Finance Edition · private cohorts ST1512 · Level 4 · 12 + 3 EPA 100% Levy Funded No coding Finance teams only
FNFinance EditionAI & Automation Level 4 · ST1512
For finance teams. From purchase ledger to finance director, this is the year your team automates the close and keeps the controls.

AI for Finance: the Level 4 AI apprenticeship, rebuilt for the people who close the books. Private cohorts now. Open soon.

This is the AI & Automation Practitioner Level 4 apprenticeship (ST1512), The TESS Group's flagship, run as a closed cohort for finance professionals. Same twelve modules. Every example, exercise and build is finance work: reconciliations, invoices, month-end, commentary and forecasts, with an approver and an audit trail on every build. 100% levy-funded at £18,000. No coding, live online, Ofsted Good. Private cohorts from six learners now; open cohorts coming soon.

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Is there an AI apprenticeship for finance teams in the UK?

Yes. TESS Group delivers the Level 4 AI and Automation Practitioner apprenticeship (ST1512) as a Finance edition for finance teams: payables and receivables, management and financial accountants, FP&A analysts and business partners, controllers and finance directors. It is the same government-approved standard, with every workshop built around finance work (reconciliations, invoice processing, month-end close, variance commentary, forecasting and controls) and no coding. It runs as private cohorts for six or more learners from one organisation, with open cohorts coming soon.

Standard
ST1512 AI and Automation Practitioner, Level 4 (Finance edition)
Length
12 months of delivery plus a 3-month end-point assessment
Cost
£18,000 funding band; fully levy-funded, or 5% (£900) at most for non-levy employers
Qualifications
Three included alongside the apprenticeship: BCS Foundation Certificate in AI, Microsoft AI Business Professional (AB-730) and NCFE AI Prompt Mastery, plus the Coachy AI tutor. A finance qualification is in development with NCFE
Cohorts
Private cohorts for six or more learners from one organisation, on your dates; open cohorts coming soon. Live online
Assessment
NQual as standard, or 1st for Awarding (both on the register for ST1512)
Provider
TESS Group, Ofsted Good, Skills England approved, UKPRN 10031093
6+
Learners for a private cohortYour dates now, open cohorts soon
12+3
Months delivery + EPA3-month EPA window with NQual
12
Modules, finance examplesST1512 curriculum, unchanged
3
Industry certificationsMicrosoft, BCS and NCFE, included
Built for finance · Controls firstEvery build has an approver and an audit trail. The first thing finance asks about AI is whether it can be trusted with the numbers. Module 5 answers it before anything touches the ledger: approval steps, logs and segregation of duties are part of every automation you build.
See the year in three chapters →
Two ways in

Private cohorts now. Open cohorts soon.

This edition runs as a private cohort for six or more people from one organisation, so the room is your finance team and every build is your own numbers. Open cohorts, for finance people from different organisations, are coming soon: register and you hear the dates first.

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learnersOne organisation
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Private cohort · for your team

Run for your organisation alone, from six learners, on dates planned around your month-end and year-end. Your systems, your numbers and your approval rules, with induction and Module 1 in the same week.

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Open cohort · coming soon

Fewer than six, or just you? Join an open cohort with finance people from other organisations. Register now and we tell you the dates first. Want to start sooner? The flagship Level 4 runs open cohorts most months.

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Who it is for

From purchase ledger to FP&A. Every part of the finance team.

Transactional finance or finance director. Payables, credit control, payroll, management accounts, FP&A, business partnering, audit. If your work is recording, controlling or explaining the numbers, this edition is built around it, and no technical background is needed to walk in on day one.

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AI across the finance cycle

Every stage of your month, with the bit AI takes marked in.

Finance does not think in modules. It thinks in the month: record, reconcile, close, report, forecast. So here is the programme laid out the way your month actually runs, with the module that builds each piece.

Stage 01
Record

Supplier invoices read, coded and matched to purchase orders as they arrive, with exceptions routed to a person.

M02 · M03
Stage 02
Reconcile

Bank and intercompany lines matched automatically, breaks flagged with a likely reason, and a person clears every one.

