Graduate Management Trainee – Finance
Hook, Hampshire (2/3 days in the office)
Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
36 Month Programme
£30,000 per annum plus benefits
Application Process: the first stage involves an initial online application followed by online assessments. If successful, you will then be invited for a face-to-face interview with the hiring team.
Advert close date: 29th February 2024 (this may close sooner depending on the volume of applications)
Final Interviews: 3rd – 5th April 2024 (held in our London office)
Start date: Autumn 2024
Serco is a FTSE 250 company with over 400 sites and 30,000 people in the UK alone. We rely on the support of our Corporate Functions to keep the business running smoothly and efficiently. The Finance Graduate Programme will see you become part of one of our core teams – rotating around the key functions to help you understand the people, systems, skills and processes it takes to manage them.
As part of the Finance programme, you will have the opportunity to build your ambition to “make a difference” and be integral in our vision to be a trusted partner of governments, delivering superb public services, that transform outcomes and make a positive difference for our fellow citizens. Using your natural curiosity, commercial mind-set and passionate interest in the world’s people, politics, and services, you will be continually striving to improve the way we manage our business, support our stakeholders, and deliver innovation to our support services.
Our Finance programme is designed for those looking to gain a career within Finance and gain broad exposure within the internal Finance function of a complex business. During the programme, you will rotate across three different departments on one-year placements including Group Finance, Internal Audit and Leisure Finance. The placement with Leisure Finance is at our Leicester base and you will be required to attend the office 3 days per week. Travel and accommodation for this placement will be expensed for those who don’t live within commutable distance.
On completion of the Finance programme, you will come away with a Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CIMA) accountancy qualification and a wealth of knowledge that will set you up for a career in Finance. You will also be able to progress into a position within Serco amongst one of the finance functional areas or elsewhere within the wider business. Whilst a position isn’t guaranteed, there is rapid career progression, and within previous cohorts we have seen a 100% success rate into permanent positions within Serco.
Entry requirements:
- A degree level qualification in any discipline (finance related subjects would be highly advantageous).
- Strong commercial mind-set and passion for the economics and finance of a business.
- Comfortable in challenging public sector environments such as Hospitals, Prisons, and Environmental Sites.
- Strong attention to detail with a challenging mindset of financials.
- An entrepreneurial spirit and a will to “make a difference”.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent communication, listening and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated and self-aware.
- Ambitious, driven, and willingness to take responsibility for your career.
What we offer:
- Annual salary of £30,000.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Annual leave purchase scheme – opportunity to purchase up to 5 days additional leave through salary sacrifice.
- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible working options.
- Free onsite parking.
- ShareSave scheme – allowing you to save directly from your payslip and buy shares within the business.
- Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services, Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
- A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations. These range from role specific training, leadership coaching, formal study and much more to support you to build your career with Serco.
- A safe and supportive culture.
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
Apply
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
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