Industrial Placement – Finance

Salary: £24,327

Duration: 12 month contract

Start Date: 17th August 2026

Location: Based in Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3PL.

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Entry Requirements: See ‘What we’re looking for’ section

Our Industrial Placement Programme:

As part of Bentley’s annual Early Careers intake, you’ll join a community of around 250 trainees including Industrial Placements, Graduates, and Apprentices.

During your placement, you’ll be based at our Bentley Campus “Dream Factory”. Click here to visit our virtual tour. Alongside hands-on work experience, you’ll also benefit from:

• CSR and outreach activities
• Opportunities to participate in charity events, community projects, and social committees
• Masterclasses, development workshops, and social events
• Inclusivity networks and peer support groups
• Placements and rotations across different areas of the business that interest you

About the role:

As an Industrial Placement Student at Bentley, you will play a key part in Bentley’s journey to creating extraordinary vehicles for our customers. Based out of our state-of-the-art headquarters in Crewe, you will:

• Drive the business to deliver Bentley’s long term value,
• Work collaboratively across the business,
• Engage, simplify and drive digital transformation to sustain value growth,
• Gain real life experience to elevate your career journey in Finance.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with the Finance team to support month, quarter, and year-end close activities,
• Managing monthly budget review meetings with functional budget holders, assist with current year forecast reporting, provide support during the 2027 budget process, and oversea finance management tasks such as reporting, forecasting, and analysis,
• Supporting project delivery teams to ensure new car projects meet financial targets, attend project meetings to advise on financial topics, and collaborate with the team to produce the long-term business plan,
• Driving and supporting ongoing process improvement programs and help improve finance processes and systems to make reporting more accurate and efficient,
• Working closely with various business teams to support financial topics and ensure effective communication and collaboration across departments.

About the Department:

Are you a creative thinker with a passion for driving innovation? At Bentley Motors, we’re entering the most transformative chapter in our history. We’re seeking fresh ideas, diverse perspectives, and innovators to join us on this groundbreaking journey. There are three Industrial Placements available which will support the function, examples of the departments in Finance you may be getting involved in during your placement are as follows:

Finance Accounting:

In this role you will gain exposure to the various compliance requirements of a large complex organisation, develop your knowledge of accounting and periodic reporting, whilst collaborating and working alongside industry leading experts who will be supporting you on your career journey.

Business Planning:

The role sits within the Financial Planning team; we are responsible for ensuring the business transforms financial targets into an actionable business plan. You will gain invaluable experience working on high impact projects and contributing to key financial processes to support the strategic aims of the business, whilst working alongside and being mentored by finance professionals.

Finance Sales & Marketing:

Working within the Sales and Marketing team you will gain invaluable experience working alongside finance professionals and being mentored by the Head of Finance. You will get an insight into a variety of Business Partnering roles, how finance control activities, and influence business owners to meet Bentley’s finance targets.

Finance Engineering:

Working within the Engineering team you will gain invaluable experience working alongside the Senior Finance Manager and Engineering budget holders. The team are responsible for managing all Intercompany Finance matters ranging from payments for shared development to long term contracts for parts supply.

Finance Project Controlling:

Project Controlling forms a major part of the total Finance function. In this role you will work cross functionally with all areas of the business, analyse, question and understand real life data – from sales revenues to unit cost to investment and expected returns – a real life spin on what you’ve studied so far.

What we are looking for:

The successful candidates will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in the following degrees: Accounting & Finance, or a business-related degree and be considering post graduate accounting qualifications e.g. CIMA.

Skills required for the role:

• Communication skills,
• Good time and project management skills,
• Team working skills,
• Proficient in Microsoft programmes including Excel,
• Work experience in a Business-related environment is desired but not essential.

What we offer:

As an Industrial Placement you will have access to the following benefits:

• A starting salary of £24,327
• Support from our Early Careers team and 121 manager mentorship
• 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• 10% pension contribution with life assurance benefits
• Learning and development opportunities

Right To Work:

To be eligible for an Early Careers programme you must have a legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement or graduate scheme. We welcome students who have Settled Status, a Tier 4 Visa, or a Graduate Visa. We are unable to offer sponsorship for our Early Careers positions.

#BelongingAtBentley

Motivated to be the most diverse, inclusive luxury car company, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered.

We firmly believe in equal opportunities for all, helping all colleagues thrive as their authentic selves and reach their highest potential. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and we positively celebrate the differences between people.

Working at Bentley

To learn more about what life is like working at Bentley, and our assessment process view our Candidate Pack here.

Closing date: 14th November 2025.

We aim to progress to online assessments in December and offer by the end of the month.

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