Financial Planning Analysis Apprentice
Aero Space Global
Stockport ( SK3 0EF)
Closes in 25 days (Friday 4 December 2026)
Posted on 9 November 2026
Contents
Summary
Are you looking to build a long-term career in Finance? Then look no further! Start your career today with a Level 3 apprenticeship with Aero Space Global and Kaplan. You will be gaining valuable workplace experience whilst working towards the Finance Analyst apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
£24k-£26k depending on experience
- Training course
- Data technician (level 3)
- Hours
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9.00am - 5.30pm, with 1 hour break for lunch.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 4 January 2027
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
Key Responsibilities
- Administer the Groups Financial Planning & Analysis platform: maintain templates, user access, workflows and data structures across all Group entities.
- Act as the first point of contact for the Financial Planning & Analysis platform queries and issues across the Group.
- Support the groups transition to a common ERP system feeding the Financial Planning & Analysis platform.
- Assist with the improvement of forecast templates used across the Groups operating businesses, working with the wider
Financial Planning & Analysis team and BU finance teams.
- Assist with building and maintaining a reliable pipeline for operational and people data that currently sits outside the
- Financial Planning & Analysis platform — including data held in operational systems — working with operations and HR contacts across the Group.
- Identify and reduce manual, repetitive tasks in the reporting and forecasting cycle.
- Produce the groups recurring weekly and monthly financial reports and reporting packs.
- Play an active role in preparing the monthly board meeting pack, and in enhancing the groups performance reporting outputs over time.
- Support the groups annual budget cycle, including data collection, consolidation of submissions, and analysis.
- Support the Financial Planning & Analysis team with ad hoc analysis and reporting requests.
- Prepare performance analysis that explains why a variance exists — distinguishing between an incorrect assumption and a fundamental change in the business.
- Prepare bridges and analysis that tell the story behind the numbers, not just the numbers themselves.
- Support capital allocation and investment case appraisals across the Group.
- Help identify opportunities for profitable growth.
- Use this analysis to inform continuous improvement of the drivers and assumptions underpinning the groups forecast models.
Where you'll work
Unit 4G Aurora Business Park, Beacon Way,
Stockport
SK3 0EF
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
Data technician (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Select and migrate data from already identified sources.
- Format and save datasets.
- Summarise, analyse and explain gathered data.
- Combine data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
- Use tools and/or apply basic statistical methods to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Identify faults and cleanse data to improve data quality, for example identifying gaps, duplicate entries, outliers and unusual variances, including cross-checking across data elements or between data sources.
- Audit data results for maintenance of data quality, reviewing a data set once all sources are combined, to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency and traceability from original data.
- Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
- Produce clear and consistent documentation of the data provided to others and of actions completed. Where appropriate or mandated by the working context, this documentation should use standard organisational templates.
- Store, manage and distribute data in compliance with organisational, national, sector specific standards and or legislation.
- Considers sustainability and ways to reduce impact. For example, using cloud storage, sharing links to files, avoid storing multiple versions of files, and reducing the use of physical handouts of documentation.
- Parse data against standard formats, and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
- Operate collaboratively in a working context that accounts for, and takes advantage of, the roles, skills and activities of others, especially those interacting with the same data sets or working towards a common goal.
- Prioritise own activities within the context of the duties to be performed, taking account of any known or expected impact on others.
- Follows equity, diversity and inclusion policies in the organisation for a common goal.
- Demonstrate the ability to use different tools and methods to formulate and utilise effective prompts to research, apply, and evaluate data transformation techniques.
- Select and migrate data from already identified sources.
- Format and save datasets.
- Summarise, analyse and explain gathered data.
- Combine data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
- Use tools and/or apply basic statistical methods to identify trends and patterns in data.
- Identify faults and cleanse data to improve data quality, for example identifying gaps, duplicate entries, outliers and unusual variances, including cross-checking across data elements or between data sources.
- Audit data results for maintenance of data quality, reviewing a data set once all sources are combined, to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency and traceability from original data.
- Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
- Produce clear and consistent documentation of the data provided to others and of actions completed. Where appropriate or mandated by the working context, this documentation should use standard organisational templates.
- Store, manage and distribute data in compliance with organisational, national, sector specific standards and or legislation.
- Considers sustainability and ways to reduce impact. For example, using cloud storage, sharing links to files, avoid storing multiple versions of files, and reducing the use of physical handouts of documentation.
- Parse data against standard formats, and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
- Operate collaboratively in a working context that accounts for, and takes advantage of, the roles, skills and activities of others, especially those interacting with the same data sets or working towards a common goal.
- Prioritise own activities within the context of the duties to be performed, taking account of any known or expected impact on others.
- Follows equity, diversity and inclusion policies in the organisation for a common goal.
- Demonstrate the ability to use different tools and methods to formulate and utilise effective prompts to research, apply, and evaluate data transformation techniques.
Training schedule
Our Finance Analyst apprenticeship programme integrateseight modules of technical training with work based projects. This ensures thatlearning and skills are directly applied to the apprentice’s role, andmaximises the time used as part of off-the-job training.
As an evolution of the Data User apprenticeship, thisindustry tailored programme is the first of its kind to combine essential dataskills and competencies with core accountancy knowledge for those working in afinance function, but not necessarily in an accounting role.
It offers your employees the unique opportunity to beequipped with relevant skills to directly apply their learning in the workplaceand unlock potential from your data. As well as developing technical skillsusing a range of core technologies and platforms, your employees will developthe ability to source, analyse, work with financial data, and generate insightsthat underpin business decisions to build a case for change.
More training information
Kaplan is one of the world’s largest and most diverse education providers. We are one of the UK’s leading training providers for finance and accountancy qualifications and train thousands of accountants each year.
We have been educating and training students for over 70 years and have helped thousands of people achieve their career goals. We offer apprenticeships from Level 2 to Level 7 and cover Accountancy & Tax, Banking & Finance and Data & IT.
We offer study methods to suit all types of learning, whether you want to be face-to-face, or left alone to study in your own time.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
Other requirements
Hybrid working, up to 1 day per week remote, may be available after training period at line manager's discretion. Given the apprentice will be learning on the job, they will be encouraged to spend as much time in the office learning from others in the team.
Free on-site parking is available.
About this employer
ASG Aerospace is a vertically integrated precision engineering group: seven sites across the UK and Germany, over 450 people, and more than 180 CNC machine tools. We manufacture flight control components and assemblies, engine parts, structures, actuators, and semiconductor chambers for customers including Airbus, Boeing, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier, and KLA, alongside the world’s leading Tier 1 suppliers. Our vertical integration spans precision machining, surface treatment, metrology, and assembly, giving customers a single trusted partner across the full manufacturing process. We are a resilient, reliable, and progressive partner: one ASG Team, responsive to everything our customers need. ASG Aerospace is a growing business. The central finance function and FP&A team provides support to the wider group. The environment is supportive and fast paced, responding to the changing requirements of stakeholders.
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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
We have a growing finance team with roles in AR, AP, Finance Operations as well as FP&A. FP&A is a growing focus of the business so plenty of scope to grow within the FP&A function.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Kaplan
kaplan.recruitment@kaplan.co.uk
0161 259 7400
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000063167.
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Closes in 25 days (Friday 4 December 2026)
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