GE Aerospace Finance – 12 Month Placement
GE Aerospace
- Location
- Cheltenham
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- Sep 5, 2026
About this role
Job Description
Summary Over your 12-month Placement you'll work in a Finance business environment gaining invaluable skills and experience. The opportunities available will cover all areas of finance from financial planning and analysis to order execution.
Job Description
About GE Aerospace Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft . You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives . Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world! Finance Whether you want to work at one of our facilities as the site leader's right hand helping to make business decisions or at headquarters on a larger finance team, we have an opportunity for you. You’ll get to work with budgets of various sizes and complexities, while collaborating with others. Our finance and accounting teams span the globe, providing unmatched learning, development, and career growth opportunities. Roles and Responsibilities Over your 12-month Placement you'll work in a Finance business environment gaining invaluable skills and experience. The opportunities available will cover all areas of finance from financial planning and analysis to order execution. You could be preparing key reports, analysing data, working on simplification projects, reviewing assets, or supporting the preparation of quarter end accounts. We have several opportunities: Finance (Caledonian) - offers exposure across all areas of finance, from financial planning and analysis to order execution. You will support key activities such as preparing reports, analysing data, working on simplification projects, reviewing assets, and helping prepare quarter-end accounts. Day-to-day responsibilities include overhead cost management (approvals, spend analysis, accruals, variance reporting), overtime data submission, account analysis and reclasses, cost allocation, ad hoc finance tasks and projects, month-end close activities, and standard daily work. On Wing Support Finance (Wales) - managing indirect costs for the London, Doha, and Dubai sites, including approving and overseeing indirect budgets and invoice requests, and ensuring budgets finish on plan each month, quarter, and year. You are involved in cost-out initiatives and perform financial analysis to support decision-making by analysing data, preparing reports, and identifying trends. Daily activities include posting TL journal entries and reclassing costs, recharging invoices for materials and transport, processing IPS invoices, manipulating and compiling WIP reports for billing and trailing charges, posting direct labour approvals, and consolidating trial balance, stock, sales and margin. Supply Chain Finance (Cheltenham) - partner closely with Supply Chain and engage with the wider finance organisation to understand how finance impacts daily business operations and production. You will set up projects and resources in the ERP system, support the capital expenditure process (including asset tagging, reviewing capital requests and returns on investment, and periodic asset reviews), and perform part cost analysis to support Tollgate reviews. Your responsibilities will also include month ‑ end close analysis and reporting, finance audit test counts for stock take and cycle counting, running reports for Supply Chain hours and inventory transactions, and contributing to problem solving and continuous improvement projects related to capex and Supply Chain financial metrics. Finance - FP&A Team (Wales) - support a broad range of finance and