School Leaver Programme - Accounts Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
The vacancy
Are you ready to jump start your career?
Broadstone have an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning business.
Role: Pensions Accounts Development Programme
Location: Bristol, Redditch or Sheffield
Salary: Up to £24,000 per annum
Start date: Sept 2023
Who are we?
Broadstone is an industry leading consultancy offering a wide range of services in pensions, investments, and employee benefits and have been offering rewarding and challenging careers since 1989. We pride ourselves in the investment we have made to support young people in taking their first steps on the career ladder into a professional role.
Our school leaver and graduate opportunities will give you the technical skills, qualifications and experience to create a successful and rewarding career within financial services.
Why this role?
You will join a large and growing organisation, working in a friendly, supportive environment where you will quickly become an integral and valuable part of our accounts team which is part of our pensions administration team; a team that really value the quality of work they do for our clients. Broadstone invest in our people to ensure that they have the time and systems to do a proper, fulfilling job and this has been recognised in our client and employee satisfaction scores as well as industry awards (we have recently been voted as the best pensions administrator in the country in an industry client survey for the second year running!).
A role with us offers exciting and varied career development opportunities and we are committed to supporting you in your pursuit of professional qualifications through a generous study package.
Your training would follow a structured programme and offer variety which would afford your insight into the different roles available to you as your career progresses. Throughout the programme you will develop your pensions scheme knowledge with particular reference to cash management and pension fund accounts technical knowledge, client relationship management skills, and general understanding of finance. We will also focus on developing your communication, project management as well as verbal and numerical skills.
Pensions Accounts Development Programme – The role:
The role will include:
- Cash Management and banking.
- Liaising with internal departments and external clients
- Involvement in drafting pension fund accounts
Pensions Accounts Development Programme – You:
- Educated to A Level or equivalent
- Open to study for AAT and/or ACCA qualifications or similar
- The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK
Pensions Accounts Development Programme – Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with option of buying more)
- Generous pension scheme
- Fully supported study program
- Health cash plan (Level 1)
- Additional optional benefits
- Social events
- Volunteering opportunities
The company
The Broadstone Group is a leading, independent provider of specialist pensions, trustee, and employee benefits solutions to small to medium enterprises and large corporates.
At the heart of our business is a diverse team of specialist advisers, each with a unique knowledge base within their specific area. Our company structure and systems, finely-tuned over the years, enable our advisers to remain intricately linked to provide clients with coordinated, end-to-end solutions whenever required. This ethos is one that continually upholds good practice, encourages proactivity, and ultimately benefits our client’s bottom line.
Broadstone is a Living Wage Employer
We have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. This means that we have made a living wage commitment to ensure that everyone working at Broadstone will receive at least a minimum hourly wage. Both rates are significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s.
Our values
Client First
We aim to be the most customer service centric business in the sector. We put the interests and the needs of clients first.
Outcome Driven
We focus on achieving the best possible results. We use our experience and expertise to realise opportunities and deliver on objectives.
Collectively Confident
We challenge ourselves to embrace change and look to the future. We continuously improve by evolving to create, capture and realise new opportunities for our customers and colleagues.
Forward Thinking
We seek to build strong relationships through collaboration. We develop a recognition and understanding of each other to collectively achieve more from each other for the benefit of all.
The benefits
Total Reward package
We are proud of the total reward package that we offer to our employees. Our flexible benefits approach gives individuals the power to select the package that best suits their needs.
- Competitive salary
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (with the option to buy more)
- Generous pension scheme
- Fully supported Study Programme
- Health cash plan (level 1)
- Life Assurance
- Group Income Protection
- Eye tests
- Social events
- Community volunteering days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Health club discounts
- Give as you earn scheme*
- Personal Accident insurance*
- Travel insurance*
- Health Assessments*
- Dental insurance*
- Cycle to work scheme*
- Tech scheme*
- Critical illness*
- Cancer checks*
- The Green Car Scheme*
- Discounts on entertainment, cars, insurance, and much more
* Additional benefits which can be purchased by the employee.
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of both our HR and wider business agenda. We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for delivering excellence. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Please contact us if you need any adjustments or changes made to help you find and apply for jobs with us.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £21,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Glasgow, G2: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: BRO895388
