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Finance-Summer Internship-London

Employer
Pontoon
Location
South East London, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
May 21, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Graduate
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Finance Summer Intern or Year in Industry Are you looking for a Summer Internship/ Year in Industry role that is technically challenging? Do you want a future that allows you to develop commercial acumen alongside your technical skills? Are you keen to have the opportunity to progress in a breadth of roles - technical or business? We are looking for under graduates who can answer "yes" to the above for our 2019 Finance Summer internships/ Year in Industry. If you are successful you will join Legal & General's well-regarded Finance community, which plays a pivotal role in our continued success. Finance is central to ensuring a profitable, well run insurance business and your work will support the success of a FTSE 100 company. Our Finance team work throughout the Group functions including Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Risk Analytics and Expense and Ledger Management. If you are successful you will join one of the Finance teams and typically be involved in: Supporting the delivery of financial information, reporting and advice (both external and management information and reporting) and ensuring appropriate financial reporting, MI, process and systems are in place to provide support to other business areas so that customers are treated fairly, in line with Legal & General's Customer Experience and TCF policy. Accurate record keeping in the ledger and daily process records, and timely and accurate filing and storage. Preparation of the reporting and MI required for internal and external regulatory reporting, audit and compliance. Build and maintain excellent working relationships and communications with other parts of the business to ensure delivery of effective processes and procedures. Understanding the key risk exposures for different types of life insurance products, i.e. the drivers of capital for different types of assets or liabilities. Perform, under guidance, the tasks necessary to enable the continuous improvement of the team's financial reporting systems, processes and actuarial reporting methodologies. End to end forecast and planning process, including Business Partnering discussions with cost centre managers to agree plan assumptions and agreeing revisions of assumption as part of a formal re-forecast. Building management information to have insight to better serve our customers as well as identifying strengths/weaknesses in our business. Ad hoc finance support on group projects as they arise. You must have a grade 'A' or above in A-Level Mathematics and be predicted a minimum of a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in any subject. However, we will also be looking for much more, including good communication, personal planning and organisation skills, plus the ability to work closely with others. You will need to show strong initiative in applying problem solving and analytical skills. Overall the successful candidate will be enthusiastic, inquisitive, adaptable and a good team player. The Summer Internships run from June to September, we can offer 6-12 weeks. You must be able to complete your internship in one block of time i.e. no more than 1 week break. or Year in Industry can run from September 2019 to August 2020. There is some flexibility on the start and end dates. Please note that all applications will be processed by our Recruitment Partner Pontoon

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