Melrose Global Graduate Programme (Finance)
Date: Jan 17, 2025
Location: Birmingham, GB
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
What You'll Be Doing
As part of our Finance Graduate Programme, you can expect:
• Supporting day-to-day finance operations through rotations across multiple finance domains.
• Rotations in key areas such as Financial Performance & Analysis and Finance Control & Compliance.
• Assisting teams in areas like monthly reporting, budgeting, and gaining a deep understanding of the finance function’s core purpose.
• Becoming a finance specialist, building relationships with both the business and the wider finance community, and using bespoke analysis to influence decision-making.
• Learning and working with finance systems and tools that support efficient finance delivery.
• Supporting improvement projects and leading initiatives for timely and accurate data delivery.
• Preparing and analysing revenue and cost data.
• Contributing to risk management efforts and driving change initiatives.
We are deeply committed to your growth and success. Throughout the programme, you’ll benefit from our onboarding and structured development initiatives, as well as the support and networking opportunities offered through our Global Graduate Community.
Additionally, you’ll have the chance to engage in activities outside of your role, such as supporting local community initiatives or contributing to our young people strategy, with the encouragement and time to make a meaningful impact.
What You'll Bring
• Degree in Business Management, Finance or related field (2.1 or Higher)
• Good communication skills; fluent in English language, both written and spoken
• Perform well as member of a team
• An awareness of the Aerospace industry
What We'll Offer
- 24 month programme with a guaranteed permanent opportunity on Graduation.
- Variety of business value add / rewarding placements across different programs and locations
- Working at the forefront of engineering, technology and innovations
- International exposure opportunities
- A structured development journey
- Dedicated Home Manager, mentor and buddy to fully support you throughout your programme
- An opportunity to understand and therefore work to your personal strengths
- Competitive Salary
- High Level of Exposure to different parts of the business; sites, locations, customers, stakeholders
- An ambassador for the organisation at various events and functions as well as STEM and Future Careers events
- A member of the Global Graduate community
- We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
