Costain Hiring for Graduate – Finance Job at Maidenhead, England Full Time

Start date: October 2021

As our Finance Graduate, you will develop your technical, leadership and management skills, initially working within Divisional Finance a base location of Maidenhead, with the opportunity of some home working.

Throughout the Graduate programme you will gain experience through working in a number of different areas:

Management accounting, business partnering and reporting with the Divisional Finance Function
Financial Control, compliance and external audit exposure
Corporate reporting, accounting standards, taxation and financial accounting through Group Finance Function
Budgeting and business planning with the FP&A function
Fiscal responsibility with the Treasury function

Making Finance Digital with the Automated Solutions Team
Project accounting at a project site

Costain offers a range of exciting development opportunities to accelerate your career and enable you to achieve your potential both during and after the Graduate Development Scheme.Your experience will support your progress in professional exams, and you should aim to be a qualified accountant by the end of the programme.

Salary: Private medical cover, pension, 25 days paid annual leave/year, salary reviewed every 6 months.

The Costain Graduate Development Scheme is an intensive 2-year programme designed to equip high flying graduates with the skills and experience required to take them forward in their career with the company. We can offer rotation opportunities after 12 months to another sector of the business. We offer mentoring and support in every area of work, as well as a structured training programme, which could include an accredited Further Learning Programme for Graduates. Graduates will work on a number of projects around the UK during the 2-year programme, in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels as rotation opportunities.

Costain offers a range of exciting development opportunities to accelerate your career and enable you to achieve your potential both during and after the Graduate Development Scheme.

Minimum 2:1 achieved or expected in a numerate degree, ideally with some credits towards a professional qualification.

To work on various projects over the 3 year programme throughout the UK, Costain Graduate core programme is 2 years and Finance Graduate Technical training/programme is 1 year. Due to the ongoing current pandemic situation, remote working will be available with travel to work on various projects over the 3 year programme throughout the UK as needed.

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