Graduate - Financial Accounting

Chaucer; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance group in London is seeking candidates for a Financial Accounting graduate programme. Over three years, successful candidates will rotate through key finance teams, gaining practical experience while working towards an ACCA qualification. The programme offers a starting salary of £34,000, with annual increases and bonuses, and hybrid working opportunities. Ideal candidates should enjoy working with numbers and have strong analytical skills. This is a unique opportunity to become a qualified accountant in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Benefits

£500 signing on bonus

26 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Flexible working options

£175 monthly allowance for tech products or gym membership

2 CSR days for community involvement

Qualifications

• Unrestricted right to work in the UK.
• A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline.
• 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C).
• GCSE in Maths and English - grade 4 (C) or equivalent.
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through key finance teams including Financial Planning, Reporting, and Tax.
• Gain practical experience preparing financial reports.
• Work towards ACCA qualification over three years.

Skills

Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

Analytical thinking

Ability to communicate complex information simply

Team collaboration

Education

Minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline

3 or more A-Levels or equivalent

GCSE in Maths and English - grade 4 (C) or equivalent

Job description

Financial Accounting graduate programme

At Chaucer, Finance isn’t just about balancing the books—it’s about shaping the future.

We’re the team that strategizes, leverages technology, and drives decisions that fuel growth. As markets evolve and technology transforms the financial landscape, we’re at the forefront—analysing data, monitoring trends, ensuring compliance, and unlocking opportunities.

You’ll gain experience analysing data, preparing financial reports by building partnerships, driving confidence and underpinning the success of the company. Over three years, you’ll rotate through key finance teams, including:

• Financial Planning & Business Partnering - All aspects of financial planning, analysisand forecasting
• Financial Reporting – deliver Group consolidated and Syndicate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statutory and regulatory reporting
• Tax - Manage tax risk, ensure tax compliance for the Chaucer Group
• Finance Operations - ensure that financial information is available in a timely and accurate manner for onwards reporting and decision making purposes.

You’ll gain practical experience while working towards your ACCA qualification. By the end of the programme, you’ll be a fully qualified accountant ready to make a meaningful impact.

Why Chaucer

We empower our people to excel. Our people are a team of leaders. Experts in their fields, top performers – who collaborate, without hierarchy. Together we’ve created an exciting and successful business, and we know that it’s our people who define and drive this success. That’s why the growth, development and wellbeing of our employees is so important to us. We work hard to make sure careers at Chaucer are challenging, inspiring and rewarding and that the environment is ambitious and supportive.

Location: London, at our offices in the Scalpel building in the heart of the city. We offer hybrid working, with a mix of office and home days that works for you and the team.

What we offer:

£34,000 with annual salary increases and bonus for qualification progression.

£500 signing on bonus

26 days holiday plus option to buy or sell to meet your needs

3 year fixed term contract with the opportunity to apply for permanent roles at the end

Enjoy excellent benefits such as private medical insurance, pension, season ticket loan, and flexible options with a £175 monthly allowance for tech products, gym membership, cycle-to-work schemes, or charitable donations.

You also get 2 CSR days where you get the opportunity to make a really difference to local communities and charities that matter to you.

Your Development – You’ll get

• Challenging, stretching and rewarding work right from the start in each area of our finance teams
• Our full support and guidance to achieve your ACCA qualification
• A structured development plan to support your professional and soft skills development
• An in-house experienced buddy and mentor, to help show you the ropes and support you on your journey
• lots of opportunities to get involved in groups outside of your day to day work to grow your network, learn from others and give back to the community through our CSR initiatives.

After the programme

At the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to apply for a permanent role in one of our teams that interests you.

Is it the graduate programme for you?

• Love working with numbers?
• Enjoy working through complex analytical information and problems and getting stuck into a challenge?
• Passionate about technology?
• Are you able to communicate the complicated in a simple way?
• Do you enjoy working collaboratively and building strong relationships?

If this sounds like you, and you want to continuously learn and go the extra mile this is the programme for you.

What you need

• Unrestricted right to work in the UK
• A minimum 2.2 degree in any discipline
• 3 or more A-Levels or equivalent (A-C)
• GCSE in Maths and English - grade 4 (C) or equivalent
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

ABOUT US

Chaucer is a leading insurance group at Lloyd’s, the world’s specialist insurance market. We help protect industries around the world from the risks they face. Our customers include major airlines, energy companies, shipping groups, global manufacturers and property groups.

Our headquarters are in London, and we have international offices in Bermuda, Copenhagen, Dubai and Singapore to be closer to our clients across the world. To learn more about us please visit our website.

Chaucer is committed to diversity, actively values difference and respects people regardless of the protected characteristics which are outlined in the Equality Act 2010 (UK legislation) as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive 2006 (EU legislation).

A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace are core to our success as a business and integral to our winning strategy and culture. We recruit from the widest available pool of talent, and our hiring, assessment and selection process is fair, free from bias and one which ensures we select the right person for the job, based on merit. We are committed to promoting a culture that actively values difference, and recognises that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect throughout their employment.

We are open to considering flexible working arrangements for all roles and encourage you to outline your needs during the interview process.