Finance Graduate Programme

Asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail organization is offering a Finance Graduate Programme, allowing you to experience various finance areas while studying for a CIMA qualification. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of a 2:2 degree and a passion for finance and customer service. The program includes a combination of on-the-job learning and mentorship, preparing you for managerial roles in a dynamic environment. Excellent benefits include a company pension, colleague discount, and wellness services.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to understand financial data and market conditions.
• Ability to collaborate with teams and lead initiatives.
• Effective communication skills for engaging with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Explore different areas of finance within a dynamic retail environment.
• Study and achieve CIMA management accounting qualification.
• Lead a team in the third year of the programme.

Skills

Customer obsession

Curiosity and inquisitiveness

Proactive approach

Integrity and trust

Ambition to lead

Education

Minimum 2:2 degree across any subject area

Job description

Overview

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: General / Other - SF

Closing Date: 23 November 2025

Asda's 3-year Finance Graduate Programme offers you the opportunity to experience 3 different specialisms within our finance function including controllership, commercial finance and by your third year you could even find yourself leading a team. Whilst studying the CIMA qualification at Asda, you\'ll gain a breadth of experience and commercial acumen, achieving chartered status upon completion.

About Asda

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.

We do over 300m worth of transactions in our stores each week and our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 140,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

What 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, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced 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.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

Find your role

A career in Finance can offer many opportunities:

Our Accounting teams enable you to build financial acumen and accounting knowledge to ensure the numbers present a true and fair reflection of the business.

In our Commercial Finance teams, we work hand in hand with the business to understand the market and act in ways which will make a difference to our customers.

Our Finance Centres of Excellence develop deep subject matter expertise in Tax, Treasury, Pensions Audit and Investor Relations

We also have many project teams that lead the optimisation of Finance systems, processes and significant change initiatives.

Programme details

On our 3-year Finance Graduate Programme, from day 1 you will be exposed to a fast paced, dynamic retail environment, exploring different areas of finance. Whilst studying for the CIMA management accounting qualification you\'ll develop a wide range of accounting skills, whilst putting your new knowledge into practice.

You\'ll be heavily supported throughout your studies by senior mentors, buddies, internal development and assigned time to complete both your learning modules and prepare for your exams.

This is an ambitious programme where you will progress at pace but equally be supported and rewarded throughout. By the end of the programme, you\'ll have all the tools you need to step into a managerial position, but your development won\'t stop there. Beyond this we will continue to support your development and progression at Asda.

It\'s an amazing time to join with the Finance function being at the forefront of Asda\'s transformation programme. We are progressing well to have new processes, bespoke systems, and a focus on customer insight to drive company performance and achieve our growth objectives.

As part of the graduate programme, successful candidates will also have the opportunity to complete a finance placement in the manufacturing side of our business, IPL, Forza and Kober where products are sourced from over 50 countries to ensure supply of fresh produce, wine, nuts, dried fruit, bacon, and cooked meats for our customers. The rotation will be based at IPL\'s Manufacturing Head Office in Normanton, West Yorkshire (approx. 10 miles from Leeds). This placement offers exposure to a highly sustainable supplier operation focused on improving product quality, availability, and value for Asda.

Requirements

Minimum 2:2 degree across any subject area

Right to work within the UK and have been resident in the UK, the British Overseas Territories, or Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous three years before the start of the CIMA Apprenticeship (visit: www.Gov.uk for further information).

You\'ll have bags of curiosity and a desire to understand the Asda Business and the wider Grocery market, through:

Obsession with the Customer

Curious, inquisitive and proactive approach

Colleague empowerment and inclusivity

Focus on delivering long-term benefits delivered through growth, change and continuous improvement

Honesty, integrity and trust

Ambition to lead and develop others

Desire to network, build relationships and deliver through others.

Application process

Take time to complete your online application, it really is the best way to make a good first impression. Once we received your application, we use a range of techniques to narrow down the field and help us find our ideal candidates.

If you are successful at each stage, you will progress to the next. This will include:

• A short, blended personality and numerical assessment
• Three, quick video interview questions
• A half-day assessment centre, where you will meet the team and find out more about the programme.

If you are successful, we will ask you to come and join ASDA in September 2026.

Applications may close before the deadline so please register your interest as soon as possible.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

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 programmes.