Barclays Accounting Training Graduate Programme


Advertiser: Barclays
Location: National

Our accounting training programmes offer an exceptionally broad introduction to our business.

Based at our Johannesburg Head Office and guided by a dedicated personal mentor, you’ll develop business acumen, life skills and strong professional values. You’ll also get to build a diverse network with key leaders – preparing you to plan your future career path with us.

We provide SAICA, ACCA and CIMA training for accounting trainees who want to qualify as Chartered Accountants, Accredited Certified Chartered Accountants and Chartered Management Accountants. And our programme will broaden your experience as well as your skills over a 3 year period, through rotations across our many technical areas and specialist business units. These include everything from Corporate Investment Banking and Internal Audit to Retail Banking and Group Treasury.

Entry Criteria
- The SAICA Programme is open to graduates studying towards B.Com (Hons) / CTA or equivalent
- Our ACCA Programme is open to you if you’re completing studies that will exempt you up to Fundamental Level.
- The CIMA Programme is open to you if you’re completing studies that will exempt you up to the Managerial Level

Closing date: 31 July 2014

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.