Few financial organisations can match the breadth of involvement and responsibility that you’ll find at Nissan. Whether it’s reviewing existing budgets, supervising ledgers, setting new budgets for business plans, forecasting, assessing profitability or making costings for new models, you will have a hand in every area of our business.

Our Finance Placement Scheme at Nissan Paddington is an opportunity not to be missed. It’s your chance to join us for one year in a full time role and gain real industry experience – putting everything you’ve learnt so far into practice. Whether working in our Plant Finance, Shared Service Centre or European Controlling teams, the work is highly varied, challenging and rewarding.

As one of our Industrial Placements, you will have opportunities to play a key role not only in local operations – but have scope for involvement in regional and global matters. The pace will be fast and the expectations will be high, but prove yourself here and you could secure an exciting future with an industry leader.

What you'll need:

• Must be studying a finance-related degree
• Are able to partake in a 13-month placement as part of your course
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Ability to present data in a clear and structured manner
• Energetic, flexible and committed to supporting the team in achieving tight deadlines
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Challenging and flexible mind set
• Proactive nature; able to work independently and as part of a team
• Articulate and ability to influence beyond authority
• Good Microsoft Office skills would be an advantage, especially Excel

What you'll be doing:

The successful Finance Placement Scheme candidate will be sufficiently flexible to assume responsibility for any aspects of the following:

• Financial accounting and reporting
• Inventory reporting and control
• Product costing and logistics
• Business planning and forecasting
• Financial and process control
• Treasury and Corporate Governance
• Tax and Customs