Finance Apprenticeship
If you have an interest in Finance, why not kick-start your career with a Level 3 Apprenticeship at Saint Gobain? This opportunity allows you to gain hands-on experience supporting our finance team to prepare and maintain relevant, timely and accurate financial information to support the decision making of the local management teams across two brands, whilst working towards achieving your Level 3 AAT qualification.
Saint Gobain Glass UK are part of Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland who are worldwide leaders in sustainable construction.
This position can be worked on a hybrid basis. This will be agreed once you’re established in the role.
You will get time off to study for your qualification.
What we’re looking for:
If you have an interest in finance and are a driven team player who enjoys working collaboratively with others we would love to hear from you
- You will possess excellent communication skills and be forward thinking- draw on your experience to identify problems and suggest improvements to mitigate future risk.
- You will have a high level of accuracy & strong numeric skills
- Strong adherence and awareness of internal controls
- Energy and enthusiasm to achieve goals and add value to a dynamic and changing team.
What you will be doing:
As an apprentice, you will receive training to support our Glass brands with various finance assistant duties, providing you with practical experience to aid your AAT qualification. This position is highly diverse, offering opportunities to engage in multiple aspects of finance as you acquire experience and progress in your qualifications.
Here are some of the tasks you will be involved in.
- Preparing journals for accruals, prepayments and adjustments.
- Assist with month end tasks to allow completion of the monthly accounts
- Stock adjustment reporting
- Raising Purchase Orders and One Time Vendor requests
- Point of contact between the business and accounts payable for any coding or other queries
- Completing Office of National Statistics returns
- Assisting with Business Control system maintenance and reporting
- Assisting with Capex tracking and reporting
Are Saint-Gobain an inclusive employer?
Saint-Gobain is the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.
We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.
And what about flexibility?
The world of work is changing. At Saint-Gobain, we’re always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments.
Our standard working hours are 39 per week, with the option to work from home 3 days a week after training. If you need more flexibility- we’ll happily discuss any need you might have for this role: flexible hours, job-sharing, part-time working, or anything else that matters to you. We can’t promise to meet every request when we’re recruiting. But we do promise to listen.
If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person, we look forward to hearing from you!
Job Types: Full-time, Apprenticeship
Pay: From £19,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
