Finance Graduate

Support the Group Financial Reporting team by preparing financial statements, monthly management accounts, analysing financial performance, assisting with audits and improving accounting processes.

At Laing O'Rourke, we deliver complex engineering and construction projects that shape the built environment. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our Early Talent programmes and help drive innovation across our business. We're seeking ambitious graduates who are ready to make an impact. If you're passionate, curious and eager to challenge the status quo, you'll help us drive innovation, transform our industry and shape the future of construction and engineering.

About the programme

Through Laing O'Rourke's Graduate Development Programme, we help graduates gain practical experience, achieve professional accreditation and build the skills needed to become future leaders in the construction and engineering industry. Our Early Talent Programme will enable you to expand your networks, achieve professional and personal development, gain exposure to a variety of projects and disciplines, and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to build a successful and rewarding career.

What Professional Accreditation can be achieved through this role:

ACCA or ICAEW

Role Overview and the Purpose of the role:

You'll be part of the Group Financial Reporting team, working with qualified technical accountants responsible for delivering the Group's external financial reporting as well as monthly Group management accounts, technical accounting support to the Hubs, and other adhoc requests from the CFO. This will enable you to apply your accounting knowledge to real life financial statement preparation, management accounts, and technical accounting.

Key Responsibilities – What you'll do:

You'll be part of the Group Financial Reporting team, working with qualified technical accountants responsible for delivering the Group's external financial reporting as well as monthly Group management accounts, technical accounting support to the Hubs, and other adhoc requests from the CFO.

This will enable you to apply your accounting knowledge to real life financial statement preparation, management accounts, and technical accounting.

• Preparation of consolidated monthly management accounts,

• Preparation of monthly reporting packs including analysis of key movements in the month,

• Preparation of statutory financial statements at year end,

• Liaising with and responding to queries from external auditors (PwC),

• Understanding key variances to budget for head office entities,

• Continuous improvement of financial processes and alignment of management and statutory reporting,

• Implementation of digital tools and/or AI to help improve process where possible,

• Apply accounting knowledge learned through degree and/or ACCA/ICAEW studies to day-to-day work,

• Prepare technical accounting papers referencing IFRS accounting standards as required,

• Prepare balance sheet control reconciliations

Teams and Departments this role will interact with most:

Tax, Commercial

The following Degree Subjects are suitable for this role:

Preferably Finance, Accounting, Economics, but other business related degrees considered