Finance Graduate Programme - February 2025 intake

Do you want to be part of a finance team that influences key business decisions and be right at the heart of all the action? Dive right into exciting projects and learn on the job while studying for your CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification.

Find out first-hand what it’s like to be a finance professional for a leading entertainment brand. Commercial Finance influences key business decisions. Support new product launches. Advise on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a game-changing piece of technology. Manage company-wide budgets and gain experience in our Corporate Finance team.

And enjoy a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things – with diversity and inclusion networks, paid volunteering days and a supportive graduate community. There’s only one place you’ll see action like this in your career – and that’s Sky.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll go on three, year-long placements, spanning the entire business. From content and channels to product development and technology, sales, and strategy. Plus, you’ll be financially supported to study for your CIMA qualification while gaining relevant experience –meaning that you’ll be able to join the world’s largest and leading professional body of Management Accountants.

Through your business rotations, you’ll learn how to set budgets and track against them, develop business cases to support projects and investment decisions, analyse data to provide key insight, and collaborate with teams across the business to meet and exceed our business targets.

You’ll have our full support to study for your CIMA qualification – with fully funded study and exam days and graduate committee guidance. At Sky your team will support you to make sure your exams can be your number one priority.

What we’re looking for

The one essential requirement is that you have or will be graduating soon. It doesn’t matter what your degree is in. We’re much more interested in your passion for numbers and the drive and ambition you can bring to the team.

Other skills we’re looking for include:

• A problem-solver
• Collaborative and great with people
• A self-starter, eager to drive change in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Your application journey

• Step 1 – Submit your application.
  
  We’ll be asking for your personal details, academic information and anything else that you think would be relevant such as work experience.
  
  Once your application has been submitted, you’ll be invited to complete our immersive digital assessments. This may land in your junk folder so don’t forget to check it.
  
  
• Step 2 – Complete our two online digital assessments.
  
  These look at your Sky fit and your business fit. Why not pop onto our dedicated Prep hub to familiarise yourself with some of these digital assessments before completing them.
  
  You’ll also have the opportunity to practice each of these assessments beforehand, so please read our email instructions carefully. We’ve added some tips to help you along the way.
  
  
• Step 3 – Attend our virtual assessment centre
  
  For the final stage of your application, we’ll invite you to our virtual assessment centre and give you some tasks to get to know you better. The day will give you a practical insight into what it’s like to work in Finance and will assess your aptitude for this programme.
  
  Once you’ve completed your assessment day, we’ll let you know when you can expect to hear back from us.

Reasonable adjustments – if you need us to make any adjustments to help you complete any stage of your application, let us know you submit your application and someone from our Early Careers team will get in touch.

Where developing you begins

Enjoy an action-packed, learning experience with us as part of your graduate programme. We’ll help you grow into a great future leader, with the right tools and support. Our 2-year learning and development programme sits alongside your graduate programme and supports you during your programme and beyond.

Plus, you’ll have access to a range of tools, from workshops to digital courses through Sky Learn which will help you along the way. It’s a journey and we want you to see your progress, so you’ll get your very own development report to track your success.

Our support doesn’t end there. You’ll join a cohort of grads on the same journey as yourself and we’ve also got an Emerging Talent community setup to support early talent in Sky. They host regular events and talks on topics important to young people starting their career journeys.

Inclusion is important

It’s our people that make Sky Europe’s leading entertainment company. That’s why we work hard to be an inclusive employer, so everyone at Sky can be their best. CVs aren’t everything. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential what you’ll bring to Sky.

We celebrate diversity because different people, with different perspectives make Sky a better business. Our customers are incredibly diverse, so we should be, too.

So why wait?

Our graduate programme is designed to put you at the centre of the action. You’ll learn, grow and help make the magic of Sky happen. Whatever your background, skills or passions, there’s an opportunity for you to explore. A career at Sky is where better begins.

If you are successful in your application for this programme, your appointment will be subject to receiving a positive outcome from your Criminal Record Check.

Perks

Let’s not forget about the great perks. There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our fantastic range of benefits really are something special, here are our highlights: free Sky TV (for the TV you love all in one place), a generous pension, 25 days paid annual leave, discounted Mobile and broadband and private health care.

You’ll also get access to Sky Learn. Our new, group-wide learning platform, bringing all content under one roof, so developing new skills is simpler for everyone. You can search by skill and find courses, videos, podcasts and more, giving you greater control over your own
development and future career.

And if that’s not enough, each campus has its own perks such as subsidised restaurants/cafes and games rooms. Your campus may include a cinema, chill out sections, faith rooms, a gym, and more.

Due to high volumes, we may close applications earlier than expected, but no earlier than the 13th of October 2024.