FINANCE

Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:

• the business environment – a general understanding of business models, tax laws, fundamental business principles and drivers for change
• fundamentals of financial accounting – an understanding of elementary financial principles, concepts and practices and how this content links to relevant accounting, bookkeeping, and business mathematics requirements
• professionalism and ethics - an understanding of professional conduct and responsibilities in the workplace and ethical dilemmas for the individual, organisation and professional
• data driven innovation and analytics and design thinking – an awareness of key requirements of a data governance framework and understand the main contemporary visualisation tools and when they are best used to support decision-making

In addition to the core content, each student will also complete at least one module of occupation-specific content.

The specialisms available in the T Level in Finance are:

• Retail and commercial banking analyst
• Investment banking and asset and wealth management analyst
• Insurance practitioner
• Financial compliance/risk analyst