M03 · M05
Stage 03
Close

The month-end checklist runs itself: reminders, accrual prompts, supporting schedules gathered. The controller approves.

M03 · M04
Stage 04
Report

Variance commentary drafted from the numbers, with every figure traceable to the ledger before anyone signs it.

M04 · M08
Stage 05
Forecast & partner

Scenarios built faster in Excel with Copilot, assumptions written down, and AI output questioned before anyone acts on it.

M06 · M10
Stage 06
Control

Segregation of duties, audit trail and UK GDPR. What always needs a human, written into a finance AI policy you drafted.

M05 · M06 · M07
A typical month-end

Same month-end. Same team. Different Friday.

Not a promise about your specific close. It is the kind of build the programme takes you through, mapped onto the tasks that fill most finance calendars.

Before

Manual
  • Bank statements matched to the ledger line by lineYou
  • Supplier invoices keyed and coded by handYou
  • Month-end chasers sent one email at a timeYou
  • Variance commentary written from scratch every monthYou
  • Budget holders' questions answered from three spreadsheetsYou
  • Aged debt chased one customer at a timeYou
  • Judgement, approval and sign-offYou

The analysis and the partnering get whatever time is left after the close.

After

Month 6 onwards
  • Bank lines matched automatically, breaks flagged for youAutomated
  • Invoices read, coded and matched, exceptions to youAgent + you
  • Month-end reminders and accrual prompts sent on scheduleAutomated
  • Commentary drafted from the numbers, then edited by youAgent + you
  • Routine budget questions answered from your own reportsAgent
  • Debtors chased in your tone, disputes passed to youAgent + you
  • Judgement, approval and sign-offAlways you

The last line does not change, and the programme is explicit about why. Anything that posts to the ledger, pays a supplier or reaches the board gets a human sign-off.

I found the course useful and informative and have already used AI in helping us as a finance team look at ways we can streamline processes. The prompt framework was really useful in helping refine the questions to ask.
Finance team, Services for Education. Feedback on TESS's AI training.
What it is

What is the Finance edition of the AI & Automation Level 4?

The standard

ST1512, unchanged

ST1512 is the Level 4 AI & Automation Practitioner apprenticeship standard. This edition delivers every knowledge, skill and behaviour in it, assessed by NQual, an Ofqual-recognised assessment organisation. The standard does not bend. The examples do.

The difference

Every build is finance work

On the flagship, the room comes from every function. Here, the Month 3 automation is your reconciliation or invoice processing, and the Month 4 agent drafts variance commentary from your own numbers. The people in the room do your job.

On the way

A finance qualification

Using AI in Finance is the working title of the qualification we are writing for this edition, for accreditation by NCFE, on the same model as our accredited HR qualification. We publish its detail when NCFE approves it.

The TESS Group is an Ofsted Good UK apprenticeship provider specialising in AI. Coachy is TESS Group's AI tutor, included with every learner and scoped to the ST1512 standard, so a question that does not land in a Tuesday session gets answered on Tuesday night rather than next month.

Your year, in three chapters

Twelve months from now, finance is the team that built it.

Not a syllabus. Three things you will be able to point at, in order, each one live in your organisation before the next begins.

Chapter 1 · Months 0 to 5By month 4

Your reconciliations run themselves. Your commentary drafts itself from the numbers.

The build months. You leave with two things running in your organisation: an automation that takes a real finance chore off the team for good, and an agent that drafts commentary and answers from your own numbers, with approval rules your financial controller agreed.

  • M03First live automation. For most finance learners, a bank or intercompany reconciliation, or invoice capture and coding, running on its own.
  • M04Your commentary agent. Variance commentary and budget-holder answers drafted from your own reports, every figure traceable.
  • M05Controls and audit trail. Nothing posts, pays or reaches the board without a person approving it, and every step is logged.
M00 Onboarding & diagnosticM01 AI FoundationsM02 Process DiscoveryM03 Workflow AutomationM04 Agentic AIM05 Integration & Assurance
Chapter 2 · Months 6 to 8By month 8

It is auditable. Data protected, decisions explainable, piloted on a real close.

