Finance Analyst (LEGO® Retail) Internship London 2024

We’re looking for two Interns to join our LEGO® Retail Finance team full time for one year starting in July 2024.

A chance to make a direct impact on a global company through data, while honing your business knowledge and play a vital part in helping one of the world’s best-selling and most reputable toy brands reach more children!

Core responsibilities

The role will be varied and exciting. You will have the opportunity to work across the LEGO Retail Finance team and business partners, including but not limited to the following topics:

• Help drive the digitalization of Finance and build financial reports in an efficient and business-focused way, leveraging data analytics.
• Supporting on digitization of stores or ecommerce reporting.
• Analysing key drivers to understand business performance.
• Supporting defining the commercial plan to improve revenue performance.
• Supporting improving forecasting accuracy of both revenue and costs.
• Supporting in preparing materials for senior executive teams.
• Providing analysis and insights for ad hoc projects as needed.

Do you have what it takes?

• Working towards a Bachelor’s degree or similar qualification with the right to work in the UK already in place.
• Proficient in both written and verbal English.
• Strong numerical A levels (or equivalent). Accounting/Economics/Finance/Data Science are preferable.
• Possess a quantitative approach and analytical capabilities and be passionate about unlocking insights through data.
• Good communication ability and confident with presentations.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and perform multiple tasks optimally.
• Familiarity with MS Excel (e.g., pivot tables, look-ups, macros, etc.) and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
• Ability to process large volumes of unstructured data and organize information – experience with SQL or other languages preferred.

What you can learn as an intern

• Exposure to a high performing global finance team that has embraced hybrid work arrangements.
• Understanding of P&L and underlying drivers of performance.
• Utilising data to support faster and better business decision making process.
• Getting the mentorship and development opportunities to discover your potential.

Interested?

If you are interested in applying for this role, you will need to submit your CV and a cover letter articulating the following:

• Why would you like an internship at the LEGO Group?
• Why does Finance interest you?
• Why should the LEGO Group consider you for this internship?

Applications submitted without both documents will not be considered.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.