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Employer apprenticeship pathway

Level 6 Chartered Financial Professional Apprenticeship

Give your people a career-defining qualification – maximise their performance

The Level 6 apprenticeship is the highest academic and professional milestone in the Walbrook pathway. It awards a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services and chartered status – a degree-level qualification that opens doors across the full breadth of financial services, earned while your employee continues to work, earn, and grow within your firm, using funding available from the apprenticeship levy.

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What your apprentice achieves for your business

Over 36 to 42 months, your apprentice earns a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services alongside the Chartered Associate of the London Institute of Banking & Finance (Chartered ALIBF) – a degree-level qualification that carries genuine professional weight across the sector. They achieve this while remaining in your business, applying what they learn at every stage, and building the kind of institutional knowledge and loyalty that external hires simply can't replicate. 

The curriculum

Modules are grouped into three core themes, building knowledge and capability progressively throughout the programme: 

Foundations of advanced finance 
Macroeconomic environment, risk & regulation, financial statement reporting & analysis, foundations of finance, quantitative methods for finance, investment 

Applied financial expertise 
Asset management, equity & fixed income analysis, financial derivatives & risk management, financial modelling & forecasting, financial & international management 

Specialist and strategic capability 
Alternative investment management, bank risk management, fintech, mergers & acquisitions / private equity & venture capital, private banking & wealth management 

Why Walbrook

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    Over 147 years of expertise

    Trusted by financial services firms across the UK for over 147 years, with a proven track record in professional financial education.

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    We built it and deliver it

    The only degree-awarding body delivering its own apprenticeships, qualifications and programmes – aligned in a unified framework.

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    Level 3 to Masters pathway

    The only provider offering a seamless employer pathway from Level 3 administrator to chartered professional and Masters degree.

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    Full visibility of progress

    Full visibility of your apprentice's progress through regular reporting, scheduled reviews, and real-time access via our learning platform.

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Who can enrol

This pathway is designed for ambitious professionals across the full financial services sector – not just advice firms: 

  • Level 4 completers progressing within your firm 

  • Experienced professionals in retail banking, SME banking, or fintech ready to advance 

  • Professionals holding relevant Level 5 or Level 6 qualifications 

  • Graduates

  • A-level completers entering the profession directly 

Walbrook carries out eligibility checks and aligns the curriculum to your business before enrolment begins. Experienced professionals can enter directly at Level 6 without having completed Levels 3 or 4 through Walbrook. 

Apprenticeship levy funding

Apprenticeship levy funding is available to employers of all sizes – whether you pay into the levy or not. Here's what that means for your business:

How it works in practice

Your apprentice studies one day a week alongside their role – combining online sessions, 1:1 tutor support, self-guided study, and workplace mentoring. Delivered sessions are run in cohorts, building both knowledge and professional confidence alongside peers at the same stage. 

Your commitment as an employer is straightforward: 

  • Assign a workplace mentor – starting with shadowing and progressing to signing off competence as skills develop 

  • Attend progress reviews every 10 weeks with your apprentice and their Walbrook coach 

  • Employ the apprentice for at least the full duration of the apprenticeship 

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What Walbrook handles

You manage your apprentice as you would any member of your team. Everything else is Walbrook's responsibility: 

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    Recruitment support

    Access to motivated candidates through the government's Find an Apprenticeship service
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    Programme delivery

    Structured, cohort-based learning managed end-to-end by Walbrook
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    Pastoral care

    Dedicated support for your apprentice's wellbeing, learning, and progress
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    Progress tracking

    Regular reporting, structured progress reviews, and real-time learner visibility through our learning platform
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    Apprenticeship service account support

    Full guidance to set up your account and access your apprenticeship levy funding

Where this leads

Completing the Level 6 Chartered Financial Professional Pathway gives your employee a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services and chartered status – credentials that open career pathways across the full breadth of the sector, from relationship management and client services through to compliance, risk, operations, and leadership. 

For those who want to go further, Walbrook offers two distinct onward routes: 

Progress into postgraduate study 
The BSc (Hons) gained at Level 6 is a direct entry qualification for Walbrook's MSc Business and Management with Banking and Finance – a Masters-level programme that develops senior leadership and strategic finance capability. This is the full "Level 3 to Masters" journey, made possible within a single provider. 

Progress into advanced financial advice 
Employees who completed Level 4 and want to pursue a career in advanced financial advice can go on to study the Level 6 Diploma in Advanced Financial Advice (Adv DipFA®) – a separate qualification that meets FCA examination standards and, with three years' relevant experience, can lead to chartered adviser status. 

If you invest from Level 3, within five to six years – drawing on apprenticeship levy funding throughout – you can support employees to progress from entry-level learning through to chartered professional status while building their experience within your firm. 

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Build high-performers from within with Walbrook 

Whether you're advancing professionals already in your business or bringing in ambitious new talent, we'll build a programme that works around your firm. Book a call with Sally, our Business Development Director, to discuss your talent strategy – she'll guide you through your pathway options and any questions you might have.

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Sally Plant LIBF Relationship Director