Location: Osterley
Duration: 5 years
Salary: £25,650 p.a.
Qualification: Professional Accounting Taxation Technician Level 4 move onto level 7 (includes CIMA)
Start date: August 2025
Application closing date: Applications are due to close at 11:00 on 16th December 2024, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early. The earliest date we'll close applications is at 11:00 on 2nd December 2024.
About this programme
Join our Finance team 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. In Commercial Finance you will have the opportunity to influence key business decisions, support on new product launches, make recommendations on whether we should invest in a new TV show or a ground-breaking piece of technology as well as handle company-wide budgets. You’ll also enjoy a collaborative, caring culture that helps us achieve brilliant things. There’s only one place you’ll see action like this in your career – and that’s Sky.
What you’ll be doing
Develop your accounting skills over five years (one 2-year placement to help you settle into life at Sky, followed by three 1-year placements) that span the entire business: from content and channels to product development and technology, sales and strategy. Each role will present a new set of challenges and opportunities to develop your skillset.
You’ll have our full support to study for your CIMA qualification – with fully funded study and exam days, graduate committee guidance and access to a buddy and tutor support. At Sky your team will support you to make sure your exams can be your number one priority while gaining relevant work 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 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.
The qualification
Professional Accounting Taxation Technician Level 4 move onto level 7 (includes CIMA)
During your 5-year programme you’ll be working towards CIMA Certificate level (Level 4 qualification) and then move onto CIMA Professional Level (Level 7 qualification). You’ll cover modules on fundamentals of accounting, economics and management, leading to more advanced courses as you progress through your studies.
Training provided by Kaplan, who are the UKs largest accountancy training provider, with validated experience. Courses are taught through in-person classroom learning, Live online classroom sessions or On-demand online learning to suit your lifestyle and learning style.
What we’re looking for
You’ll need a minimum of five GCSEs A* – C (or equivalent grades 9-4), including English and Maths.
Other skills we’re looking for include:
Studying for A Levels or have already achieved (3 A-C or equivalent)
Commercially minded and a problem-solver
Collaborative and great with people
A self-starter, eager to inspire change in an exciting and dynamic environment.
To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK by the start date of the programme. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this programme.
