Finance Placement Year

About the role

Ready to kickstart your finance career in 2025? If you love finding out what makes things tick and building relationships with like-minded people, we’ve got the role for you.

If you’re looking for a placement year as part of your undergraduate degree – our pathway can help you put your best foot forward on the road to being a qualified accountant.

Our Finance teams are based at our East Midlands office.

The start date for this role will be Mid July 2025 ensuring you get a smooth handover from our current placement students before they return to their studies.

About you...

Here at Cooper Parry, we’re in it together . All we ask of our people is that they play all in , continuously strive to keep learning – whether they are a trainee or a Partner – and be brave , willing to step out of their comfort zone and tackle new challenges. And above all of that, be nice !

A placement year at Cooper Parry is not "a year out” – you will need to be committed and curious about finance and its role in a growing and successful business , how everything you do contributes to the way the business delivers its objectives. The more you put into your finance placement at Cooper Parry the more you benefit, and we have seen our successful placements return to finance and secure graduate roles in Cooper Parry and other professional firms on completion of their studies.

• Our minimum requirement would be to have completed a minimum of 3 A Levels or equivalent with grades BBC (with a minimum of one A Level in numerical or business-related subjects)
• You should currently be studying at a UK University and seeking an undergraduate placement year.

At Cooper Parry we are mindful of candidates who may have extenuating circumstances whilst completing their education and did not meet the minimum academic requirements. We would be open to discuss and explore the pathway that matches you the best and welcome you to apply for the role, but please notify us of your extenuating circumstances that affected your results.

So, we look for people who...

• Passion for Financial Information and Data
• Enjoys being organised and providing support to the finance team
• Comfortable in adaptable working – working for different members of the team and on a variety of tasks
• Ability to work independently but also a true team player
• Great attention to detail & excellent communication skills
• Able to work well under pressure
• Self-motivated to learn on the job and embrace CP’s passion for learning
• Able to pick things up quickly and get on with the job

About the day to day

• Carry out transactional work such as raising invoices, processing expenses and invoices
• Prepare routine and ad hoc financial information for the business, these maybe through scorecards, dashboards, reports
• Prepare and analyse data from multiple systems as and when required
• Continuous improvement of existing processes and systems are encouraged by all members of the team

About us

We’ve been dubbed ‘the rebels of accountancy’. So, we don’t give run-of-the-mill advice.

We’re straight-talking. Never afraid to share our opinions. We put people and relationships before products and services, and deliver a streamlined, client-focused service – free from unnecessary red tape.

That’s how we’ve become the fastest-growing accountancy firm in the UK, and we’ve never been the type to rest on our laurels.

Over the last couple of years alone, we’ve achieved some fantastic feats:

• Partnered with Waterland Private Equity in July 2022, and are now on a lightning-fast growth journey
• Ranked No.1 in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index in 2022
• Best Companies’ No.1 Accountancy Firm & No.30 Best Large Company to Work For in the UK
• Became B Corp Certified in 2023 and we’re still the UK’s largest accountancy B Corp, measuring and improving our impact beyond business for a brighter tomorrow
• Came No.3 overall at the Inspiring Workplace Awards in 2024, against all businesses of all sizes in the UK and Ireland. We were recognised as "Best-in-class” for Inspiring Culture and Purpose, Wellbeing, Employee Voice and Employee Experience

What's in it for you?

Our people are the beating heart of our culture. We know that if you love working here, and you’re given the trust and autonomy to work in a way that best suits you, you’ll produce amazing results.

That’s why we offer things like:

• An adaptable approach to work - balancing working from home, in office or with clients
• A generous holiday entitlement
• An enhance parental leave policy
• No dress code – just "wear something!”
• A multi-award-winning wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental, spiritual, and financial health
• Volunteering opportunities to work closer with local communities and charities
• Cooper Parry social/sports clubs

Feeling supported and welcomed is such a big part of bringing your whole self to work. As an equal opportunities employer, we’ll work with you to ensure you have everything you need to develop your skills and achieve your best.