Females into Finance Insight Week

Curious how your knack for numbers can create real impact? Even for behind the scenes of your favourite shows? Wondering where a career in commercial finance could take you after university? If you can blend analytical thinking with the confidence to communicate across teams, Sky’s Commercial Finance Insight Week is your launchpad.

Our Finance crew sits at the heart of every bold decision, from backing cutting-edge tech to bringing must-see TV to millions. It’s where business smarts meet creative ambition, every single day.

Don’t miss your chance to dive into the world of commercial finance at Sky. Spend a week learning, networking, and exploring what it really means to power a leading entertainment and technology business. You’ll connect with inspiring teams from across the company and get an insider’s view of the diverse careers you could carve out with us.

At Sky, we believe diverse perspectives make us better. Whoever you are and wherever you’re starting from, we want students from all backgrounds to feel confident applying to this Insight Week.

Impress us during this Insight Week for a shot at our 2027 Finance Summer Internship programme.

About our Finance Summer Internship programme – starting July 2027

Kick off your commercial finance career at Sky with our eight-week Summer Internship, right here in Osterley, West London. Get hands-on with real business projects, explore how finance powers innovation and entertainment, work with brilliant teams, and present your ideas to senior leaders. Stand out, and you could land a spot on our 2028 Graduate Programme.

Important information:

When:

Monday 13th to Friday 17th April 2026

Timing:

From 9am to 5pm

Where:

Osterley Campus, Sky, 1 Grant Way, Isleworth, TW7 5QD

What you’ll be getting up to during our Insight Week

• Opportunities to shadow current Finance Graduates.

• Complete a real-life Finance project.

• Explanation of the CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification, including top tips on how to be successful from current employees in Finance.

• An insight into our Finance Summer Internship programme, including how to set and track budgets, develop business cases to support projects, and how to interpret data.

• Learn tips on how to succeed in our application process.

• Connect with people working at Sky, from graduates to senior managers and develop your network. Hear about their experiences and how they went from university to working life.

Friday 17th April of this Insight Week will be dedicated to an Assessment Centre for our 2027 Finance Summer Internship programme.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for first-year undergraduates (or second-year students on a four-year course) from any subject who are keen to explore a career in commercial Finance. Successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK by the time our Finance Summer Internship kicks off in July 2027. Unfortunately, we can't offer sponsorship for these roles.

Other skills we’re interested in:

• Great communicator – both written and spoken.

• Good eye for detail.

• A people person with organisational skills.

• Proactive and always looking to make things better.

• Problem solver who tackles challenges head-on.

We welcome applications from everyone and especially encourage women to apply, as part of our commitment to gender equality.

The application process

Step 1 – Submit your application on our system. We'll ask for your personal details, academic information, and anything else you think would be relevant, such as work experience.

Once your application has been submitted, you'll be invited to complete our immersivendigital assessments. This may land in your junk folder, so don't forget to check it.

Step 2 – Complete our online digital assessments. These help us understand how you think, solve problems and approach different situations. Head to our Prep Hub to get to know the assessments before you start.

You’ll also have the chance to practise each one, including the immersive online test and the numerical reasoning test, so make sure to check the email we’ve sent you for all the details. We’ve added some tips to help you feel confident on the day.

If you have any questions about travel expenses or your application, just drop us a line.

Application deadline

Applications are due to close on 16th March 2026, however, if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early. The earliest date we will close applications is 2nd March 2026.