Finance Work Experience Placement

Job description

As the successful candidate, your placement will be within the Finance department focusing on the following areas:

1. Treasury. You will be involved in looking at the cash book receipts and payments and the reconciliation of bank statements.
2. Tax. You will learn about the different types of taxes that businesses have to pay.
3. Payroll. You will spend time understanding the role of a payroll administrator and the importance of keeping to tight deadlines.
4. Management accounts. You will learn about how costs are budgeted and monitored by cost centres.

By the end of the placement, you will have a good understanding and be able to confidently identify the key objectives within the Safran Landing Systems Finance function.

Complementary description

There are two weeks available for this work placement. Please specify in your covering letter which is your preferred week:

22nd – 26th June
6th – 10th July

Please note that the deadline for applications is Friday 20th March 2020

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 92,000 employees and sales of 21 billion euros in 2018. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes Research & Development programs to meet fast-changing market requirements, with total R&D expenditures of around 1.5 billion euros in 2018.

Safran is ranked among the Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters and is featured on the "Happy at work" rankings. The Group places fourth on the Universum ranking for the favorite companies of newly-qualified engineers in France.

Safran Landing Systems is the world leader of aircraft landing and braking systems. The company has partnerships with 30 airframers in civil, regional, commercial and military transport, and supports 27,000 aircraft that operate around 70,000 landings daily.

Desired profile

Job requirements

Due to legal restrictions, you must be at least 15 years old and within academic year 10-12 upon application.

You will be self-motivated, hard working and enthusiastic with some knowledge of Microsoft Office programs such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint. A keen interest in aerospace and engineering is desirable but not essential.

Within your cover letter, please consider 3-5 skills you would be keen to develop during your placement. If successful, you will be provided with a log book to monitor and develop the skills identified.

Specificity of the job

None - Gloucester Site Only

Company information

Safran Landing Systems

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 92,000 employees and sales of 21 billion euros in 2018. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes Research & Development programs to meet fast-changing market requirements, with total R&D expenditures of around 1.5 billion euros in 2018.

Safran is ranked among the Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters and is featured on the "Happy at work" rankings. The Group places fourth on the Universum ranking for the favorite companies of newly-qualified engineers in France.

Safran Landing Systems is the world leader of aircraft landing and braking systems. The company has partnerships with 30 airframers in civil, regional, commercial and military transport, and supports 27,000 aircraft that operate around 70,000 landings daily.