Sunday, 5 February 2017

Placement Vacancies with Deadlines Soon (Friday 03.02.17)


Dear Sandwich Students (Dept of Accounting, Finance & Economics)

 
The below placements are closing within the next couple of weeks! Don’t miss out! 

 
To view all vacancies that are soon to close click here   



WHO                                                              Pernod Ricard Group

WHERE                                                          Chiswick, England

HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING               £16,000


Are you looking for an undergraduate placement year that provides opportunity, real responsibility and recognition for high achievement?

Do you have the drive, desire and determination to succeed at a high level?

Do you have a genuine interest in Commercial/Category Development and the ambition to kick start your career in a fast paced and dynamic organisation?

We are part of the Pernod Ricard Group – co-leader of the global wines and spirits industry. We are proud to hold one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the sector, including 19 brands among the top 100 worldwide!

Our key brands include Absolut, Havana Club, Malibu, Lamb’s, Kahlúa, Monkey 47, Plymouth Gin, Chivas, Jameson, The Glenlivet, Martell, Perrier-Jouët, G.H. Mumm, Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo, Graffigna and Jacob’s Creek. We are responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of these premium spirits, wines and champagnes in the UK.

We’re looking to recruit a number of undergraduates with flair and motivation to join our bright futures programme, offering you a huge amount of invaluable business experience. You will have the chance to work for a world-class organisation, with world class recognisable brands in a highly exciting and fun industry.

You’ll work collaboratively with your line manager to set objectives at the beginning of the placement, which focus on business needs as well as your professional development. Your line manager will support you during your placement and will review your progress and development on a regular basis.

A successful placement may lead to a graduate offer - Time to impress!

What’s your role?

To assist the finance team in providing support to the business covering financial reporting, financial planning, analytical support and financial control.

What can you expect?


Here are just some of the things you can expect to get involved in:

• Producing financial reports to help understand business performance
• Supporting key finance processes, for example forecasting, budgeting and financial year end
• Analytical project work including analysing certain lines of the P&L to identify actionable recommendations


What’s in it for you?

Finance is at the heart of any business and this placement will provide an insight into how a finance department operates and its wider role in an organisation. You’ll build strong skills in excel and financial systems, and will play an important part in helping to deliver the finance agenda for the year. You’ll also get the chance to attend some of our fantastic corporate events to fully immerse yourself in our desirable brands. In return we’re looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, ambitious individual with great interpersonal skills.

What do we require?


Applicants must:

• Be studying a recognised sandwich undergraduate degree
• Be studying a Finance undergraduate degree, or a Business Management undergraduate degree with a strong interest in Finance
• Be on track to achieve 2:1 or above
• Have a minimum of 300 UCAS points over three subjects at A Level (or equivalent)
• Have eligibility to unrestrictedly work and live in the UK for the duration of the placement
• Be available to work for 13 months (to cover the start and end of our financial year, a key time for the Finance team!)

Placements will commence in June 2017 for successful candidates, and will be based in our West London offices in Chiswick. Current salary is £16,000 per annum, with 25 days holiday plus additional benefits.

The question is… Have you got the bottle?


WHO                                                  Ashfield Health Care

WHERE                                              Macclesfield

HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING             £15,250


Are you organised and process driven and looking for a university placement year? If so, then we want to hear from you ….
At Ashfield Healthcare Communications we live and breathe our values and are committed to excellence. Our people are the key to our success, powering consistent growth year on year. As such, connecting with new talent to join our team is fundamental to driving our business forwards. This is the place to grow your career.

So, what’s the job?
Each year we take on two talented students to complete their year in industry in our finance department. As Accounts Assistant you will be provided with an excellent opportunity to develop your accounts skills and technical accounting experience. You will support our client facing business teams handling travel and expense claims, reconciliation of employee expenses and assist with the making and recording of foreign payments. You will be responsible for ensuring data entry of purchase invoices, sales invoices and general ledger journals are accurate. You will also manage the maintenance of prepayments and overhead spreadsheets to produce reports for monthly accounts. Your role will support the wider finance team projects including our annual audit, following up on incoming and outgoing enquiries across the business and using various accounts software.
Ashfield are in the process of implementing a new finance system. This is an exciting and challenging time for an intern to join an evolving finance function; to support the changeover to the new system, and assist in the roll out of this new system to the wider business.

Who is the ideal candidate?
You must be achieving an average score of a 2:1 or above in your degree. You will be highly organised with a keen eye for details. A good knowledge of Excel is essential and an understanding of a finance department would be a considerable advantage. You will use your own initiative to prioritise your workload and problem solve while flagging to senior members of the team when appropriate. This role is fast paced and will involve working on different tasks with varied deadlines so a calm, methodical approach and the ability to multi task is key. Team work, energy and enthusiasm are a must!

 

 

 

WHO                                      DriveWorks Ltd

WHERE                                  Thelwall, Cheshire, North West England, United Kingdom

WHAT ARE THEY PAYING £15,000

 

 

Drive works is a UK based software company with global sales. More than 2 million product designers and engineers worldwide use SolidWorks 3D Design Software and DriveWorks software products. We are growing rapidly, investing in our people and resources – it’s a great time to join us!

What about the job?

Working directly for the Operations Manager, you will have a variety of responsibilities:

• Use Sage 50 Accounts to create customer invoices and input monthly transactions
• Create customer quotations for annual software subscription
• Be responsible for most day to day procurement
• Responding to customer enquiries via email and telephone
• Organising internal events and creating weekly newsletters
• Managing the paper and electronic filing systems using Microsoft SharePoint
• Ensuring the offices stay clean and tidy and carrying out regular checks and risk assessments
• Receive a salary of £15,000 pa.
• Become a key player in a dynamic team!
We are committed to developing our people and having fun! You will greatly enhance your business and finance skills and knowledge of company operations. You will also be working at the forefront of technology, in a highly competitive and commercially oriented environment.

Our Company culture is open and fun, but intense. You will need to be able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Working directly for the Operations Manager means you will have a lot of key responsibilities, so we are looking for someone who is great at multi-tasking, has excellent time management, very organised and can work alone to tight deadlines.

Most of our students aren’t from the North West. Because of this we can often assist with finding accomodation for the successful candidate. Students who excel during their placement year may be invited back to join our Graduate Training Program.

What are we looking for?


A reliable, resourceful and highly organized person. We are looking for someone who pays attention to detail and will work to finish a task. An interest in technology is desirable.

You should have an interest in technology and be studying a business or finance degree or similar. Success at A level English and Maths could be valuable. As you will be communicating with our Resellers and Users, excellent verbal and written skills are essential.

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Cara Walker| Placement & Project Coordinator | (Working days are Wed AM,  All day Thurs & Fri )

Manchester Metropolitan University Business School | All Saints Campus| Oxford Road | Manchester | M15 6BH |

Direct Line: 0161 247 3382


 

Placement Team: 0161 247 3711 or businessplacements@mmu.ac.uk  

Twitter: @MMUPlacements

 

For more information on Placement opportunities: http://www.business.mmu.ac.uk/business/placements.php

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