Finance & Financial Analysis Graduate Jobs in Leeds

Based in London, Leeds, or Manchester, this graduate auditor role focuses on performing core audit procedures, documenting accounting systems, and verifying financial evidence for complex financial services and insurance clients while studying to pass the ACA and CII professional examinations.Overview of FirmPKF Littlejohn is one of the leading challenger firms in the UK with offices in London, Leeds and Manchester. We are also an active member of PKF Global, an international network of legally independent accounting firms that gives us an on the ground presence in 150 countries around the world with access to more than 20,000 people across 440 offices globally.We provide a full range of audit, accountancy, tax and advisory services, and are experts at simplifying complexity. We are particularly well-known for working with complex clients with challenging issues in fast-moving and highly technical areas, such as the insurance industry, the global capital markets and the not for profit sector. Our aim is to understand people, the organisations they run, and what matters to them, so we can simplify complexity and help them achieve their ambitions.Introduction to the DivisionFinancial Services Our leading financial services practice supports clients across the industry, including wealth and asset management, private equity, insurance, consumer credit and payment services. We have been a trusted adviser to the UK insurance industry for over 150 years and have one of the largest and most experienced teams of insurance experts within the accountancy profession. Established initially as a Lloyd’s practice, our clients now span the entire insurance market – from Lloyd’s syndicates and managing agents to insurance companies, brokers and MGAs.We have one of the largest financial service audit teams outside of the Big 4 with over 100 audit partners and staff dedicated to supporting the sector. We offer relevant and practical advice to guide and enable our clients to maintain rigorous controls, manage risks and achieve business growth.We act for many platform-based businesses, including wealth, funds and investment management companies. Our clients include listed businesses and those backed by private equity. ResponsibilitiesPurpose and Aim of the job:To begin to develop a knowledge of accounting and auditing techniques and show commitment to passing the professional examinations (ACA)To begin to develop an understanding of the Financial Services sector, including insurance, funds and fund management and the associated accounting and auditing issuesUndertake the work allocated by the assignment leaderKeep the assignment leader informed about progress at daily meetingsEnsure attendance at briefing meetings and understand the audit planComplete the work within the budget for each areaAdopt high professional standards with a business-like approach to workDevelop a comprehensive working knowledge of double entry bookkeepingBe able complete sections in the audit file by obtaining and documenting sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, to include the following sections:Fixed assets sectionBank sectionDocument accounting systems and complete systems testingSubstantive testing on the Profit and Loss analysis – including attention to tax requirementsDevelop a basic knowledge of current accounting standardsDevelop a basic knowledge of the laws and regulations affecting FS clients including Lloyd’s/FCA regulations and client money rulesPass relevant professional examinations first timeComplete the required CII study examsBe able to advise on basic accounting issuesBe aware of Institute and internal ethical guidelinesTo accept responsibility for all work performed.Person SpecificationMinimum of a 2.2 degree, attained or expected. Minimum of 112 UCAS points (2017 tariff), from three A Levels A-C (excluding general studies), or equivalent.Minimum grade 6 in Maths and English Language GCSEs.Personal Attributes Be commercially awareComputer literateTeam playerGood communication skillsFlexibilityStrong organisational skillsSystematicEnthusiasticAble to work on own initiativeGood attention to detailAbility to prioritise workloadWork to deadlinesAbility to spot new businessInitiativeProblem solverPersuasive