The governance months, and the reason finance should own this rather than have it done to them. UK GDPR applied to customer, supplier and payroll data. Credit, collections and spend decisions checked for fairness and explainability. Then a real pilot on a real month-end, with numbers leadership can see.

  • M06Data law you can sign. Lawful basis, data minimisation, and what may never go into a public AI tool.
  • M07Fair and explainable. Credit, collections and spend decisions you could explain to an auditor or a customer.
  • M08Piloted on a real close. Tested against your current process before anyone asks you to scale it.
M06 Data, Decisions & Data LawM07 Designing Responsible AIM08 Pilot, Test & Assure
Chapter 3 · Months 9 to 11By month 11

Finance owns the adoption plan, the business case, and one capstone build.

The leading months. Team guidelines, approval rules, training budget holders: the people side of AI adoption. A costed, risk-assessed business case written from nine months of your own evidence, which finance is better placed than anyone to write. Then one ambitious finance build, live, plus a hands-on Copilot, Gemini and Claude day.

  • M09The adoption plan. The module the build-only programmes skip, and the one that decides whether the rest sticks.
  • M10A business case you would sign off yourself. Costed, risk-assessed, benefits you can measure, from evidence rather than a vendor deck.
  • M11Capstone, live. Then Gateway and the end-point assessment with NQual.
M09 Leading AI AdoptionM10 AI Strategy, Scaling & ValueM11 Applied AI Mastery

One module a month, protected off-the-job training time. Full module detail is on the flagship AI & Automation Level 4 page. This edition changes the examples, not the standard.

What you walk away with

One apprenticeship and three industry certifications, all included. A finance qualification on the way.

Four things confirmed on your CV by the end, with a fifth in development. Here is exactly what each one is, who awards it, and what it tells an employer. Open any card for the detail.

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Regulated Level 4 apprenticeshipST1512, assessed by NQual, graded Pass or Distinction
3
Industry certifications, embeddedMicrosoft, BCS and NCFE. No extra evening work
Finance qualification, in developmentUsing AI in Finance, being written for NCFE accreditation
Regulated · Level 4

AI & Automation Practitioner

Apprenticeship standard ST1512 · EPA by NQual

The apprenticeship itself. A regulated Level 4 standard, independently assessed and graded Pass or Distinction. This is the credential the levy pays for.

What it means ▾
How it is assessed
  • A workplace project on a real finance problem you solved, as a written report or a presentation with questions
  • A professional discussion with an NQual assessor
  • Graded Pass or Distinction, with results in an average of five working days
What it tells an employer

That you can find, build, govern and roll out AI and automation in a live organisation, to a standard checked independently, by an Ofqual-recognised assessment organisation, rather than by the provider. Across all TESS apprenticeships, learners achieve a 72% distinction rate against a 33% national average.

Included

Microsoft AI Business Professional

Microsoft Certified · exam AB-730

Microsoft's own certification in using generative AI for everyday work: prompting, drafting and analysing. A verified badge on LinkedIn, and relevant because Copilot is the AI tool many finance teams already have a licence for.

What it means ▾
What is covered
  • Generative AI fundamentals, including responsible use
  • Managing prompts and conversations with AI
  • Drafting and analysing business content with AI
What it tells an employer

That the Copilot seats they are paying for will actually be used well in finance, by someone Microsoft has verified.

Included

BCS Foundation Certificate in AI

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

A chartered, lifetime, portable certificate in the fundamentals of AI. The awarding body your IT director will recognise.

What it means ▾
What is covered
  • What AI and machine learning are, and are not
  • Ethics, risk and the human role in AI decisions
  • Sat as a multiple-choice exam, pass rate above 90% at TESS
What it tells an employer

AI literacy at a chartered industry standard. Defensible when an audit committee asks who in finance actually understands this.

Included

NCFE AI Prompt Mastery

Awarded by NCFE

The skill that turns a generic AI subscription into one that does useful work on your actual numbers. Portfolio-assessed, not exam-based.

What it means ▾
What is covered
  • Structuring prompts for consistent, reviewable output
  • Context, constraints and the checks a finance answer needs
  • Sense-checking and editing AI output before it is used
What it tells an employer

Most of the productivity gain from AI comes from this skill, not from the platform. Evidence that you have it.

