ACCA Finance apprentice
AB Foods
UK (W1K 4QY)
Closes on Friday 27 June 2025
Posted on 27 March 2025
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to build a long-term career in Accountancy? Start your career today with a level 7 apprenticeship with AB Foods and Kaplan. You will be dealing with financial reporting, accounts and planning whilst working towards the ACCA Level 7 qualification.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
- Training course
- Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, times to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 August 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
During the programme you will have the opportunity to work in various elements of the ABF group finance team, and will have the opportunity to be involved with:
Financial performance reporting and commentary.
Closing the financial accounts each reporting period in accordance with international financial reporting standards.
Financial analysis and insight to help inform business decision making.
Financial planning and forecasting.
Treasury including cash, commodity and foreign exchange accounting and reporting.
Where you’ll work
ABF Plc, Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street
London
UK
W1K 4QY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Your training course
Accountancy or taxation professional (level 7)
Equal to master’s degree
Course contents
- Build trusted and sustainable relationships with individuals and organisations. Consistently support individuals and collaborate to achieve results as part of a team.
- Influence the impact of business decisions on relevant and affected communities based on an appreciation of different organisations and the environments in which they operate.
- Communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner. Adapt communications to suit different situations, individuals or teams.
- Identify ethical dilemmas, understand the implications and behave appropriately. Understand their legal responsibilities, both within the letter and the spirit of the law, as well as be aware of the procedures for reporting concerns over potentially unethical activities.
- Take ownership of allocated projects and effectively manage their own time and the time of others. Demonstrate good project management skills to deliver high quality work within the appropriate timeline. Act as a role model and motivate others to deliver results.
- Evaluate information quickly and draw accurate conclusions. Assess a problem from multiple angles to ensure all relevant issues are considered. Gather the appropriate facts and evidence in order to make decisions effectively.
Your training plan
ACCA Level 7: There are three levels including Applied Knowledge, Applied Skills and Strategic Professional.
Applied Knowledge helps you understand the role of accounting in the business environment, and develop the practical skills and techniques expected of an accountant working in business. The areas you will cover include:
Business and Technology Management Accounting.
Financial Accounting.
Applied Skills encourages you to develop a broad understanding of the role of accounting in business, and how to interpret financial information.
The areas you will cover include:
Corporate and business law (ENG) (LW).
Performance Management (PM).
Taxation (TX-UK).
Financial Reporting (FR).
Audit and Assurance (AA).
Financial Management (FM).
By studying Strategic Professional, you’ll learn advanced techniques, skills, and the professional ethics required of an accountant or consultant operating at a senior level. Once you’ve successfully passed, you can apply to be a full member of ACCA.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Basic Maths (grade 9/A* - 5/B)
- Standard English (grade 9/A* - 5/B)
A Level or equivalent in:
- Relevant A Levels (grade A-B)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Benefits include: 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) defined contribution pension scheme of matching employee and employer contributions from 4% to 10%. Private medical insurance. Access to a range of discounts through our benefits hub. Working hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00
About this company
We are part of Associated British Foods (ABF): a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group that's also a FTSE 100 company with sales of over £15.4 billion and 133,000 employees in 50 countries.AB World Foods is an international branded business, famous for flavour. PFast forward to 2007 and another inspiration appeared in the form of Levi Roots, the man who slayed the Dragon's Den on BBC with just a bottle of his Reggae Reggae sauce and a guitar.
After this apprenticeship
Qualified accountant that could work from a variety of ABF businesses and could move into commercial finance, financial controls, audit, central finance.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312188.
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Closes on Friday 27 June 2025
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