Graduate Finance Associate. LilyLifestyle

Finance Graduate

Based in Manchester City

5 days a week onsite

Paying 26k - 29k DOE

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated Finance graduate to join a busy and fast-paced finance team within a highly successful professional services business. This role offers excellent exposure across a commercial finance function and would suit someone looking to build a long-term career in finance and accounting.

Working closely with senior finance leaders, including the Finance Director and Financial Controller, you'll gain hands‑on experience across management accounts, commercial reporting, forecasting and financial analysis. The position offers real variety and the chance to work across different areas of finance depending on business needs and your development goals.

This is an ideal first step for a graduate who is analytical, ambitious and keen to develop within a supportive and commercially focused environment.

• Assisting with budgeting and forecasting processes
• Supporting the preparation of monthly management accounts
• Preparing accruals, prepayments, fixed asset schedules and nominal reconciliations
• Producing cost analysis and supporting commentary on financial performance
• Assisting with monthly commercial reporting, including sales and commission calculations
• Preparing commercial analysis based on reported sales figures
• Supporting the preparation of commercial quotes
• Assisting with ledger reviews and finance processing checks
• Supporting the wider finance team with ad‑hoc reporting and analysis as required

• A recent graduate in Finance, Accounting or a related discipline
• Able to demonstrate strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable working with large volumes of data and advanced Excel spreadsheets
• Organised and able to manage competing priorities effectively
• Proactive, adaptable and willing to support different areas of the finance function
• Confident working independently and delivering accurate, high-quality work

If you're looking for a role where you can develop commercially, gain broad finance exposure and work alongside experienced finance professionals, we'd love to hear from you.