Posted 2 days ago

This graduate role bridges technology and finance to manage and optimize corporate cloud expenditure across multiple platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.As our new Graduate Cloud FinOps Analyst, you'll support our cloud adoption strategy, collaborating closely with finance, IT, and cloud engineering teams. The role will focus on managing and optimising cloud spend, providing financial insights, and driving accountability for cloud usage across the organisation.This position is ideal for someone passionate about cloud technologies and financial operations, with a strong analytical mindset.As our Graduate Cloud FinOps Analyst, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits including:Access to a generous discretionary profit share scheme26 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)Annual pay reviewsAt Jet2.com and Jet2holidays we’re working together to deliver an amazing journey, literally! We work together to really drive forward a ‘Customer First’ ethos, creating unforgettable package holidays and flights. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful people. What you’ll be doing:Monitor and track cloud spend across various platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).Assist in forecasting cloud costs and provide regular variance analysis.Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimisation, including rightsizing, reserved instances, and volume discounts.Provide regular updates to senior management on cloud expenditure, trends, and savings opportunities.Work closely with cloud architects, IT, and engineering teams to implement cost-effective solutions.Suggest process improvements for cloud cost management as the company grows and scales its cloud usage.What you’ll have:Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud financial management tools is preferred.Familiarity with cloud billing models and services like compute, storage, networking, and database services.Proficient in Excel or other financial modelling tools. Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau) is a plus.Solid understanding of financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation.Enthusiasm about cloud technologies and the evolving FinOps landscape.Join us as we redefine travel experiences and create memories for millions of passengers. At Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, your potential has no limits. Apply today and let your career take flight!

Posted 4 days ago

This graduate programme within a growing facilities management organization focuses on building core analytical skills, improving reporting systems, and updating corporate processes.Benefits include:25 days annual leave plus Bank HolidaysEmployee discounts via PerkboxLife assurance benefitCycle to work schemeAccess to a virtual GPAccess to a health & wellbeing appPlenty of Training & Development opportunities Are you a recent graduate looking to kick-start your career in finance within a growing and supportive organisation? Do you enjoy working with numbers, improving processes and seeing projects make a real impact? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.As a Finance Management Graduate, you will play an integral role in developing your finance skills within a dynamic facilities management environment. You will support finance teams across the business and work on dedicated projects to help improve systems, reporting and processes.This role will give you excellent exposure to all areas of our Facilities Management business, providing variety, responsibility and access to members of the Senior Management Team. You will also gain valuable insight into working with International Corporate Clients (ICC) across multiple countries and cultures.This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic graduate who is keen to learn a new sector, develop strong finance and analytical skills, and build a long-term career within an expanding business that promotes development and progression. Our Ideal Graduate Will Have:Degree level qualification (2:2 or above), ideally with a leaning towards Mathematics, accountancy or Business.A proactive approach with the ability to complete tasks promptly, accurately and with attention to detailExcellent verbal and written communication skillsStrong interest in analytics and finance systemsStrong planning and organisational skillsEnthusiasm for self‑development and personal growthAbility to work to deadlines and manage changing prioritiesConfidence to question the status quo and suggest new ideasAbility to use initiativeAbility to work both independently and as part of a teamStrong relationship‑building skills across teams and departmentsInternship or relevant work experience (desirable)Willingness to travel across Europe when required We will provide you with full on‑the‑job training and ongoing development to ensure you have everything you need to succeed. All we ask for is a positive attitude, curiosity, and a strong work ethic.You will work 37.5 hours per week and be paid £27,000 – £31,000, depending on prior experience or internships. The role also includes our full benefits package available from day one.Apleona is an equal opportunities employer delivering facilities management services across the UK, Ireland and Europe. With exciting opportunities available, there has never been a better time to join our team.NB: Must have the right to work in the UK.

