Finance Placement Year

at  Cooper Parry

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 flexible 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…:
Our team is a collection of former auditors, school leavers, qualified and part-qualified accountants, and annually we welcome an amazing intern (or 2). We work together to process our bills, costs and cash and provide internal and external information about our numbers. We are truly passionate about what we do, and we are on an exciting journey to embrace system changes, automation, and efficiency. We are evolving new ways of reporting and need someone to help support the finance team deliver the “business as usual” and the new ways of working later this year.
We’re no ordinary firm of accountants and business advisers. And this means we don’t give ordinary advice.
We’re straight-talking, we put people and relationships before products and services, and deliver a streamlined, client-focused service free from unnecessary red tape.
This is what’s made us the fastest growing firm of accountants in the UK… and our vision is to continue.

Over the last couple years alone, we have achieved some fantastic feats:

• Ranked No.1 in the Accountancy Age Mid-Tier Power Index in 2022
• Were Best Companies No.1 Accountancy Firm & No.30 Best Large Company to work for in the UK in 2023
• Became B Corp certified in 2023! Measuring and improving our impact beyond business for a brighter tomorrow

What’s in it for you…

We put our people at the heart of our culture. If our people love working here then they do amazing work, that’s why we offer things like:

• A flexible approach to work - balancing working from home, in office or with clients
• A generous holiday entitlement
• No dress code – just “wear something!”
• An amazing 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

We know everyone performs their best when they feel welcomed and supported to bring their whole selves to work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will work with you to ensure you have all you need to achieve your best.
Get in touch if you have any questions about our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion or about accessibility/accommodations during your application process.
Interested?
If you’d like to be considered for this role, please click apply, upload your CV and follow next steps, you can find out more about our process, please check out our “What to expect section!

• 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