Finance Apprentice Review

My role is largely organising Financial documents for the other finance teams to use. I have a monthly checklist of processes that I have to complete to ensure targets are met.

I have learnt and developed my excel skills. I started with zero knowledge of excel and have been given the opportunity to learn, test and use that skill under different conditions.

The programme I have found to be very educational. I have developed many skills such as excel. At times I have been under a huge amount of stress due to not understanding my role or what is expected of me, but with communication I have been able to overcome this. It has however prepared me for many tough environments.

My programme is decently organised. I have struggled with my university however that is external to my workplace. Due to how my specific role is structured I do have to reply on input from many areas of finance which can hold me back due to others not always fulfilling there roles on time,.

I receive lots of support from my TC, other apprentices/ grads and team members. I have found that when I ask for help from any of these individuals they are more than happy too. During my struggles with uni my TC has been amazing.

BPP university have been very disorganised and unreliable. I have found their lack of care and attention to the students to be difficult to work with. Other apprentices have not had this struggle however so this is not reflected across all apprentices.

I feel I am gaining a greater understanding of the business and the importance of accountancy. It is also helping me perform better as to keep up with the university work I am required to be at a certain level of organisation which bleeds into my role to ensure I do not miss deadlines or fall behind.

The extra-curricular activities are very good. There are many opportunities to network, socialise and get out of the office. I have found that these events have really helped me throughout my experience as they are not only giving me something to look forward to but are really building my relationships around the office making it a much nicer environment to be in.

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I would recommend MBDA because this company has offered me a role in which I can gain a professional qualification and build experience. I also believe that on the whole the community of people in the company are really nice and great to be around which has been invaluable.

I would encourage any individual applying for MBDA to research what advancements in technology or relationships the company is spending on/ trying to achieve. The company is always trying to increase productivity and opportunity and showing your enthusiasm for those things will put you can but you in a bad position.