Benefits - Finance the Future

Enjoy a uniquely rewarding career

Interested in challenging leadership roles with good work-life balance, excellent benefits, and the chance to influence key local authority decisions that enhance thousands of people’s lives?

Then this is the scheme for you.

Gain broad exposure

Working across your local authority on various types of project and day-to-day work, you’ll build up experience in all the important areas of finance, including financial systems, budget preparation and monitoring, payroll, pensions, treasury, internal audit and accounting.

Give something back

Every decision you make, issue you address, and recommendation you put forward will have an impact on the community you serve – throughout the scheme and for the rest of your public finance career.

Enjoy excellent benefits

For the duration of your four-year contract, you will receive a competitive salary, with a pension scheme, generous leave package and support for your study.

Become a finance leader

Your four years of work, training and study will leave you with a CIPFA professional qualification and a formal level of expertise in all aspects of non-profit public finance. It’s the ideal foundation for a future career as a leader in local government finance.

Live and work in the capital

Whichever local authority you join, you’ll be based in one of the world’s largest and most diverse cities. From theatres, museums and music venues to restaurants and department stores, London has everything you could possibly want in life – and more.

Did you know local Councils provide over 800 services?

These can include things like Education, Social services, Roads and transport, Waste collection and disposal, Economic development, Countywide planning and the environment and Protecting the public, plus many more!

Just imagine how your public finance role in the local borough will help your local community.

Ready to be the future of public finance ?

We are now open for applications to our 2023 graduate opportunities.