Undergraduate Finance

Length of contract 12 months Start date (dd Month Year) 22nd June 2026 Qualification requirements

As a minimum requirement you’ll need to be on track to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics or Physics.

Description

Job Title: Undergraduate Finance

Location: Frimley (Surrey)

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 3-4 days per week.

Salary: £24,300

What You’ll Be Doing

Join our 12-month Finance Undergraduate Placement to gain real world finance experience across areas such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Project Finance, Financial Controls & Systems and more.

You’ll support cost management, budgeting, invoicing, reconciliations, and month-end reporting, while working closely with experienced professionals.

You’ll also gain exposure to financial governance and leadership by shadowing senior team members.

This hands on placement is designed to help you apply your academic knowledge, build key skills, and understand the financial operations of a global business. It’s a great opportunity to develop professionally and explore a career in finance with us.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Finance Team

Join the highly skilled finance community and gain a broad understanding of all aspects of finance from identifying risks and forecasting to pensions and logistics, collaborating across the company to help the business operate with confidence.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.