Finance edition · In development

Using AI in Finance

Working title · Being written by The TESS Group · For NCFE accreditation

Our third function qualification, on the same model as Using AI in HR Practice, which NCFE has accredited, and Using AI in Marketing, which is with NCFE now: written for the profession and assessed on real work, not a test. We will publish its units, hours and criteria once NCFE approves the specification, and confirm before your cohort starts whether it is available to you.

What we can say today ▾
What it will be built on

Real finance tasks: reconciliations, the close, commentary, forecasting and controls, the same work your apprenticeship builds use.

Where it will sit

Inside the apprenticeship, not on top of it, at no additional cost, as with the HR and marketing qualifications.

What it is not, yet

A qualification. Until NCFE approves it, we do not count it in what you are guaranteed to receive. The apprenticeship and the three certifications above are confirmed.

What Using AI in Finance is today. It is the working title of a Customised Qualification The TESS Group is developing for finance learners, to be submitted to NCFE for accreditation. NCFE is an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England (Ofqual), Wales (Qualifications Wales) and Northern Ireland (CCEA Regulation). When accredited it will be an unregulated qualification, not a nationally recognised one, like our other customised qualifications, and separate from the regulated Level 4 apprenticeship above.

Optional after the apprenticeship, with support: NCFE Data and NCFE Cyber Security Practices.

For finance teams

The AI layer that sits alongside your accountancy training.

Your ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or AAT, or years in the job, taught you finance. This gives you the ability to automate, control and lead AI inside it.

  • Controls first, not bolted on. Approvals, audit trails and segregation of duties are part of every build from Module 5.
  • Built on the tools finance already uses. Excel with Copilot, Power Automate and Power BI, plus Claude and Gemini for analysis, inside your organisation's approved tools.
  • Twelve months of structured, evidenced learning. Assessed, and kept in a portfolio you can draw on for your CPD record.
Already qualified ACCA, CIMA or ICAEW qualified? Add the AI capability your qualification did not cover. Register for a cohort → Going deeper on data FP&A or reporting specialist? The Data Analyst Level 4 goes further into data than this edition. See Data Analyst Level 4 → Finance director or CFO Setting direction rather than building? The Level 5 AI Leadership Units take 30 hours each. AI Leadership Units →

This edition and Using AI in Finance are The TESS Group’s own programmes, not ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or AAT qualifications.

Funding

Is the Finance edition levy-funded?

Yes, because it is ST1512. Levy-paying employers fund it entirely from their Apprenticeship Levy at the £18,000 funding band, with no course fee. Non-levy employers pay 5% (£900) for apprentices aged 25 and over, and nothing for apprentices aged 16 to 24. The finance-specific delivery is included, not charged. Not sure what your levy pot looks like? The levy calculator takes two minutes.

Honest line: we are not the cheapest provider in the market. We are the one whose learners get distinctions.

Proof
Ofsted Good provider
72%
Distinction at EPA. UK average around 33%.
98%
EPA pass rate across TESS apprenticeships.
4.9
from 776 verified reviews, Trustpilot and Google.
Good
Ofsted grade. Skills England approved.
Who teaches you

Taught by the people who wrote it and the people who have run digital change for real.

Anthony Baafi
AI Trainer · AI Transformation Leader

Former Capability Manager and Apprentice Lead at Southwark Council, running workforce development for one of the UK's largest housing portfolios, and £200K of operational savings at LB Newham. A decade of digital change across local government, housing, fintech and education. Builds a working AI agent live, on your own context, in the room.

What finance teams get from him. He starts from your process and your numbers, not the tool, and builds the first version with you in the room.
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Brian Harkins
AI Trainer & Coach · ST1512 Curriculum Author

Brian wrote the Level 4 curriculum you will be studying and still teaches it. The build months are his home ground: process discovery, then real automations and agents in Copilot Studio and Power Automate. A commercial software developer before he taught, so he can explain what sits under the no-code surface. Coaches learners through Gateway and the NQual assessment.

