Financial Services Professional Apprentice - Guernsey

At Lloyds Banking Group, we are passionate about delivering high-quality apprenticeship experiences to support everyone to realise their full potential.

This is an opportunity to learn skills, gain a qualification and earn a salary, all while playing an important role in shaping finance as force for good.

Curious to learn what makes the economy tick? Ready to develop your technical skills and product knowledge? This is your moment.

You’ll gain in-depth knowledge of financial markets and transaction solutions, to be well equipped to succeed in banking. You’ll be valued for your perspective and have real responsibility. And you’ll enjoy unlimited opportunities to be innovative, think critically and add real value to our business. Which includes supporting our role in creating a more sustainable and inclusive society.

What you’ll learn

As a Financial Services Professional apprentice, you'll join a pioneering front office apprenticeship programme and operate in an extremely dynamic, exciting area of our business, while gaining a qualification at the same time. 

• Your apprenticeship will take around three years to complete, and cover key areas such as: 

• Client and customer relationships 

• Delivering services 

• Financial services legal and regulatory framework 

• Strategy and planning 

• Problem solving and decision making.

As part of your apprenticeship, you will complete the Chartered Banker Institute (CBI) Associate Chartered Banker Diploma and Professional Banking Certificate.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We’re the UK’s biggest digital bank and you’ll be supporting over 22 million digitally active customers. We’re investing over £3bn in our people, technology, and data, to drive positive change, and our focus is on green finance and sustainable products to deliver a better future for everyone.

What you’ll need

• GCSE (or equivalent) at grade 4-9 in both Maths and English (Language and / or Literature)

• PLUS - 3 A levels (or equivalent) at grade A*-C.

These grades can be predicted, but any offer made to you will be conditional upon successful achievement of these qualifications.

• You’ll need to be at least 18 years old on 1st September 2025.

Whilst we welcome candidates who have a degree, this cannot be in a field related to the apprenticeship due to a crossover in learning. We’ll request a copy of your degree module transcript to review if your degree may contain prior learning.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

Important information

Due to Home Office requirements regarding Skilled Workers, we’re unable to accept applications for visa sponsorship for our apprenticeship roles as the proposed salary for the role does not meet the minimum threshold – if this situation applies to you, please consider looking for other vacancies which may be more suitable.

In addition, you must be a resident or have been born in Guernsey to be eligible for this role,  if this is not the case, you will not be considered for this vacancy.

Salary

You will join us on a fixed apprenticeship salary where you’ll be eligible for annual pay reviews. Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, your salary will be increased in line with the grade and pay range for your role.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 22 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.

Closing date

The closing date to apply for this opportunity is Sunday, 19 January 2025.

Our roles generate a lot of interest and occasionally we need close for applications earlier than originally advertised. If you think working with us could be right for you, please apply now and see where an apprenticeship with us can take you!  

If you have any queries regarding the recruitment process, please email lloydsbankinggroup@cappfinity.com

A member of our team will be happy to help and will reply within 3 working days (Monday – Friday).

Please note that other LBG recruitment mailboxes are unable to answer questions related to apprenticeship recruitment.