INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT FINANCE

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1 INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT FINANCE McDonald s offers undergraduate students the opportunity to gain experience within a large multinational business whilst applying their knowledge from university to a working environment. BENEFITS Salary 16,500 Subsidised Gym Membership Training Send Applications to: Emily Kennedy (Human Resources) Emily.Kennedy@uk.mcd.com Deadline: 15 th January

2 ABOUT US McDonald s is the world s largest restaurant chain with more than 36,000 restaurants worldwide, and alongside our franchisees employ 1.9 million people. We are extremely proud to have been ranked in the top 10 of The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For list since We are pleased to offer industrial placements in the following areas of the business: Human Resources Finance Corporate Relations JOB INFORMATION All positions have the following attributes: 52 week contract (typically June 2018 June 2019) 13,500 (plus 3,000 London Weighting Allowance if applicable) 4 weeks holiday + bank holidays Access to discounts at over 1,600 retailers through our employee discounts website Personalised employee discount card, offering discounts off selected McDonald s food Subsidised gym membership (Nuffield Health) HOW TO APPLY To apply for any of these roles, please submit the following by the dates listed below A cover letter A copy of your CV A completed application form Once completed, send your application to Emily Kennedy (Emily.Kennedy@uk.mcd.com) by the 15 th January. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? You will receive an acknowledgement of your application All candidates will be contacted at the end of the application deadline to advise whether they have been successful in being invited to the next stage of the selection process Successful candidates will be invited to attend an assessment day at the office in Shoreditch, London. Please note that we may conduct telephone interviews before this stage Final candidates will have a second interview in the week following this with a date to be agreed after the assessment day In the meantime, if you have any questions please Emily Kennedy (Emily.Kennedy@uk.mcd.com)

3 ABOUT THE ROLE 12 month placement position Based in Shoreditch, London Reports to Finance Manager Global Accounting and Reporting Team JOB PURPOSE Active role within the Management Accounting, Financial Accounting and Planning & Reporting area of the Global Finance team You will work as an active member of the Global Accounting and Reporting MAIN RESPONSIBILITES Assist with Financial Audit Preparation (External Auditors) - Journal Entries Selection - Compiling Invoices and their backups - Balance Confirmation with McDonald s Markets Assist with the 2018 P&L and Trial Balance Review & 2019 Planning Process - Monthly Cost analysis by Reporting Lines and Cost Centres/ Department as well as Entity Level - Projections Analysis Assisting in Month End Activities Assisting with tracking invoices and chasing suppliers for invoices - Effectively communicating over and telephone to resolve any issues with contacts. - Being vigilant when approving invoices and processing their payment General and Admin Accounting + Reporting - Ensure correct coding - Building & Maintaining Reports - Monthly, Quarterly, Other Ad hoc Reporting - Maintaining and communicating live Cost Centre Structure & Hierarchy list and working closely with the US Team Members to ensure Oracle Database is aligned - Use of AS400 Software on a daily basis - Bank Matching for Incoming payments - Maintaining and reconciling Balance sheet accounts - Ensuring invoices are coded to the correct cost centre and account. - Issuing purchase orders for IT spend - Reviewing and Submitting payroll deductions for the subsidised gym memberships programmes - Assisting in the Employee T&E process and T&E Audit - New joiner accounting processes and setup Assisting the Tax Accounting Team with Various Queries and Tasks - Support with VAT returns - Support with Tax Compliance (Tax returns, Annual Accounts) Various Project works based on the Business needs KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE Adaptable with a positive, can do attitude and organised Good level of analytical & numerical skills Good understanding of Accounting principles and double entries A strong level of IT proficiency (Microsoft Packages) especially Excel including formulae

4 Please complete the following questions and provide these answers with your application: NAME: UNIVERSITY: ADDRESS: WHERE DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS VACCANCY? ABOUT YOU 1. How would your close friends and/or university tutor describe you? (150 words max) 2. What are your biggest achievements to date? What do you think you can bring to McDonald s and the departments? (250 words max.) TEAMWORK Tell us about an experience you have gained within a team environment. (250 words max.) ADAPTABILITY By providing examples, demonstrate that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations and/or environments. (250 words max.)

5 ORGANISATION AND PLANNING SKILLS Tell us about an activity that you have planned and organised (e.g. a charity or sports event, an extended trip, a group presentation). What was it and what did you do? What steps did you take to make sure it ran smoothly and name one thing that you would have done differently? (350 words max) CREATIVITY AND BUSINESS AWARENESS If McDonald s sponsored your new entrepreneurial business idea, what would you do and why? (250 words max.) FINAL COMMENTS Please use this space to tell us why you would like to work for McDonald s and any other information you would like us to consider.