Overview
CIMA Finance Graduate Scheme – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, Merseyside, L3 1SF
Join Our Team at Smurfit Westrock!
Are you searching for a workplace that values you and your growth? At Smurfit Westrock, we’re committed to sustainability, employee well-being, and personal development.
About Us
We are a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging. Our focus is on the health and safety of our employees, the well-being of our communities, and delivering exceptional service to our customers. We support our team members to reach their full potential in an inclusive environment that values diversity.
The Role
Are you a recent graduate looking for your first role in finance and keen to progress with a company that fully supports your CIMA training journey? Then our finance graduate programme is for you!
Designed to create a pipeline of future finance talent and we are now accepting applications to join ASAP.
We are looking for talented, dynamic, and ambitious graduates with the ability to adapt, to join the finance team on a three-year programme. You will gain a wide exposure to key areas of operational finance and an introduction into other departments allowing you to develop an understanding of our entire business and how finance is a valuable partner to the wider organisation.
The finance scheme is a great opportunity for those looking to develop their career in a global company whilst training towards their professional CIMA finance qualification. You will learn the key skills, attributes, relationships, technical and operational understanding, to be a valuable business partner, including preparing and providing key financial information to assist with the monthly reporting cycles and key decision making.
You will undertake placements at our sites around the UK and move every 12 months so you will need to be both mobile and adaptable to make the most of this exciting opportunity. In addition, we will support your professional development and fund you to study towards your CIMA qualification.
What you will have
- Degree ideally in accounting, finance or business finance
- Essential that you have you have a passion for wanting to pursue a career in finance
- Willingness to travel around the UK and are happy to stay away from home for extended periods of time
- Be comfortable with prioritising commitments and delivering in specified timescales
- The ability to find innovative and creative solutions to solve problems
- The willingness to challenge the norm
- Full driving license benefical
What we offer
- Competitive Salary
- Monthly Living allowance
- CIMA training costs covered
- Company pension
- Life Assurance
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- 24/7 confidential support for you and your family
- Flexible working options and family-friendly policies
- Guaranteed interview for candidates meeting essential criteria (Disability Confident Employer)
Ready to make an impact? Apply today and help us build a sustainable future together.
Smurfit Westrock reserve the right to only shortlist candidates who meet both the Essential and Desirable Criteria.
We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.
We practice equality of opportunity in employment and select the best person for the job.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