Posted 4 days ago

Clarity Wealth Management is a firm of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) dedicated to providing transparent, jargon-free financial planning and investment advice. They focus on a "planning-first" philosophy, aiming to reduce financial anxiety by building structured, long-term strategies tailored to each client's specific life goals and risk tolerance.Job DescriptionWe are Clarity Wealth Limited, a dynamic independent financial advisory firm passionate about helping our clients achieve their financial goals. With a close-knit, friendly and hardworking client focussed team environment, we provide support and opportunities for both professional growth and personal development. We value hard work, commitment and growth and will provide a very supportive environment for the right candidate.Due to the hands-on training and close support, the role is office-based at our newly refurbished stunning offices at Beechwood House in Roundhay, Leeds, The breadth of experience you will gain in your first 12 months is unmatched, due to our collaborative culture and the full-cycle advice process you’ll be part of. Therefore if you are not able to commute on a daily basis this will not be suitable for you.As a Graduate Financial Adviser at Clarity Wealth Limited, you will embark on a structured development programme designed to transition you into a fully qualified and Chartered Financial Adviser. This program offers a unique opportunity to learn the industry from the inside while providing comprehensive administrative support, managing client relationships, and assisting with research and compliance.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide comprehensive administrative support to IFA(s) (Independent Financial Advisers).Manage client relationships, including scheduling appointments and handling inquiries.Process new business applications and maintain accurate client records.Prepare and submit regulatory paperwork.Coordinate with product providers and third-party organizations.Assist with research and analysis of financial products to support recommendations.Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies.Maintain a professional, organized, and efficient work environment.What’s needed for me to be considered?Recently graduated (2:1 or higher ) in finance, economics, or a related field.Strong interest in financial planning and wealth management.Willingness to self study and commit to full time workWillingness to work full time in an office environnment to ensure a cooperative learning environmentProficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).IT proficient with ability to adapt and use multiple types of softwareBenefitsStarting salary of £25,000 with regular annual pay reviewsYearly bonus.30 days holiday + bank holidays + birthdayPension plan and life insurance.Professional development opportunities paid exams all the way to chartershipOn-site parking at our new office in Roundhay.

