12-Month Finance Placement

About the role

Sage, a FTSE 100 company, is recruiting current university students for a 12-month finance placement in Newcastle upon Tyne, starting in August 2020. The placement sits within the European Finance Operations function, which covers Purchase to Pay (P2P), Order to Cash (O2C) and Record to Report (R2R). Students are matched to one of the three teams and support the wider team with transactional processes, keeping them compliant with business terms and Sage policies.

Key responsibilities

• Perform transactional processes to meet team deadlines and KPIs, prioritising workload and delivering an excellent service.
• Contribute to reporting, understanding and action plans around team KPIs and process controls under the Service Management Framework.
• Manage and investigate internal and external stakeholder queries, escalating where appropriate.
• Take part in process improvement projects: optimise processes, document them in a standardised way, eliminate waste and update the value stream map.
• Show a service culture and customer service orientation, and work with other finance and business teams to resolve issues.
• Own your personal development plan, take part in learning and development activities, and contribute to departmental and company-wide projects.
• Join Sage Foundation initiatives with the team and Early Careers groups.

Required profile

• Currently studying a Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance or a relevant subject, with an interest in a finance career after university.
• Eligible to undertake a 12-month placement as part of your degree.
• Only candidates currently studying and planning to return to university in 2021 will be considered.

Recruitment: apply online with a CV; shortlisted candidates receive a link to a video interview within a week, followed by an assessment centre held between February and April 2020.