Finance Apprentice Review

by BAE Systems

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Wide variety of roles over the 5 years programme, providing finance support and knowledge on project finance as well as reporting and governance roles within the Air Business

9/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Accounting skills developed through CIMA. Networking skills developed through F2F engagement with peers and senior leadership

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

Some roles are better than others, overall enjoyable with one bad role across the 5 years

10/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

Clear structure but exit roles was not clearly defined at start of programme and isn't good relative to other similar schemes

6/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

As much as required

10/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

As much as is required, i rarely use it

10/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

enables me to apply for more senior roles later in career. There is very little real world application to the CIMA programme

7/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

Many peer networking events and social activities both as part of and related ot the scheme

10/10

9a. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

Good salary and learning provided, many different roles and with role switching encouraged, even if you don't like the current role, you will find one you do like. I would not recommend the Apprenticeship route into finance, however.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems?

Be interested in the product and reach out and make as many connections as possible; It's a massive business and there's always something new appears, a large network is one of the biggest assets.