2025 Finance Apprentice - Crawley

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 Utilising 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 preparation and distribution of monthly financial results, ensuring tight deadlines are achieved

Training:

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.

Training Outcome:

You will be expected to progress onto higher level learning and will become an account assistant in our finance team. 

Employer Description:
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.

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday, 37 hours a week (8-hours Monday - Thursday, 5-hours Friday), exact working hours TBC

Skills:
IT skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working