Audit Practitioner Apprentice - Bristol
Lloyds Banking Group
Bristol (BS1 5LF)
Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026
Posted on 6 November 2026
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Summary
See the small stuff? Shape the big stuff. If you’re big on small details and solving problems, welcome to your happy place.
Audit is about keeping our business secure, fair and future‑ready. Protect the Group’s assets, reputation & sustainability. As an apprentice you’ll be part of it from the moment you join.
- Wage
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£27,400 a year
- Training course
- Internal audit technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Mon - Fri - Shifts TBC - hours 35.
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
Learn it. Do it. Own it
Audit isn’t about sitting on the side lines. We don’t give you a clipboard. Instead, within three months you’ll be working on live audits - observing, contributing, and taking on cases of your own.
As you progress, you’ll spend time in areas like:
- Business Banking
- Insurance
- Technology
Plus, a 6‑month placement outside Audit, an opportunity to work alongside teams like Finance, Tech, Risk, and Customer Services - giving you a 360° view of how we get things done. These will be defined during your programme.
Where you'll work
Bristol
BS1 5LF
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
Internal audit technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct all audit work in compliance with an organisation’s internal audit manual.
- Recognise and avoid or mitigate any potential, actual, or perceived impairments to an individual internal auditor’s objectivity in accordance with professional standards and organisational policy.
- Use appropriate systems and software in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing, adapt communication style to suit different situations, promote open communication stakeholder engagement, and effectively contribute to meetings.
- Contribute to managing the internal audit engagement activity’s reputation and stakeholder expectations.
- Support the planning of effective engagements by gathering information to understand the organisation and activity under review, completing risk assessments and prioritising risks to determine engagement objectives, scope, and evaluation criteria.
- Support the completion of detailed risk and control assessments, and support the development of work and testing programmes or practices to conduct audits.
- During assigned audits, examine and evaluate the governance, risks, risk management, and controls related to the organisation by reference to published guidance.
- Assist in the utilisation of walk throughs and process mapping to document and understand business processes.
- Select and use tools and techniques, under guidance, to gather relevant, reliable, and sufficient information for audit assignments.
- Apply appropriate sampling, data analysis, and other analytical review techniques, as directed, to analyse information and develop potential engagement findings.
- Use data analytics and software tools, such as spreadsheets, to gather and analyse data as directed within an internal audit engagement.
- Evaluate the relevance, sufficiency, and reliability of the sources and information gathered.
- Support the analysis of the adequacy of criteria and methods used by management to determine whether the activity has accomplished its objectives and goals.
- Select and apply appropriate questioning and negotiating techniques during delivery of audit work to influence positive outcomes.
- Prepare internal audit workpapers and supporting documentation, ensuring it is accurate, relevant, and complete.
- Support the identification of engagement conclusions, including the development of recommendations, or collaborating with management to produce action plans that resolve findings, mitigate risks, address root causes, and enhance or improve the activity under review.
- Under supervision, prepare reports that are accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely.
- Support the internal audit team in confirming that management subject to the audit engagement have implemented agreed action plans to address audit findings.
- Apply principles of workload management to support deadlines being met, including planning and managing time effectively, prioritising tasks, and escalating delivery problems to audit lead or manager where appropriate.
- Conduct all audit work in compliance with an organisation’s internal audit manual.
- Recognise and avoid or mitigate any potential, actual, or perceived impairments to an individual internal auditor’s objectivity in accordance with professional standards and organisational policy.
- Use appropriate systems and software in line with organisational policies and procedures.
- Communicate clearly and succinctly, both verbally and in writing, adapt communication style to suit different situations, promote open communication stakeholder engagement, and effectively contribute to meetings.
- Contribute to managing the internal audit engagement activity’s reputation and stakeholder expectations.
- Support the planning of effective engagements by gathering information to understand the organisation and activity under review, completing risk assessments and prioritising risks to determine engagement objectives, scope, and evaluation criteria.
- Support the completion of detailed risk and control assessments, and support the development of work and testing programmes or practices to conduct audits.
- During assigned audits, examine and evaluate the governance, risks, risk management, and controls related to the organisation by reference to published guidance.
- Assist in the utilisation of walk throughs and process mapping to document and understand business processes.
- Select and use tools and techniques, under guidance, to gather relevant, reliable, and sufficient information for audit assignments.
- Apply appropriate sampling, data analysis, and other analytical review techniques, as directed, to analyse information and develop potential engagement findings.
- Use data analytics and software tools, such as spreadsheets, to gather and analyse data as directed within an internal audit engagement.
- Evaluate the relevance, sufficiency, and reliability of the sources and information gathered.
- Support the analysis of the adequacy of criteria and methods used by management to determine whether the activity has accomplished its objectives and goals.
- Select and apply appropriate questioning and negotiating techniques during delivery of audit work to influence positive outcomes.
- Prepare internal audit workpapers and supporting documentation, ensuring it is accurate, relevant, and complete.
- Support the identification of engagement conclusions, including the development of recommendations, or collaborating with management to produce action plans that resolve findings, mitigate risks, address root causes, and enhance or improve the activity under review.
- Under supervision, prepare reports that are accurate, objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely.
- Support the internal audit team in confirming that management subject to the audit engagement have implemented agreed action plans to address audit findings.
- Apply principles of workload management to support deadlines being met, including planning and managing time effectively, prioritising tasks, and escalating delivery problems to audit lead or manager where appropriate.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9)
- Maths (grade 4-9)
A Level in:
- Any (grade B)
- Any (grade C)
- Any (grade C)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
About this employer
At Lloyds Banking Group, Finance is less about adding things up and more about making things happen. Big things.
https://www.lloydsbankinggrouptalent.com/our-opportunities/apprenticeships/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- 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).
Your licence to ask “Why?”
This is a 5-year apprenticeship programme based in Bristol or Edinburgh. You’ll start by working towards the Level 4 Internal Audit Practitioner qualification. Once completed, you’ll have the opportunity to progress to higher-level professional study, building your expertise and working towards becoming a Chartered Auditor.
In your first 18–24 months, you’ll work towards your Level 4 Internal Audit Practitioner qualification, supported through a mix of structured learning and workshops covering areas such as:
- Corporate Governance and Risk Management
- Internal Audit Planning
- Interpersonal Skills
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000062865.
Apply now
Closes on Tuesday 15 December 2026
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