Finance & Business Strategy Placement Interns 2025

Location: Weybridge

Are you an undergraduate student studying Accounting, Business, Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, or Mathematics? If so, we have a 12-month placement available starting in July 2025. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

We are seeking four proactive self-learners with a passion for numbers, data, reporting and analysing who want to become placement interns at Sony Europe ensuring that our commercial operations across the world are underpinned with sound financial practice!

Throughout this 12-month paid placement, you will be given the opportunity to not only expand your knowledge and gain valuable transferable skills but also to understand where your career could take you. Working within established teams, you will be offered experienced mentorship alongside multiple development opportunities.

Across Sony Europe’s internal departments, we offer four placement roles!

• Junior Logistics Analyst Intern
  
  

You will be supporting Sony Europe Logistics with various reports and analyses, providing visibility of key performance indicators of Sony’s logistics operations, and driving continuous improvement activities (Kaizen). Becoming part of a larger platform, you will participate in the execution of defined logistics procedures and processes within agreed service levels.

Throughout The Placement, You Will:

• Prepare monthly accruals, forecasts and budgets to analyse performance within Logistics in Sony Europe.
• Analyse the performance of demo products, V&S and various other departments and or countries.
• Preparing daily and weekly sales and volume reports to supervise progress and enhance operational planning.
• Analyse trends and patterns in delivery/customer profiles to support opportunities for cost-saving initiatives and sales & operational planning.
• Support the development of our Logistics operational shipment volume forecasting tool.
• Verify the accuracy of invoices received from logistics partners (Warehouses and Carriers) and be the first point of contact for Sony’s logistic service providers.
• Strategic Planning Intern
  
  

This role aims to provide an overview of the future financial outlook of Sony Europe alongside providing analytical and actionable insight to the senior management of broad finance divisions, such as the CFO, the Head of Corporate Planning, or the heads of business functional departments. Additionally, you will play a crucial role in advancing central initiatives, including sustainability projects.

Throughout The Placement, You Will:

• Consolidate financial reporting at the Sony Europe corporate level, including variance analysis and business insights.
• Provide insight from analysis of financial Key Performance Indicators of Sony Europe to drive corporate-level initiatives.
• Generate and deliver presentation on the above insights to senior management of the organisation.
• Analyse the European macroeconomic situation and future outlooks.
• Support project management of various corporate initiatives, involving high senior management exposure.
• Finance Strategy Planning and Communications Analyst Intern
  
  

Becoming a member of not one, but two important teams within Global Finance & Accounting team (GFA EU | NA) – the Finance Project Support & Planning team and the GFA EU | NA Internal Communications team! On one hand, you will be reviewing the project objectives and results against key performance metrics, while on the other hand support communications strategies to engage, inspire, and connect employees with our purpose and values, key initiatives and projects.

Throughout The Placement, You Will:

• Coordinate updates to project status tracking including delivery against timelines, resources and cost, alongside the monthly reporting and analysis of performance, costs, and headcount.
• Liaise with multiple partners to ensure the story behind the numbers is understood.
• Support various projects by preparing cases and financial models to ensure objectives are met and projects are delivered according to defined guidelines and timelines.
• Support in budget and forecast preparation and supervise performance to ensure adherence to financial targets.
• Build monthly reports for the department, showcasing performance in both financial and non-financial critical metrics.
• Contribute to the GFA EU | NA news agenda by coordinating or drafting articles related to e.g., key projects, personnel announcements, employee stories and administration of news posts.
• Support internal event management and employee award cycle and manage our homepage.
• Financial Controller Intern
  
  

You will be part of the Planning & Control Department and will support a team of controllers looking after the fixed costs of Sony Europe.

Throughout The Placement You Will Support:

• Month-end close (working closely with Sony Global Finance & Accounting)
• Monthly forecast and monthly cost allocation process
• Business partner senior management of allocated business units
• Monthly financial analysis and submission of financial bridges to management
• Annual budgeting process
• Projects to increase operational efficiencies and drive cost reduction
  
  

You Will Bring:

• Strong analytical skills and passion for dealing with large sets of data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate ideas and present sophisticated analyses to senior leaders.
• Self-motivated, proactive, organised and inquisitive mentality.
• Flair and excitement for new IT applications and software platforms.
• Passion for technology and Sports (for sports-related roles).
• Proficiency in MS Office (esp. Excel – Pivot tables, Lookups), knowledge of SAP or Power BI is advantageous.
  
  

Our recruitment process

The job posting will be open until 10th November. Afterwards, the selected candidates will be asked to complete an automated video interview. In December, the best-performing candidates will be invited to an assessment center. We are aiming to finalise our recruitment process by the end of December.

Throughout the recruitment process until your start date, there will be regular catch-up calls with the program coordinators and current interns to answer any questions and provide guidance and further information on your Sony journey. This will also allow you to connect with the other future interns who will form the 2025 Sony cohort and start building your network. If you will need to relocate, this is also a great opportunity to find others in the same situation.

Life at Sony

We will make you a part of a large and diverse placement student network which will allow you to foster friendships and to build lifelong connections with like-minded students. We are passionate about your personal development and to help you get the most out of your Placement Year, there will be a number of Training Modules and a range of Learning & Development programs available to help you learn, grow and lay the building blockers for your career.

We are positive a community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture across Europe in all our modern and inspiring workspaces. We believe in a sustainable and engaged workforce and support work-life balance with 25 vacation days and working policies to encourage our students to achieve a healthy balance between success at work and personal commitments. Our flexible working policy allows employees to work from 8 days per month, where employees are expected in the office 3 days per week.

We provide access to numerous wellbeing services and platforms to promote all aspects of health, including employee assistance programs and DE&I initiatives. We respect our people and listen to them through ongoing conversations and surveys. We value suggestions for improvements, and act to promote a better placement experience for everyone.

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack , or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.