Summer Vacation Scheme - Finance Transformation Consulting - Business Analyst

What does this team do?

Deloitte's Finance Transformation team supports Chief Financial Officers, guiding them through complex challenges to help them improve their businesses. As a part of Deloitte's Finance Transformation offering, we empower finance functions with cutting-edge tools and insights, using cloud-based solutions to navigate today's business complexities. 

Our expertise spans the entire transformation journey, from collaborating with businesses to developing and refining their strategy, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives. 

Our service offerings are structured to deliver comprehensive support: we partner with CFOs to develop their vision and anticipate future market and business demands. We used advanced analytics and other forms of tech to help our clients achieve their goals in performance management, budgeting and all other areas.  

Beyond financial performance, we are committed to using tech to create positive and empowering experiences for finance professionals, championing sustainability, diversity, and inclusion. We are passionate about making a difference for our clients, their employees, and society as a whole. 

Business Finance & Controllership 

Support clients in enhancing financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytics capabilities through the implementation of modern finance processes, scalable data platforms, and AI-enabled solutions. Drive improvements across finance operations, reporting, and treasury functions to enable better decision-making, efficiency, and long-term business performance. 

Finance Strategy 

Help organisations define and execute finance transformation strategies that align finance capabilities with evolving business and technology priorities. Partner with stakeholders to design future-ready finance functions, delivering efficient, value-driven outcomes that support strategic business objectives. 

Global Business Services (GBS) 

Design and optimise shared services and operating models across functions including Finance, HR, IT, and Supply Chain to improve efficiency, agility, and cost effectiveness. Enable organisations to enhance customer and employee experiences while driving sustainable value through technology-enabled transformation and predictive insights. 

What kind of work will I do?

As an intern in Finance Transformation, some of your tasks might include:  

• Getting to the bottom of client’s problems through interactive workshops and labs 
• Designing the future state of a finance function. 
• Working with individuals from our clients’ business and IT teams to understand what our clients’ problems and needs are, transforming those into technical requirements. 
• Supporting the design and implementation of solutions across finance. 
• Creating documentation crucial to the delivery and execution of the programme, alongside materials presented back to clients. 
• Learning how to engage with clients to solve their most complex problems and the approaches Deloitte takes to understand their needs. 
• Discovering how technologies underpin everything an organisation does, and which technologies work best for each part of a business. 

Through this immersive experience, you'll develop a deep understanding of client engagement strategies, master the art of problem-solving, and gain exposure to the power of technology in shaping modern businesses. You'll work with experts across Deloitte's Finance Transformation and wider practice, gaining invaluable insights into how we leverage our diverse expertise to deliver exceptional client service to the world's leading organisations. 

Where will I work?

At Deloitte we recognise how important face-to-face interaction is for your development in a new role. We also understand that our people need flexibility, which is why we operate a hybrid system, with a combination of office and home working.

If you’re in a client-facing role, you might be expected to attend client sites on certain days, while your meetings will be a mix of online and in-person events. Please note your final assessment and induction will also be in-person, to give you the opportunity to network and build relationships.  

All our work spaces are accessible, however, if you require further flexibility due to a health condition or caring responsibilities, please discuss this with our team.

What skills and academic qualifications do I need?

This programme is for university students who are doing well academically and want to test their skills in the real world. You must be in the penultimate year of your course, or going onto a Masters, and you need to be on track to achieve a predicted degree classification of 2:1 or above in any STEM discipline. 

How will I develop? 

The Summer Vacation Scheme in Finance Transformation will help you learn: 

• What technologies organisations currently use and how they can transform those to improve their businesses and meet objectives. 
• How to support and interpret business strategies and objectives and transform those into requirements and solutions. 
• What large-scale technology transformations look like. 
• How to build rapport with clients and ensure they have confidence in your capability. 

You will have unrivalled access to the largest and most important organisations in the world, as well as world class experts within Deloitte, all of which allow you to truly build a solid foundation for any career you seek to pursue. 

Support for you during your placement includes: 

• Dedicated Early Talent teams made up of Analysts and senior staff that provide pastoral support to all our placement students. 
• Access to in-person and online training throughout your placement, including many technical credentials. 

Deadlines

We recommend getting your application in as soon as possible. Please note, some of our roles may close before the deadline if we experience high demand.

• Assessment deadlines: Once you’ve applied to this role, you’ll receive an email from our recruitment team outlining next steps and the relevant deadlines for you to complete the following stages of our process. We operate a strict one application per year policy across our Early Careers opportunities. We recommend only submitting an application for a role that you feel is right for you.

Visa Sponsorship

We’re not able to provide sponsorship for this role. However, you can apply if you hold a Student Visa which is valid for the duration. You can also only join our Summer Vacation Scheme if our dates coincide with your university summer vacation.

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