2026 Finance Apprentice - Cheadle

Level: 2


Employer: THALES UK LIMITED


Location: Dolphin House

We have an exciting opportunity to join a Finance Apprenticeship within our UK business. We have opportunities within Corporate and our Thales UK business lines.

Duration: 1 Year 3 Months

Expected start date: 07/09/2026

Hours per week: 37 hours

Wage: (Annually)

Job role includes

You can expect to be involved in a wide range of activities, gaining significant exposure to the business and building a broad professional network.

Key responsibilities will vary depending on which team you are sitting within, but may include:

  • Liaising with various stakeholders to understand, challenge and report the overheads and headcount of the business
  • Providing accurate, timely and reliable overhead and cost information, and analysis to senior management
  • Utilizing Thales tools to develop internal reporting and ensure consistency across the UK
  • Supporting cost centre reviews
  • Assisting in the budgeting cycle where required
  • Managing data cleanse activities including balance sheet reconciliation
  • Supporting projects in maintaining forecast invoicing dates and improving cash forecasting
  • Supporting Project Managers and Business Controllers in timely cost transfers
  • Assisting in Project Closure activities.
  • Ad hoc tasks, reporting and analysis as required by Financial Controller/Director
  • Supporting preparation and distribution of monthly financial results, ensuring tight deadlines are achieved
  • Supporting monthly overhead, headcount and DLU (Direct Labour Utilisation) reviews
  • Supporting the preparation and review of monthly Cost By Nature (CBN) and Functional Cost Report (FCR) reports, including commentary and analysis as may be requested by Group, UK or business management
  • Support the overhead multi-year budget (MYB) process
  • Support the overhead reforecasting process
  • Provide information on headcount evolution
  • Provide specific analytical reports to cost centre managers
  • Support the preparation and posting of journal vouchers, including accruals, prepayments, corrections etc.

About employer

Together, we create the ingenious technological systems and innovations that impact and improve people's lives every single day. Even if you haven't heard the name Thales before, you've definitely benefited from our inventiveness. We reinvest 20% of our sales in Research & Development in the UK. Together we supply invention across 4 core areas: Aerospace, Space, Defence and Security, Digital Identity and Security.

  • weighting: Essential
  • qualificationType: GCSE
  • subject: 5 GCSEs incl. Maths and English
  • grade: A*-C or 9-4

  • You will start by enrolling onto a Level 2 Accountant Assistant Apprenticeship with our award-winning training partner
  • Delivered via a virtual delivery model over 15 months, the apprenticeship will introduce you to day-to-day accounting activities and will help you to build the competence to deliver these successfully
  • On completion of the programme, you will achieve an AAT Level 2 Diploma in Accounting

    • You will be expected to progress onto higher level learning and will become an account assistant in our finance team
  • IT skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

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Duration: 18 months

Expected start date: 28/3/2022

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Wage: 146.25 (weekly)

Job role includes

  • Explore what an apprenticeship is and how they work.
  • Understand what it means to be an apprentice.
  • Discover different apprenticeship types, get application hints and tips, and apply for vacancies.

About employer

Employer description

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills