CIMA Finance Graduate Apprentice

Overview:

Year 1 based in Milton Keynes.
Year 2 based in one of our regions.

Get involved in business partnering with non-finance teams, as well as learning the main principles of finance including management accounting, project accounting, business planning and helping to produce a business case. Learn about business policy and regulations, the accounting processes, finance systems, finance reporting and accounts payable and receivable. You’ll also complete the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification.
1st Year
During the first 4 months of the scheme, you will be based in Milton Keynes, completing mini placements in specialist finance teams. The following 3 months you will be based in Manchester with the Accounting Services and the Shared Services teams, learning about transactional accounting. You will then return to Milton Keynes to complete a six-month national finance placement.
2nd Year

In the second year, you will be based in one of our regions: Eastern, North West & Central, Scotland, Southern, and Wales & Western. As finance at Network Rail is imperative in all of our regions we aim to have graduates placed in each region, we will ask for your preferred location before you start the scheme. Please note that your preferred location is not guaranteed.

You’ll use the experience you’ve gained from projects, the understanding of transactional accounting and the knowledge of policies and procedures to add real value to the business areas you’ll be working in.

Training:

Accounting And Taxation Professional Apprenticeship Level 7. If you’re looking to develop your accountancy skills to lead finance departments or provide management accounting consultancy, CIMA is your ticket. CIMA is split into Certificate, a standalone ‘beginner’ qualification, and Professional, which is split into three levels: Operational, Management, and Strategic. The Certificate in Business Accounting is your starting point if you're new to accountancy. You'll learn the fundamentals of business economics, financial accounting, management accounting, and ethical considerations of commercial activity. Operational teaches you about organisational management, costs and analysis used in production, and financial reporting and taxation. Management equips you with the skills to perform advanced management accounting and advanced financial reporting tasks. Strategic develops your leadership and strategic management abilities and teaches you about risk management and financial strategy.

Training Outcome:

There could be opportunities to develop your knowledge through external secondments in the wider rail industry. At the end of your 2-year scheme, you would be eligible for Finance Business Partner roles, earning a salary in the range of £43,588 – £49,037.
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Employer Description:
As a public sector arm’s length body of the Department for Transport, we retain the commercial and operational freedom to manage Britain’s railway infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland within regulatory and control frameworks. Our purpose Is to get people and goods where they need to be, and to support Great Britain’s economic prosperity.

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday. Shifts tbc.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Problem solving skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Initiative