Finance
Salary: £33,000
Holiday allowance: 25 days pro rata plus a personal day
What you need: 2:2 degree
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Programme start date: 1 September 2025
Application deadline: This programme has now closed
Finance
Our Finance graduate scheme is looking for the Finance leaders of tomorrow; giving you the opportunity to maximise your potential by offering varied and tangible experiences across all areas of our business.
Across the three years of the programme, you will spend time in different areas of the Finance team, whether that be working with our Product teams to develop the right ranges for customers, providing analysis to Stores leadership to unlock efficiencies within the operations, or working with Group Finance and Investor Relations teams to craft our external results narrative.
Our rotations aren’t confined to our UK retail business with opportunities to work in Booker (UK’s leading food and drink wholesaler), Dunnhumby, our customer-centric data science business or gaining international experience in one of our global business units.
During your programme we'll support you through your CIMA studies, with paid leave and the breadth of experience you’ll need for the practical requirements of the qualification. You’ll also be supported by your colleagues - a dedicated programme team, a mentor and one-on-one director sponsorship.
Whether you’re building necessary technical skills, or gaining essential communication, analysis and insight capabilities, this programme will ensure the best possible journey towards becoming a well-rounded qualified finance professional, with a proven track record of developing future finance leaders.
Who we are looking for
We’re looking for our future finance leaders, who are committed to building the skills and business understanding to co-pilot the business to deliver value for customers, colleagues, and shareholders.
Sounds like the programme for you? Click here to read about our Application process and let us know if you need support.
CIMA
Successful completion of CIMA’s Professional Qualification will lead to the designation of Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). The qualification is recognised worldwide as the most relevant global finance qualification for a career in business.
Management Accounting combines accounting, finance and management with the business skills and techniques you’ll need to add real value. Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMAs) are qualified to work across businesses, not just in finance, advising managers on the financial implications of big decisions, formulating business strategy and monitoring risk. Source: Cimaglobal.com
Working at our Welwyn Garden City campus
Our leafy, green campus is 10 minutes' walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden City with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1, and with frequent trains running to Finsbury Park in just 20 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office), the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.
On campus, you'll find subsidised restaurants and coffee shops, as well as a Tesco Express to pick up your lunch or last-minute essentials. We also have our Heart Building, a place where colleagues can connect and come together, to unlock innovation and collaboration and a place where they can network and socialise. Plus we have an on-site Nuffield Health gym, which has state-of-the-art equipment, studios for classes, plus treatment rooms (membership costs £23.50 per month).
Your experience with us
Welcome
We’ll kick off with you spending some time learning more about our business and your programme. It’s a great opportunity for you to meet other apprentices and make some new connections. We’ll then introduce you to your team, so you can get to know more about your role and the area you’ll be working in.
Store experience
You'll start off by spending 12 weeks in stores, this is a great opportunity to really understand and get involved in what our colleagues do everyday to serve our customers and communities.
Programme structure
You’ll gain a breadth of finance experience and skills as you complete a number of placements in different parts of our department.
Where next?
As you finish your programme, you should be a qualified accountant, well-equipped to excel in a role that plays to your unique strengths. There’s also an opportunity to complete a post programme senior leader level 7 apprenticeship, with a possibility to top up to a MBA, helping you to accelerate your knowledge, skills and behaviours to help you become a future leader in our business.
