Financial Accounting – Strategy & Planning Intern

Financial Accounting, Strategy & Planning Intern – Student Placement Year 2027/2028

Location: Weybridge

Are you an undergraduate student looking for a student placement year/internship in the field of Accounting & Finance?

Curious about business strategy, financial planning & corporate accounting?

Convert your talent & curiosity into impact by applying to Sony Europe. We are now looking for our next Finance Interns where you’ll support financial reporting, assist with month-end closes, and work alongside Sony Global Finance & Accounting to ensure accuracy, consistency and transparency.

Dive into financial analysis, track KPIs, and help prepare budgets and forecasts, seeing firsthand how numbers shape strategic decisions. Collaborate with internal teams, contribute to projects that improve processes, and present insights to senior management.

If you’re curious, analytical, and ready to see how finance drives businesses and innovation on a global stage, this is for you.

Start date: 5 July 2027

Disclaimer: Due to high volumes, this job posting may be closed earlier than planned, so don’t hesitate to apply if you are interested.

Across Sony Europe’s internal Finance function, departments, we offer slightly different placement roles.

Whilst we have several different roles our goal is always to align your natural skills and behaviours to a role where you will be the most successful and have the most impact. We’ll use everything we discover about you during the hiring process to match your unique talents to a role that you will thrive in most.

As mentioned above, we are hiring for multiple Accounting & Finance internships! During our assessment process, our goal is always to align your natural skills and behaviours to a role where we believe you will make the biggest impact and thrive the most.

This approach means you won’t be just placed randomly. You’ll be offered a role where your talents and interests align. It will ensure your internship will be both challenging and rewarding, all whilst providing you that real-world experience that will prove invaluable later down the line in your career.

What could you be doing?

Accounting & Financial Reporting:

·         Support consolidation of financial reporting at the Sony Europe corporate level.

·         Assist in month-end close activities and collaborate with Sony Global Finance & Accounting to ensure accurate reporting.

·         Conduct monthly financial analysis, prepare financial bridges, and review variances to support transparency and decision-making.

·         Assist in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and cost allocations, ensuring alignment with financial targets.

Analysis & Insight:

·         Analyse key financial KPIs and provide insights to senior management for strategic initiatives.

·         Support projects aimed at improving financial processes, operational efficiency, and cost management.

·         Monitor and analyse macroeconomic trends to support business planning and financial strategy.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting:

·         Act as a finance partner to senior management, providing clear financial insights and recommendations.

·         Prepare and deliver presentations and reports on financial performance for management and corporate initiatives.

·         Liaise with internal partners to ensure accurate understanding of the numbers and financial context.

Project & Process Support:

·         Support corporate initiatives by building financial models, preparing cases, and tracking project performance.

·         Contribute to ad-hoc finance projects and special assignments as needed to enhance business insights and reporting.

You will bring:

• Strong analytical skills and passion for dealing with large sets of data.
• Numerically minded with a desire to build a career in accounting and/or finance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate ideas and present sophisticated analyses to senior leaders.
• Self-motivated, proactive, organised and inquisitive mentality.
• Flair and excitement for new IT applications and software platforms.
• Proficiency in MS Office (esp. Excel – Pivot tables, Lookups),

Our Recruitment Process

• After you have submitted your application, selected candidates will be asked to complete a self-service video interview.

• After we have carefully reviewed all the video interviews, those who successfully meet our hiring criteria will be invited to a virtual assessment centre with our hiring teams.

• During the assessment centre, you’ll be presented with various activities that allow us to see what you can do but also enable you to get a taste of what your day-day work will entail. You’ll also get a chance to meet some of our current interns & hear why you should be so excited to jump in.

• After the assessment centre has concluded, we’ll move to the offer stage, and before you know it, you’ll be here at Sony!

Throughout the recruitment process until your start date, you’ll have regular connections with our HR & Sony Placement Year programme team, as well as our current interns to answer any questions and provide guidance and further information on your Sony journey. This will also allow you to connect with the other future interns who will form the 2026 Sony Intern cohort and start building your network. If you will need to relocate, this is also a great opportunity to find others in the same situation.

Life at Sony

We will make you a part of a large and diverse placement student network which will allow you to foster friendships and to build lifelong connections with like-minded students. We are passionate about your personal development and to help you get the most out of your Placement Year, there will be a number of Training Modules and a range of Learning & Development programs available to help you learn, grow and lay the building blockers for your career.

We are positive a community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture across Europe in all our modern and inspiring workspaces. We believe in a sustainable and engaged workforce and support work-life balance with 25 vacation days and working policies to encourage our students to achieve a healthy balance between success at work and personal commitments. Our flexible working policy allows employees to work from 8 days per month, where employees are expected in the office 3 days per week.

We provide access to numerous wellbeing services and platforms to promote all aspects of health, including employee assistance programs and DE&I initiatives. We respect our people and listen to them through ongoing conversations and surveys. We value suggestions for improvements, and act to promote a better placement experience for everyone.

Your new office

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack, or if you will use public transport, we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individual with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.