Twice Teacher of the Year and an Apple Distinguished Educator, with over twenty years in technical education.
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William McKee
Lead Trainer · Organisational Psychologist

Lead trainer on the Level 4 and all three Level 5 AI Leadership Units. An executive educator and organisational psychologist with fifteen years in front of senior rooms, currently teaching at MIT, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers and LSE. The psychology is the point: sessions are built so people actually adopt the tools, not just understand them.

A delegate on a previous cohort: “Brings understanding of models to life, funny, empathetic and endlessly knowledgeable.”
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Separately, every apprentice gets a named skills coach for monthly one-to-ones, progress reviews and portfolio support, assigned at onboarding.

Your skills coach

Monthly one-to-ones with someone who knows what 9pm after work feels like.

Every learner gets a named skills coach for the whole programme: monthly sessions, progress reviews, portfolio checks and mock professional discussions ahead of the NQual assessment. Two of the team who coach this edition:

Nika Underwood
AI Skills Coach · AI Researcher · Responsible AI Advocate

First-Class graduate in AI & Robotics who builds and evaluates AI systems as a researcher, with five years and more than 2,000 hours of one-to-one teaching behind her. An ITU / United Nations AI for Good Young AI Leader and a BCS Young Professionals representative. Coaches learners to spot the real task, choose the right tool, build it responsibly and evidence it well.

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Aidan Aedy
AI & Automation Skills Coach · Microsoft Certified Trainer

Nine years as an automation engineer before AI was a job title, then technical training. A Microsoft Certified Trainer across Copilot, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365, so your people automate inside the licences you already own. Specialises in the governance side: data protection, human-in-the-loop checks, auditability. Has completed two apprenticeships himself.

His instinct: describe a 20-minute manual task done fifty times a week and he sees the trigger, the branches and the sign-off, then coaches you to build it.
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Brian Harkins and Anthony Baafi coach on the Level 4 as well as teach it. Your coach is confirmed at onboarding, and you will get their profile before your first session.

For line managers

Every session in the diary from day one. And a Coachy of their own.

Apprenticeships work when the line manager is on side, so we make that easy: no chasing dates, and an AI tutor that helps managers back the coaching at work.

Diary

In the diary from day one

The moment a learner says yes, every session is scheduled and sent to their calendar. Managers can plan cover for the whole programme, not week by week.

Coachy Manager Mode

A Coachy of their own

Each apprentice’s line manager gets their own sign-in to Coachy, our AI tutor. It explains the standard in plain English, shows which everyday work counts as evidence, and helps them back up the skills coach between sessions.

Privacy

Private by design

Managers never see their apprentice’s conversations with Coachy. The learner keeps a safe place to ask questions, and the manager gets what they need to support them.

Included with every TESS AI apprenticeship, for one nominated manager per apprentice. How Manager Mode works →

Choosing the right thing

Finance edition, flagship Level 4, or a Leadership Unit? It depends what you want to leave with.

Comparison of the Finance edition apprenticeship, the flagship AI & Automation Level 4 in an open cohort, and a Leadership Unit
 Finance Edition, Level 4Flagship Level 4, open cohortL5 AI Leadership Unit
You leave withLive automations and a commentary agent running in your finance team. A regulated Level 4 apprenticeship. Three embedded certifications.The same apprenticeship and certifications, with examples from every function and a mixed room.A 30-hour leadership-level view of AI strategy, governance or delivery.
TimeTwelve months, one module a month, protected off-the-job training time, plus a three-month EPA windowThe same, or an accelerated eight-month route30 hours, typically over four to six weeks
FundingApprenticeship Levy, £18,000 band. Non-levy employers pay 5% at most.The sameGrowth & Skills Levy, £750
Best forFinance teams who want builds on their own numbers, in a room of people who do their jobIndividuals, or teams of fewer than six who want to start nowFinance directors setting direction rather than building
WhereStart a private cohort aboveAI & Automation Level 4AI Leadership Units
“Finance has been slower to hand work to AI, and for good reasons: the numbers have to be right, and somebody signs them off. This edition starts there. Every build has an approver and an audit trail, and the first six months are practical on purpose.”
Rod Doyle, Co-founder & Director, The TESS Group
Common questions

Things finance teams ask us before they book.

