Finance Graduate Programme

Asda Stores Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched 15%

Colleague discount in store and online

Wellbeing services access (Wagestream)

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is launching a Finance Graduate Programme in the UK. The 3-year rotation spans Controllership, Commercial Finance, FP&A and Specialist Finance teams, with dedicated study time toward the CIMA qualification through Kaplan Financial.

The role is full-time, hybrid with a minimum of 3 days in Asda House, Leeds, and will accelerate your finance career in one of the UK’s largest retailers. You’ll gain hands-on experience from day one, rotate across teams, and receive mentoring,

Qualifications

• Open to graduates from any degree discipline.
• Willing to study towards the CIMA qualification while working.
• Rotations through Controllership, Commercial Finance, FP&A and Specialist Finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning, forecasting and budgeting activities.
• Provide analysis and insight to support key business decisions.
• Partner with stakeholders across the business to improve performance.
• Support month-end reporting and financial controls.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Curious

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Education

Any degree accepted

Job description

Job Title: Finance Graduate Programme

Location: Asda House

Employment Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent, Graduate (Fixed Term)

Hours per Week: 37.5

Salary: Competitive salary

Category: Financial Planning & Analysis

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

Ready to accelerate your Finance career? Join one of the UK’s biggest retailers and gain hands-on finance experience while studying towards a professional CIMA accountancy qualification. Our 3-year Finance Graduate role is functionally led, so you’ll develop deep expertise while rotating through a range of specialisms – including Controllership, Commercial Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Specialist Finance teams such as Tax Treasury and Investor Relations. Through a series of structured placements, you’ll build your technical knowledge, commercial awareness and leadership capability, taking on significant responsibility as your career progresses. At the same time, you’ll study towards your CIMA accounting qualification with Kaplan Financial, working towards becoming a Chartered Management Accountant while applying your learning in a real business environment from day one.

Everything about Asda

We are a values-led organisation. As such, we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input. Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant. With annual sales of £26bn and websites that handle over 2 million transactions a month, we are a business with over 130,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

Everything you’ll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched 15%
• colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream
• 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline
• discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments

Find your role

Finance plays a critical role in every decision we make at Asda. Whether that’s helping us invest in growth, understanding customer behaviour, improving performance, or ensuring strong financial control, our teams are at the heart of the business. Throughout the role, you’ll gain exposure to a variety of areas, including:

• Commercial Finance – Partnering with teams across the business to influence decisions, support trading performance, and deliver great outcomes for customers
• Controllership & Accounting – Ensuring financial accuracy, maintaining robust controls, and providing insight into business performance
• Specialist Finance teams – where you can build expertise across areas such as Tax, Treasury, Audit, Pensions, and Investor Relations

You’ll also get to know our stores, depots and supply chain, giving you a first‑hand understanding of our customers, colleagues, and operations, and helping you see how finance decisions impact our business every day.

What you could be working on

• Supporting financial planning, forecasting and budgeting activities
• Providing analysis and insight to support key business decisions
• Partnering with stakeholders across the business to improve performance
• Supporting month‑end reporting and financial control processes
• Identifying risks and opportunities through data analysis
• Contributing to finance transformation and continuous improvement projects
• Producing reports and presentations for senior stakeholders
• Helping to maintain robust financial governance and controls

This role is designed to accelerate your career. Alongside valuable on-the-job experience, you’ll receive dedicated study time, access to senior mentors and buddies, structured development opportunities, and support throughout your CIMA qualification journey. We’ll challenge you, invest in you, and give you the confidence, skills, and experience needed to progress into future leadership opportunities within Finance and beyond. With Finance at the centre of Asda’s “Formula for Growth”, there’s never been a more exciting time to join. We’ve recently completed our technology separation from our previous owner Walmart, investing in new systems, processes, and ways of working that will shape the future of the business and create opportunities for talented graduates to make a real impact.

Let’s find out about you

We’re looking for ambitious, curious individuals who are excited by business, motivated by learning and eager to make a difference. Your degree discipline doesn’t matter to us. Whether you’ve studied Finance, Economics, History, Engineering, Languages or anything else, you’ll receive full technical finance training as part of your CIMA qualification, so no prior accounting knowledge or experience is needed. What matters most is your curiosity, your commercial mindset and your motivation to build a career in Finance.

You’ll be

• Passionate about a career in the retail industry
• A strong analytical thinker with excellent problem‑solving skills
• Curious and keen to understand how businesses operate
• Proactive and willing to take ownership of your work and development
• A confident communicator who can build strong relationships
• Collaborative and committed to working inclusively with others
• Resilient, adaptable and focused on continuous improvement
• Commercially aware and interested in how financial decisions drive business performance
• Motivated to study towards a professional qualification
• Ambitious and excited by the opportunity to develop into a future leader

What you’ll gain

• A fully supported CIMA Accountancy qualification
• Dedicated study time to support your professional qualification
• Access to mentors, buddies and senior Finance leaders
• Experience across multiple areas of the Finance function
• Hands‑on responsibility and exposure to real business challenges from day one
• Structured development focused on technical, commercial and leadership capability
• The opportunity to build a strong professional network across Asda
• A clear pathway into future Finance and leadership opportunities

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are passionate about creating opportunities for everyone to thrive.

Requirements

You will need to work a minimum of three days per week in Asda House, Leeds. The three-day office attendance requirement may vary based on the specific team and its operational requirements.

All candidates must have the continuous right to work in the UK and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement. Asda do not provide sponsorship for our graduate and apprenticeship opportunities.

Asda is Reimagining Retail It’s hard for anyone to imagine how many different career possibilities there are at Asda. Ours is a big business, and beyond the roles you might be familiar with there are hundreds more you don’t often get to see. In fact, because our business is changing we’re creating new roles all the time! So take the time to look around.