. Help make decisions on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a game-changing piece of technology. Manage company-wide budgets and gain experience in our Corporate Finance team.  And enjoy a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things.

You will 

  • Complete four roles, each one year in length in a different finance teams across Sky
  • Be supported as you study alongside your role for the CIMA Higher Apprenticeship in Management Accounting, Level 7
  • Build a network across finance of other apprentices and graduates
  • Spend your first role focusing on key month end processes, variance analysis, budgeting and forecasting cycles. In addition, you’ll learn how to prepare management reports and consolidate/analyse data from various sources.

You’ll be

  • Studying for, or have already achieved 3 A-C (or equivalent) at A Level
  • Commercially-minded and a problem-solver
  • Collaborative and great with people
  • A self-starter, eager to drive change in an exciting and dynamic environment
  • Good numerically

What you’ll get

Sky Q, a generous pension and private health care. Access to over 12,000 LinkedIn Learning courses to support your development. And if that’s not enough, our award-winning Osterley campus boasts six subsidised restaurants, a cinema, gym, and much more

When to apply

The current closing date for applications is 17th March 2019. But things move quickly around here, so apply now to avoid disappointment.

It’s our people that make Sky Europe’s leading entertainment company. That’s why we work hard to be an inclusive employer, so everyone at Sky can be their best.

If you are successful in your application for this role, your appointment will be subject to receiving a positive outcome from your Criminal Record Check.

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Working for Sky

Think innovation. Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK’s favourite triple play provider – TV, broadband and telephony. Now in over 10 million households we entertain, excite and inspire customers with the combination of great content and great innovation. This is the driving force behind our growth as we strive to be the UK’s no. 1 choice in entertainment and communications.

Delivering Sky’s mix of TV that people love, pioneering technology, award-winning customer service and superfast broadband is a real team effort. Across our business, whether in front of the camera or behind the scenes, we’re working really hard to deliver brilliant entertainment, products and services to our customers. But we want to be better. So we’re also doing all we can to attract bright, talented people like you to join us.

Come to Sky and you’ll be part of a fast-paced business that’s changing the game for the entire industry. We’re launching new channels, like Sky Movies Disney and F1; getting record viewing figures for Sky Sports; bringing on board some incredible brand ambassadors in David Beckham and Jessica Ennis-Hill; and investing in exciting home-grown shows like “Game Changers” and “Moone Boy”. Not to mention blazing a trail for technology development with our Sky Go Extra platform and Sky apps.

As well as your dedication, your energy and optimism will help you succeed here. You can rely on Sky people to be as committed and passionate as you about making things better for customers and colleagues so we look forward to you joining the people behind Sky.

Sky Finance Team

At Sky, our 10million+ customers are at the heart of everything we do. So, whether we’re creating must-see content, great new products or award-winning services like our Broadband and Talk, we rely on our financial experts to help us deliver more.

In our drive to build the best Finance team in Britain, we want to run a world-class service (efficient and effective), ready for new challenges. We look to provide our business with commercial and winning insight.  Seizing on better ways of doing things, our team adds value and increase efficiency at every turn.

We strive to get the best out of the best people, through providing great development and progression. We’re award winning, and recent recognition includes Blue-chip Finance Team of the year.

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