Posted 16 days ago

A 3-year KPMG Forensic, Risk and Assurance graduate programme focused on investigations, fraud risk, governance, compliance, internal audit, and financial advisory services while studying toward an ACA qualification.Job descriptionHow we make the difference in Forensic, Risk and Assurance On our Forensic, Risk and Assurance Graduate Programme, you’ll work with clients across a variety of sectors and gain structured training, building your commercial and financial awareness, as well as the skills you need to build the career you want. If you are interested in understanding how businesses operate, the risks they face and how to protect them, then this is the programme for you.  Over the three years, you’ll develop and refine specialist business, technology, and accounting investigation skills while improving our clients’ governance, risk management and control environments. You could be helping diffuse challenging situations through investigations and compliance, fraud risk management, corporate intelligence, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and dispute advisory services. You could also be providing valuable insight and commercial recommendations to our clients to support them in achieving their business objectives by conducting in-depth analyses of data and business processes. In each of these areas, you’ll consider client reputation, growth, environmental factors and the way they treat their employees. How you’ll grow with us You’ll work toward a professional qualification, the ACA Accelerated qualification or CA equivalent in Scotland. Your programme might see you working in a specific industry sector or across a variety of industries, depending on the office you join. There’s also potential to gain broader Consulting experience, as your programme might include working with other teams in the wider Enterprise Risk space while still being relevant to your ACA qualification. After completing your qualification, the learning and career opportunities continue. You can take the valuable technical skills, broad commercial understanding and in-depth knowledge of one or more industry sectors to continue building an exciting and varied long-term career. The teams you could work in Whether you work within the Governance, Risk & Compliance Services teams, Contract Intelligence team or the Forensic teams, you’ll be joining some of the top minds in the industry. Within Governance, Risk & Compliance Services, our services incorporate: Internal Audit and Risk Assurance: Independent assurance that an organisation's risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively. Governance, Risk and Compliance: Critical factors to businesses in a changing environment - as the landscape evolves, new risks and compliance requirements emerge. Within Forensic, our specialist areas are: Investigations and Compliance: This team works with clients in sensitive and complex environments to conduct independent investigations. In the Financial Crime Regulatory space, we support some of the world’s largest financial institutions to prevent, detect and investigate instances of fraud, misconduct and corruption to achieve regulatory compliance and bolster financial crime controls across the entire organisation. Dispute Advisory Services: This team helps prevent and resolve commercial disputes by supporting our clients to assess damages and resolve accounting, audit and finance-related issues. Infrastructure Government & Health Transport Advisory: This team provides specialist financial, commercial and strategic advice to the transport sector. Dealing with both public and private sector clients, we focus on the rail and bus markets in the UK and globally. You could also work in the Contract Intelligence team. This team consists of qualified accountants who specialise in providing contract investigation and compliance services. The team uses a combination of audit procedure and technology to deliver for clients globally. If you have an eye for detail, good analytical skills and enjoy problem-solving, this could be the programme for you. Entry Requirements:At KPMG, everyone brings a unique perspective, and we want to ensure that you have the best opportunity to demonstrate your potential. We want to discover your individual strengths and attributes to help us to know whether you’ll enjoy working here and how you’ll thrive. That’s why we operate an open access policy and an application process that will assess both your qualifications and your qualities.Generally, you’ll be expected to demonstrate the following grades (*or equivalents), to show that you’re able to successfully study for professional qualifications. If you are a few grades or points short, we would still encourage you to apply, as your application will be reviewed together with your performance in our assessments. You‘ll also have the opportunity to provide additional information for us to assess your application and potential in the context of your socio-economic background and/or any extenuating circumstances, which may have a positive uplift on your academic achievements through contextual recruitment. GCSE Maths Grade 5 or B*GCSE English Language Grade 5 or B*120 UCAS points* from your ‘top’ 3 A Level grades, excluding General Studies2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.Key Skills:Throughout the recruitment process we will be looking to learn more about your strengths.To be successful on this programme, you will be required to demonstrate the strengths that we look for in our graduates at KPMG.Training and Development:The training and development of our people is critical to the future success of our business. We want to empower you to grow in your own way, to feed your curiosity and embrace a growth mindset in an environment where learning is continuous. We have therefore created a rich curriculum and learning community to help you build your skills and fulfil your potential. This ranges from an immersive five-day induction experience to help you transition to the world of work, through to formal training courses, leadership knowledge bites, learning journals, online courses and networking events – all aligned to our ‘learn for a lifetime’ strategy designed to help you gain an advantage for life. On this programme you’ll study for the ACA Accelerated Programme or equivalent CA qualification. This is front-loaded, uses innovative technology and is delivered via a blend of online and in-centre classroom courses. The ACA Accelerated programme enables you to upskill quickly, so you can make your mark. For the first year of your training contract, you will focus purely on your professional qualification, by completing 12 out of 15 ACA exams. You will also have opportunities to reconnect with your home department and peer group, as well as complete internal training and extra skills sessions. The entire programme is supported in a wide range of ways by your tuition provider (BPP) and KPMG’s dedicated Early Careers Development team. If you join a Scottish office, we support the equivalent CA qualification and therefore you will study towards your ICAS. This newly designed programme enables you to sit the majority of the ICAS exams in your first year, provides you with innovative technology to support your learning experience and also enables you to upskill quickly. You will have opportunities to reconnect with your home department and peer group, as well as complete internal training and extra skills sessions. The entire programme is supported in a wide range of ways by ICAS and KPMG’s dedicated Early Careers Development team. 