What is the Finance edition of the AI & Automation Level 4 apprenticeship?
It is the same Level 4 AI & Automation Practitioner apprenticeship (ST1512) that The TESS Group delivers as its flagship, run as a closed cohort for finance professionals. The twelve modules are unchanged. What changes is every example, exercise and build, which use finance work: reconciliations, invoice processing, month-end close, variance commentary, forecasting and controls. It runs as private cohorts for six or more learners from one organisation, with open cohorts coming soon.
Can we run a private cohort for our finance team?
Yes. Private cohorts run for six or more learners from one organisation, on dates planned around your month-end and year-end, with every build on your own processes and numbers. Fewer than six, or just one person? Register for an open cohort, which takes people from different organisations. Open cohorts are coming soon, and the flagship AI & Automation Level 4 runs open cohorts most months if you want to start sooner.
Is the Finance edition levy-funded?
Yes. It is the ST1512 apprenticeship, so it draws on the Apprenticeship Levy at the £18,000 funding band for levy-paying employers, with no course fee. Non-levy employers pay 5% (£900) for apprentices aged 25 and over, and nothing for apprentices aged 16 to 24. The finance-specific delivery is included at no additional cost.
Do finance people need to code for this apprenticeship?
No. ST1512 is delivered without code throughout. Learners build automations and agents on no-code platforms such as Copilot Studio, Power Automate, Zapier and Make, and work in Excel with Copilot. Most learners on the flagship programme come from non-technical roles, and this edition is built for finance backgrounds specifically.
Can I join if I am ACCA, CIMA or ICAEW qualified, or studying for it?
If you are qualified, yes: a professional accountancy qualification does not rule you out, because this apprenticeship teaches different skills. If you are part-way through another apprenticeship, such as an accountancy apprenticeship, you would need to finish it first, because nobody can be on two funded apprenticeships at once. Studying for an accountancy qualification outside an apprenticeship is fine, and we check eligibility with you before a place is held.
Is there a finance qualification, like the HR and marketing editions have?
One is being written. Using AI in Finance is the working title of a qualification we are developing for finance learners, for accreditation by NCFE, on the same model as Using AI in HR Practice, which NCFE has accredited. We will publish its units and hours once NCFE approves it, and confirm before your cohort starts whether it is available to you. The apprenticeship and the three industry certifications do not depend on it.
How long does the Finance edition take?
Twelve months of delivery covering the twelve modules, followed by a three-month end-point assessment window with NQual, an Ofqual-recognised assessment organisation. Around fifteen months in total. One module a month, with protected off-the-job training time, as on the flagship programme.
Who is the Finance edition for?
Finance assistants, payables and receivables, credit control and purchase ledger, payroll, assistant, management and financial accountants, FP&A analysts, finance business partners, commercial finance, financial controllers, treasury, tax and internal audit, procurement, and heads of finance and finance directors who want hands-on capability rather than a briefing. Your role needs to include improving how work gets done, and we check that with you before a place is held. No technical background is needed.
Is our financial data safe?
The programme is built around that question. Builds use tools your organisation has approved, on data you are allowed to use, and Module 6 covers what may never go into a public AI tool. From Module 5 every build has a named approver and an audit trail, and nothing posts, pays or reaches the board without a person signing it off. Learners evidence their work in a portfolio, anonymised where it needs to be.
How is the apprenticeship assessed?
By NQual, an Ofqual-recognised assessment organisation, through a workplace project (written report, or presentation with questions) and a professional discussion, graded Pass or Distinction. Results come back in an average of five working days. Across all TESS apprenticeships, learners achieve a 72% distinction rate against a UK national average of around 33%, and a 98% EPA pass rate.
How is this different from the Data Analyst Level 4 apprenticeship?
The Data Analyst Level 4 (ST0118) goes deeper on data: cleaning, analysis and visualisation. The Finance edition is about automating and controlling finance processes with AI and no-code tools, and leading their adoption. Some FP&A and reporting specialists want the first. Most finance teams want the second.

Related: all AI apprenticeships · the flagship AI & Automation Level 4 · AI apprenticeships for finance teams · AI apprenticeships for financial services · the HR & L&D edition · Growth & Skills Levy explained · Why TESS

Updated October 2026

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