Accounting and Finance Degree Apprenticeship - West Yorkshire (Leeds and Halifax)
Lloyds Banking Group
Leeds (LS1 4AP)
Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 1 December 2026)
Posted on 4 November 2026
Contents
Summary
Think of this as your 5 year all access pass to the inner workings of the UK’s biggest bank. You’ll rotate through different teams - in Finance and beyond - to see every angle of how we run the show.
- Wage
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£27,400 a year
- Training course
- Accounting finance manager (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 September 2027
- Duration
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5 years
- Positions available
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4
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
You could be:
- Keeping us on track in Core Finance with monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
- Spotting the fine print in Audit & Assurance so nothing slips through the cracks.
- Being our safety net in Risk & Governance.
- Plotting the big moves in Strategic Business Management.
- Steering the money in Taxation & Treasury.
- Or breaking out of Finance entirely - working with other business areas, getting closer to customers and seeing how we Help Britain Prosper.
- And you’ll collect stories, skills and lifelong friends along the way.
Where you'll work
Leeds
LS1 4AP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Training course
Accounting finance manager (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Prepare financial statements, or extracts thereof, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP).
- Identify and use appropriate digital technology to achieve desired outputs in the context of producing statutory of financial reports.
- Analyse financial and non-financial internal data and compare with benchmark data such as from competitors, stakeholders, and market trends.
- Use data analytics tools, visualise findings, make evidenced-based recommendations for future action and communicate them.
- Interpret and implement the latest guidance on secure data management to satisfy the requirements of the Data Commissioner and GDPR.
- Implement protocols and technology that minimise risks to data integrity and cyber security.
- Evaluate internal and external factors relevant to the operational compliance of the organisation with all necessary legal, professional and ethical frameworks.
- Apply the principles of digital systems management to ensure continued compliance with all relevant frameworks applicable to the organisation.
- Analyse and interpret the reasons for differences between internal and external source documentation and produce reconciliations that clearly identify those differences and required actions.
- Create budgets and forecasts using the most appropriate tools and techniques.
- Interpret budget reports to evaluate the reliability of forecasts and to identify variances which require further action.
- Calculate and interpret cash flow forecasts.
- Interpret cash flow reports and identify future action required to manage cash balances.
- Apply management accounting techniques to assist decision making within the organisation.
- Interpret management reports, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication, to deliver advice that impacts management decisions.
- Interpret and apply HMRC rules and guidance to produce tax calculations and statutory returns.
- Implement and manage systems and processes that gather the information required by HMRC.
- Analyse and summarise organisational or client decision making and the impact on taxation reporting and obligations.
- Implement and manage the technology to satisfy HMRC reporting requirements for digital taxation.
- Produce the information required by internal and external auditors in a clear format.
- Evaluate strategic options, taking into consideration the impact of internal and external factors.
- Develop, communicate, and deliver operational plans that meet strategic objectives; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operations effectively, efficiently and economically.
- Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data in order to assess business performance, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication that demonstrates emotional intelligence, to make recommendations.
- Analyse and interpret the process of how data is collected, extracted, analysed and reported.
- Evaluate the impact of different sources of finance on an organisation, including risk and recommend appropriate finance options.
- Advise organisations and implement technology to raise finance and maintain credit relationships.
- Design and manage a compliant credit control system that meets strategic objectives regarding customers, insurers, and cash flow.
- Implement technology that enables delivery of a credit control system that meets strategic objectives.
- Analyse, design, implement, communicate, monitor and review internal control systems and processes that mitigate risk, including error, fraud, and cyber risks.
- Document organisational manual and digital internal controls, identify weaknesses, and make practical recommendations for improvement.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify relevant information to be included in reports used by stakeholders.
- Identify potential improvements to HR policies and activities such as recruitment, training, appraisal, mentoring or management.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology used to appraise, monitor and manage staff.
- Prepare financial statements, or extracts thereof, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP).
- Identify and use appropriate digital technology to achieve desired outputs in the context of producing statutory of financial reports.
- Analyse financial and non-financial internal data and compare with benchmark data such as from competitors, stakeholders, and market trends.
- Use data analytics tools, visualise findings, make evidenced-based recommendations for future action and communicate them.
- Interpret and implement the latest guidance on secure data management to satisfy the requirements of the Data Commissioner and GDPR.
- Implement protocols and technology that minimise risks to data integrity and cyber security.
- Evaluate internal and external factors relevant to the operational compliance of the organisation with all necessary legal, professional and ethical frameworks.
- Apply the principles of digital systems management to ensure continued compliance with all relevant frameworks applicable to the organisation.
- Analyse and interpret the reasons for differences between internal and external source documentation and produce reconciliations that clearly identify those differences and required actions.
- Create budgets and forecasts using the most appropriate tools and techniques.
- Interpret budget reports to evaluate the reliability of forecasts and to identify variances which require further action.
- Calculate and interpret cash flow forecasts.
- Interpret cash flow reports and identify future action required to manage cash balances.
- Apply management accounting techniques to assist decision making within the organisation.
- Interpret management reports, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication, to deliver advice that impacts management decisions.
- Interpret and apply HMRC rules and guidance to produce tax calculations and statutory returns.
- Implement and manage systems and processes that gather the information required by HMRC.
- Analyse and summarise organisational or client decision making and the impact on taxation reporting and obligations.
- Implement and manage the technology to satisfy HMRC reporting requirements for digital taxation.
- Produce the information required by internal and external auditors in a clear format.
- Evaluate strategic options, taking into consideration the impact of internal and external factors.
- Develop, communicate, and deliver operational plans that meet strategic objectives; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operations effectively, efficiently and economically.
- Ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative data in order to assess business performance, and utilise a variety of media, including verbal communication that demonstrates emotional intelligence, to make recommendations.
- Analyse and interpret the process of how data is collected, extracted, analysed and reported.
- Evaluate the impact of different sources of finance on an organisation, including risk and recommend appropriate finance options.
- Advise organisations and implement technology to raise finance and maintain credit relationships.
- Design and manage a compliant credit control system that meets strategic objectives regarding customers, insurers, and cash flow.
- Implement technology that enables delivery of a credit control system that meets strategic objectives.
- Analyse, design, implement, communicate, monitor and review internal control systems and processes that mitigate risk, including error, fraud, and cyber risks.
- Document organisational manual and digital internal controls, identify weaknesses, and make practical recommendations for improvement.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify relevant information to be included in reports used by stakeholders.
- Identify potential improvements to HR policies and activities such as recruitment, training, appraisal, mentoring or management.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of digital technology used to appraise, monitor and manage staff.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
UCAS points 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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
At Lloyds Banking Group, Finance is less about adding things up and more about making things happen. Big things.
It’s the engine room that powers us. It’s strategy. It’s insight. It’s action. And if you’re one of our Accountancy apprentices, you’re not just along for the ride. You’re driving.
From the moment you join, you’re in the thick of it - shaping decisions, driving change and helping us deliver for millions of customers.
Company benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 22 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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).
By the end, you won’t just understand Finance. You’ll have the skills, confidence and qualifications to take your career anywhere. Plus, a few extra letters after your name to show off.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000062635.
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Closes in 26 days (Tuesday 1 December 2026)
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