Posted 19 days ago

A 3-year KPMG Regulatory & Risk Advisory graduate programme focused on financial risk, regulatory compliance, model risk management, sustainability, and consulting for major financial sector clients.Job descriptionHow we make the difference in Regulatory and RiskOur Regulatory & Risk Advisory Graduate programme is designed to give you the experience and core consulting skills you need to get your career off to a flying start. You'll build your commercial understanding and business acumen to deliver real value to our clients straight away.The work is not only interesting and varied, but it's also high profile. With the current economic climate and in a world of increasing complexity, clients and Regulators are focusing ever more closely on risk and regulatory issues.You can expect to work in the following areas:Modelling and Model Risk Management: Model Risk is the potential for adverse outputs/outcomes from errors in business and financial models and inappropriate model use. Working with clients on their model development, validation and overall governance, you will also get the opportunity to learn coding languages as you support clients in a number of areas such as climate risk modelling and credit risk modelling.Financial Risk and Resilience: Support our clients across critical areas of prudential regulatory, sustainability and insurance risks. This team of market leading experts provide services like assurance, deal support, and optimisation across critical board level topics.Wholesale: Work with a broad range of wholesale clients helping them to tackle a variety of challenges such as: wholesale conduct risk, risk transformation, internal controls and non-financial reporting regulation.Retail: In retail, your focus will be on retail clients You could be involved in conduct and consumer protection, operational resilience and CASS. Client organisations vary, from global asset managers with operations in multiple jurisdictions to insurance clients to clients in the banking sector.How you’ll grow with usOur three-year programme gives you the chance to build your experience and develop your expertise in Risk management across the entire financial sector, as part of our 'learn for a lifetime' philosophy.With the support of our learning community, you’ll work toward the CIMA professional qualification.The teams you could work inYou will be working across multiple teams that advise clients on dynamic regulatory compliance programmes and helps them to integrate sustainability into Risk management functions to ensure they are doing right by the environment and society.You’ll also be helping our clients solve business problems by developing tailored and pragmatic solutions, It’s an endlessly fascinating area for our new graduate joiners where you can make a meaningful and positive difference.If you’re curious, resilient and agile you could thrive with us.Entry Requirements:At KPMG, everyone brings a unique perspective, and we want to ensure that you have the best opportunity to demonstrate your potential. We want to discover your individual strengths and attributes to help us to know whether you’ll enjoy working here and how you’ll thrive. That’s why we operate an open access policy and an application process that will assess both your qualifications and your qualities. Generally, you’ll be expected to demonstrate the following grades (*or equivalents), to show that you’re able to successfully study for professional qualifications. If you are a few grades or points short, we would still encourage you to apply, as your application will be reviewed together with your performance in our assessments. You‘ll also have the opportunity to provide additional information for us to assess your application and potential in the context of your socio-economic background and/or any extenuating circumstances, which may have a positive uplift on your academic achievements through contextual recruitment. GCSE Maths Grade 5 or B*GCSE English Language Grade 5 or B*120 UCAS points* from your ‘top’ 3 A Level grades, excluding General Studies2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.Key Skills:Throughout the recruitment process we will be looking to learn more about your strengths. To be successful on this programme, you will be required to demonstrate the strengths that we look for in our graduates at KPMG. Training and Development:The training and development of our people is critical to the future success of our business. We want to empower you to grow in your own way, to feed your curiosity and embrace a growth mindset in an environment where learning is continuous. Therefore, we have created a rich curriculum and learning community to help you build your skills and fulfil your potential. This ranges from an immersive 5-day induction experience to help you transition to the world of work, formal training courses, leadership knowledge bites, learning journals, online courses and networking events – all aligned to our ‘learn for a lifetime’ strategy designed to help you gain an advantage for life.The CIMA qualification uses innovative technology and is delivered via a blend of Online Classroom Live and recorded courses, in addition to in-centre classroom courses. It also has wrap-around support which consists of dedicated professional coaches, online portal content and live and recorded additional study sessions, which means there is a form of support for your every need. This blended approach enables you to study and learn the content at a pace suited to your learning style, but ensures all are at the right technical level prior to stepping into revision elements, so you can focus on your exam technique before the exam. The structure of the programme is delivered via an apprenticeship route which really enables you to learn on the job and apply your knowledge to the workplace. It equally means that your learning and examinations are spread over the lifetime of the training contract, so that you are able to build up your technical knowledge, and can gradually apply what you are learning in training to your workplace experience.

Posted 19 days ago