Finance Analyst Apprentice (Sika Ltd) Leeds
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Company: SIKA LIMITED
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Location: Leeds, LS9 0SW
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £28,860.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000044962
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Application Deadline Date: 22/08/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 3
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm
Brief Description
Your role will be assisting with the daily tasks that keep the finance team functioning such as producing business critical financial reports and posting journals. You will also have the opportunity to work on significant projects such incorporating acquisitions into our function.
Training to be Provided
Professional Accounting Technician Level 4.
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace. Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Future Prospects
This will be a fixed term role.
Vacancy Detail
You will join an apprenticeship scheme that will work in a rotation around the three main teams within the finance function. The role will give you a well-rounded, hands-on finance experience whilst you obtain your CIMA qualifications. Each rotation comes with exciting challenges and new learnings.
The three teams (not necessarily in the order you will work in them) and what you will be doing are:
- Controlling will give experience in management accounting tasks such budgeting, forecasting, product costings, financial analysis, sales reporting, cost controls, capex approval controls and Stock analysis
- Financial accounting will give you grounding on the fundamental of accounting and the regulatory environment. Amongst the task you will perform within this role you will be posting journals, administrating the IFRS16 calculation, VAT returns, Accruals, Statutory account preparation, maintain the fixed asset register and assisting with audit inquiries
- Pricing is the commercial aspect of finance. You will be doing analysis on what changes in price have on Sales. Tasks include mix analysis, low margin reporting, quote pricing administration, E-shop management, pricing reviews and elasticity analysis
Within the scheme you will have a single line manager for discussing your own development and guiding you through blending your practical work experience with you CIMA studies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Costing analysis and reporting
- Financial reporting
- Assisting with statutory reporting
- Assisting with the month end closure
- Price effect calculations
- Pricing controls
Other Information
- Preferably some kind of relevant work experience or a degree
- School leavers also welcome to apply with strong A-levels/GSCE's
- Strong numerical competency