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short-term corporate overdraft) that enable them to trade. I didn’t know what any of these things were before I started my apprenticeship, but I’ve learnt an incredible amount over the past three years. We do a four-day working week with one day to study. For the first 18-months you work towards the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) exams, which covers risk and financial services, an introduction to securities and investments, and technology and investment management. It’s a level 4 qualification which you need to get before you move on to complete your degree apprenticeship. We study with the University of Exeter. It’s almost all distance learning, rather than being in Exeter, and they do a mix of live and recorded lectures. Our lecturers are mostly industry professionals who have specific experience in the module you’re learning. They put on live weekly master classes on Zoom, and we get one masterclass in each module, where they come to the office in person. We have exams every 8 to 12 weeks. I’m now in the final year of my apprenticeship and if I meet the expectations of the apprenticeship programme, then I could become an associate in my current team. And I’ve also had an offer to move into a role in London that covers hedge funds and private equity funds, the areas I’ve been working in. It’s something that’s really interested me from early on and although the team in London is competitive to get into, JPMorganChase will support you to get there. ”
When I left high school, I went to Blackpool Sixth Form College to study economics, geography and business studies. At college, the university route was encouraged more than apprenticeships, but I knew someone who’d got onto the JPMorganChase apprenticeship and she said ‘this is the way forward, it’s so much better than university’. I knew I was interested in working in finance, so I did as much research as I could to find out which apprenticeships were available. I had my heart set on doing a degree apprenticeship, so I applied to more than twenty employers, including five or six of the big accountancy firms, JLR for their finance apprenticeship, and JPMorganChase. Completing the applications required a lot of work. I had to manage my time carefully, plan ahead, and stay very organised, to ensure I finished them all. I got places at three employers that I applied to, but I accepted JPMorganChase. For me, it offered the most comprehensive start in the banking industry and scope to learn more about financial services. It meant moving from my home in Blackpool to Bournemouth, but the bank help with relocation costs and as soon as you get your offer, they send you a guide to living in Bournemouth and the local area. It had details of places to live, how to get to work, subsidised bike schemes, and student accommodation, if you’d rather be there instead of a flat or house. The transition from Blackpool to Bournemouth was a challenge, it felt so far from home, but I’ve grown to love it because it’s a brilliant place to start your career.
Degree Apprentice
Maisie Green
Financial Services Professional Degree Apprentice JPMorganChase
The culture here promotes having a work-life balance, so it eases you into things rather than throwing an 18 year-old in at the deep end. The Bournemouth apprentices are very closeknit, a real community. My best friends are all on the apprenticeship and my partner is an apprentice too, in the year above. One of the biggest advantages of the JPMorganChase apprenticeship is the wide variety of roles available to apprentices, including risk management, operations, and financial control. I work in credit risk in Bournemouth. Day-to-day, I review annual reports and prospectuses for institutional investors to review their eligibility for credit. These different funds are doing derivative trading (a form of buying, selling or speculating on financial assets) with JPMorganChase and we provide the intraday facilities (like a
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