2026 School-Leaver Apprenticeship - Economic & Financial Consulting, London
FTI CONSULTING LLP
London (EC1A 4HD)
Closes in 4 days (Thursday 20 November 2025)
Posted on 13 November 2025
Contents
Summary
An exciting new opportunity has become available for an Accounting and Taxation Apprentice Level 4 to become part of our Finance and Accounts Receivable team, supporting the Economic and Financial Consulting Practice. This role will prepare you on your journey for a career in Accounting and Finance and will include an additional CIMA qualification.
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
9am to 5:30pm
With 1 hour for lunch
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 19 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
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
As a professional Accounting and Taxation Technician, you will be required to undertake (but not be restricted to) the following activities as part of your role:
- Calculating, recording, inputting, or processing financial data.
Researching and investigating discrepancies in invoices to determine the accuracy of charges - Matching payments to invoice numbers or sales orders
- Handling client inquiries regarding billing issues
- Managing an Accounts Receivable ledger and Accounts
- Receivable files to reduce DSO and enhance cashflow - note AR collection is often between intermediaries, primarily law firms, due to the nature of the consulting work and the professional services sector
- Escalate bad debts on a timely basis to senior management for resolution
- Submitting reports to management on accounts receivable operations
- Maintaining and creating from spreadsheets and dashboards in Power BI and Excel
- Tracking overdue invoices and following up on them
- Support with team projects and meetings
- Communicate and liaise with internal and external stakeholders
- Gain hands-on experience with bookkeeping, ledger maintenance, and reconciliations
- Support financial audits, providing necessary documentation and explanations
- Contribute to the development and implementation of effective financial processes
Where you'll work
200 Aldersgate Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5)
- Maths (grade 5)
A Level in:
BTEC in:
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
5 x GCSE qualifications at Grade 4 - 9, to include Maths and English at Grade 5/6 (B equivalent) BTEC Level 3 in Accounting/ Finance OR 3 A levels including maths Experience with Microsoft Office packages such as Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
About this employer
FTI Consulting, Inc. is the leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation, with more than 7,900 employees located in 32 countries and territories. Our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. The Company generated $3.7 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2024. In certain jurisdictions, FTI Consulting’s services are provided through distinct legal entities that are separately capitalized and independently managed. FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you. Are you ready to make your impact?
https://www.fticonsulting.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Free hot and soft drinks, fruits and snacks - Subsidised meals in our cafeteria - A modern and vibrant office in the city of London - 25 days of paid annual leave Dress Code: Business Casual
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
- Analyst in FTI's Financial Operations team
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000531.
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Closes in 4 days (Thursday 20 November 2025)
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