Rothesay is recruiting graduates for its 2027 graduate programme in Financial Reporting, with applications closing on 22 November 2026. The two-year scheme starts in September 2027 and trains successful candidates as accountants while they study for a funded professional qualification.

The pensions insurance specialist warns that applications may close earlier than the published deadline if demand is high, so final-year students planning to apply should not wait until the last day.

What the Financial Reporting role involves

The successful candidate will join Rothesay's Financial Reporting team as a trainee accountant. The work includes helping to prepare and analyse monthly management accounts under international financial reporting standards, preparing monthly balance sheet substantiations, and helping to prepare and review financial statements under IFRS, working with the company's auditors.

The role also involves helping to prepare annual regulatory returns and quarterly and annual returns to the Office for National Statistics, keeping up to speed with business developments, and looking for ways to improve manual processes through automation, standardisation and better data analysis. Trainees also take part in department-wide and cross-business projects.

The two-year programme

Rothesay's UK graduate programme is designed to start careers for ambitious and analytical graduates. The two-year programme begins with a fundamentals week for the whole graduate cohort, with networking and insight sessions across the business, before graduates join their team in week two for professional, integrated learning.

Alongside a permanent role, graduates take part in an on-site graduate development programme covering technical and business skills, with regular reviews and a formal assessment towards the end of the programme. Rothesay offers a competitive starting salary with a performance-related bonus, and describes its teams as lean, giving graduates high visibility and exposure across the business.

Who can apply

The programme is open to final-year students graduating in summer 2027. Applicants should be intending to study for a professional accounting qualification such as the ACA or ACCA, be interested in a career in finance, and have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and good Word and Excel skills. Rothesay says it wants enthusiastic, self-motivated and hardworking graduates who can work under pressure in a driven team environment.

About Rothesay

Rothesay is the UK's largest pensions insurance specialist, built to protect pension schemes and their members' pensions. It has more than £74 billion of assets under management, secures the pensions of more than one million people, and pays out on average around £350 million in pension payments each month.

The company is trusted by the pension schemes of some of the UK's best-known companies, including British Airways, Cadbury, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Co-operative, Morrisons, Smiths Industries and Telent.

Other Rothesay 2027 programmes still open

Other programmes on Rothesay's official graduate recruitment board are also open. The 2027 graduate programme in Operations, including asset operations, lists an application deadline of 1 December 2026, and the 2027 summer internship programme in software engineering, an eight-week programme starting in June 2027 for penultimate-year students graduating in summer 2028, also lists a 1 December 2026 deadline.

How to apply

Applications are made through Rothesay's official graduate recruitment portal, run on Greenhouse. Candidates should read the full job description on the portal before applying and check the deadline for the specific programme they want, as Rothesay says individual programmes may close early once enough applications have been received.