Finance Placement

2 weeks ago

Solihull, Solihull, United Kingdom Gymshark Full time

As a Finance Placement Student, you will be integral to the Finance team with your mission to support with the financial and reporting needs of Gymshark.

The finance placement programme is split into two 6-month rotations covering aspects across both Core Finance & Management Information.

When you work for us, you're more than a placement student - you'll join our Gymshark family. We give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster and be the best version of themselves. We work hard, sure, but we have fun while we do it.

Placement Start Date: 3rd July, 2023

Placement Duration: 13 Months (includes a one-month handover with the current placement student)

Location:
Solihull, West Midlands, UK

What you'll learn:

You will gain experience and knowledge of:
Core Finance

  • Learning about all things Accounts Payable, Treasury, Stock, Operations and assisting the team with daytoday tasks
  • Balance sheet controls accounts assisting with reconciliation reviews, investigation of discrepancies and unreconciling items
  • Helping the team with interim and yearend external audit procedures
  • Learning the reporting of creditors' and debtors' ledgers
  • Assisting in the development of financial policies, processes and working instructions
  • Coownership of our internal corporate card processes and training delivery
Management Information

  • Learning the prepayments and accruals processes
  • Assisting in preparation of management accounts, including flash accounts
  • Helping to prepare monthly commercial packs
  • Assisting in development and analysis of financial commercial insight
  • Assisting in the reconciliation and management of key balance sheet codes
  • Supporting all audit visits i.e., internal, external and contractual audits
  • Learning how to ensure compliance with all relevant accounting practices, procedures and policies of Gymshark
  • Maintaining strict confidentiality in all sensitive matters & adhering to all regulatory legislation

What you'll need
We're not about box-ticking, a placement year is about developing you.

To be successful for a placement at Gymshark, you will:

  • Be passionate about learning and developing your skills
  • Be an effective communicator
  • Work successfully within a team environment and independently
  • Have good relationship building skills
  • Be able to manage and prioritise your time effectively
  • Thrive in a fastpaced environment
For a Finance placement with us, you may also have:

  • Excellent Excel skills and technologically proficient with a willingness to learn new systems
  • Able to work with sensitive data with appropriate confidentiality and professionalism
  • Be a selfstarter who is ready for anything

What you'll get:


We offer a diverse and inclusive culture, a supportive and sociable work environment, plus ample opportunities for professional growth, development, and networking.


  • Plus, just to mention some of our perks _
25 days holidays + your birthday and all the Bank Holidays which can be substituted and taken whenever you want
A tailored and individualised placement approach
A truly Flexible Working Culture
A collaborative, creative and inspiring working environment
50% Gymshark Discount
Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
Great Training and Learning Resources
Choice of hardware and access to the best software
Paid time off when you're physically and mentally unwell
Refuel - Healthy fresh food at GSHQ
‍ Lifting Club (LC) Gym Membership
Free monthly massages

What happens next?

Application Outcomes:
Mid-April

Video Interview Outcomes:
End of April
If successful, you will be invited to an assessment centre at Gymshark HQ, Solihull, in May 2023.

Please note:

Our placements opportunities are open to both those completing a placement year as part of their university course or recent graduates.


About Gymshark
From a garage in Birmingham to a global billion-dollar company, Gymshark is constantly evolving. Today, we exist to unite the conditioning community. We pride ourselves on being a team of grafters, innovators and visionaries. But above all else, we are a family. Our family is ambitious and hard-working. We're committed and consistent. We're passionate and progressive. Simply put, we're different.


We are dedicated to finding talented individuals to join our Gymshark family, people that can bring an exemplary level of skill and add to our culture by sharing the same values and beliefs that make us who we are - visionary.

If you've got something no-one else has, we want you. Be a part of inventing Gymshark's future.

Gymshark is an equal opportunity employer.

The people that drive our success and infectious culture each come with their own unique set of thoughts, beliefs, cultures, identities, background and body.

We're different because we celebrate difference. That's what the Gymshark family is - diverse, inclusive, equal.

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