GSK
Finance Industrial Placement, UK 2025
A salary of £27,100 plus a bonus.
Job Function:
Finance
Job Type:
Full Time
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Based:
Closing date:
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Role
Overview of the Department
Finance is connected with everything we do here at GSK and, if you join us, you’ll use numbers to make a difference. We offer an independent viewpoint, driving decision-making and strategy across our organisation. We maximise profitability by managing cost, cash and return on investment.
This is your opportunity to be part of a team that prides itself on delivering excellence!
If you have a passion for numbers and drive to make decisions based on your analyses, we are the right placement for you. We can promise a great learning and development experience throughout your year with us! An accounting or finance background is not necessary as you will gain all the skills you require on the job.
Key Placement Activities
Each of our placements in finance is as different as the areas they support: Tax, Transfer Pricing, Global Supply Chain, Compliance, Finance Capabilities. Wherever you are placed you will be guaranteed to gain both technical and interpersonal skills.
Working with stakeholders at different levels across the business.
Questioning and challenging current processes to drive improvement.
Develop presentation skills.
Working cross-functionally with other teams.
Analysing data and identifying issues.
Gaining an insight into what finance means in industry.
Developing your knowledge of financial systems and processes.
Opportunities to be involved in short and longer-term projects throughout the year.
These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
1. Eligibility Form
2. World of GSK Online Assessment
3. Written Assessment
4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
REQUIREMENTS
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in any subject
Please read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying.
Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.
If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start date: July 2025
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £27,100 plus a bonus.
Role Closing:
We anticipate that this role will close in early December. We encourage you to apply early, as this role may close if sufficient applications are received.
You must register your details and submit your eligibility questionnaire before the role closes to be considered. You will then have additional time to complete the subsequent assessments.
Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:
Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
Communication (written & verbal)
Time management
Problem-solving
Networking
Technical skills (detailed within each role description)
Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students. You will join IPUnite, GSK’s community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee and will receive access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare, and well-being programs.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
At GSK, we unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. Our goal is to improve the lives of billions across the world. By bringing together outstanding people in an inclusive environment, we can make an impact on a global scale.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply now!
We’re 100% open to ALL people
We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality, learning difference or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients and also because it’s the right thing to do.
You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK here.
Need help with your application?
Please email us at UK.InternRecruitment@gsk.com or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.
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