Finance Level 4 Apprenticeship

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS P L C

West Yorkshire (BD3 7DL)

Closes on Monday 24 November 2025

Posted on 16 September 2025


Summary

Our 2-year Finance Apprenticeship offers the opportunity to join our finance teams at Hilmore House, where the decisions are made, and play an important role in helping the business deliver our priorities and build a stronger Morrisons. You'll work towards a professional qualification while launching your finance career.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Professional taxation technician (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

7

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

Join us as a Finance Apprentice to develop new skills and knowledge, working alongside Financial Accountants and Managers, support future plans and make big decisions, making a direct impact on our business. You’ll experience a variety of financial teams, launching your career in the best way possible and learn how to: 

  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations 
  • Generate accruals, prepayments and adjustments 
  • Assist with financial reporting and help to improve our processes and procedures 

Where you'll work

Hilmore House
Gain Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD3 7DL

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

Training course

Professional taxation technician (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Collate, analyse, and use financial information to support evidence-based, sustainable tax decisions for stakeholders, such as individuals and businesses.
  • Undertake taxation activities within the scope and limits of their role and tax specialism, such as the preparation of tax information for individuals, sole traders, partnerships or limited companies, escalating issues to more senior colleagues where appropriate.
  • Apply relevant principles and legislation when undertaking taxation activities to ensure records are compliant.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking taxation activities, being alert to conditions which may indicate possible misstatement of information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias, and using those facts to inform and evaluate decision making in the context of providing accurate information to HMRC.
  • Interpret information for tax purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report transactions or items of income or expenditure.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with taxation tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver taxation tasks with a critical eye to trends, demonstrating a ‘right first-time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise, and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively, such as systems for managing key tax filing dates, penalty dates, and enquiry deadlines.
  • Use taxation information to add value to stakeholders through use of data visualisations, analysis, and interpretation, and communicate tax information in a way that non-tax specialist stakeholders can understand.
  • Undertake file management activities, such as preparing and collating information, making accurate file notes and managing version control.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver taxation tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Communicate taxation information through different media to facilitate stakeholder understanding, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
  • Collate, analyse, and use financial information to support evidence-based, sustainable tax decisions for stakeholders, such as individuals and businesses.
  • Undertake taxation activities within the scope and limits of their role and tax specialism, such as the preparation of tax information for individuals, sole traders, partnerships or limited companies, escalating issues to more senior colleagues where appropriate.
  • Apply relevant principles and legislation when undertaking taxation activities to ensure records are compliant.
  • Apply professional scepticism when undertaking taxation activities, being alert to conditions which may indicate possible misstatement of information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias, and using those facts to inform and evaluate decision making in the context of providing accurate information to HMRC.
  • Interpret information for tax purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report transactions or items of income or expenditure.
  • Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
  • Use software packages to assist with taxation tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
  • Deliver taxation tasks with a critical eye to trends, demonstrating a ‘right first-time approach’.
  • Use workload management principles to plan, organise, and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively, such as systems for managing key tax filing dates, penalty dates, and enquiry deadlines.
  • Use taxation information to add value to stakeholders through use of data visualisations, analysis, and interpretation, and communicate tax information in a way that non-tax specialist stakeholders can understand.
  • Undertake file management activities, such as preparing and collating information, making accurate file notes and managing version control.
  • Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver taxation tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Communicate taxation information through different media to facilitate stakeholder understanding, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.

Training schedule

While working with us, you’ll also be studying towards an accounting taxation technician Apprenticeship (Level 4 CIMA qualification). Upon successful completion, you could move onto our Level 7 Finance Apprenticeship to continue your development. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 4)
  • Maths (grade Grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical

About this employer

Morrisons offers you the chance to be part of a different kind of retail business. Whether you’re a recent leaver, student, graduate or just looking to start a new career, our early careers give you a unique perspective, real responsibility and tons of valuable experience. You see, unlike our competitors, we own most of our own supply chain. We’re both food makers and shopkeepers, home to diverse teams that create success together. That means you’ll find an amazing scope for learning here.

Company benefits

Our apprentices get access to all our employee benefits, including a holiday buying scheme, contributary pension scheme, store discounts and MyPerks. This is a reward and benefits scheme that updates regularly with new and exciting offers.

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

While working with us, you’ll also be studying towards an accounting taxation technician Apprenticeship (Level 4 CIMA qualification). Upon successful completion, you could move onto our Level 7 Finance Apprenticeship to continue your development. 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342282.

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Closes on Monday 24 November 2025

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