Careers | ACA Finance Programme

What is Shawbrook’s ACA Finance Programme?

Shawbrook’s Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) Finance Programme is a structured rotational pathway designed to enhance your knowledge and skillsets while gaining real world experiences over a 3-year period. Following completion, you will transition into one of our Finance teams.

The programme aims to expand on our existing finance team for the future, creating aspiring leaders. It offers a unique understanding of working in a Financial Services Business, rotating across disciplines of our finance team whilst gaining a professional accountancy qualification, ACA (ICAEW).

Applications for the 2025 ACA Finance Programme are now open.

Is the ACA Finance Programme for you?

Are you passionate about numbers? Are you analytical? Do you have excellent interpersonal skills? If you are, then our programme would be a perfect match for you.

Along the way, we will support your studies towards a leading, industry-recognised professional accountancy qualification, ACA (ICAEW). In addition, you will have a network consisting of our existing cohort, a knowledgeable mentor and 100+ Finance colleagues to help you kick start your career and provide you with real world experience and support. You will also have the chance to build a vast network of co-workers and contacts throughout the organisation, given that Finance interacts with all our business areas.

What we're looking for

Graduates with a minimum 2:2, we are open to your degree subject as we are more interested in your passion for numbers and your drive to succeed.
Non-Graduates with a Level 4 qualification or above in accounting, for example CFAB or AAT, with 12 months or more experience within a finance function.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills

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What you can expect

From your first day, you will gain experience and insight into the Finance department and the broader business over your 3-year programme
In the 3-year programme, you will be trained in Financial Control, Financial Planning & Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury. You will have a manager within your rotations and a mentor who will support you throughout the programme
You will be given ample study leave for your accountancy qualification, ACA (ICAEW)
The rounded experience and ACA qualification will open up a wide range of opportunities into one of our departments within finance where you will be able to hone your financial skills further, enabling you to become a Finance leader of the future.

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