Graduate SAP Finance Analyst

Kick‑start your career with a leading FTSE 100 business, offering structured training, mentoring, and clear development pathways.

The Graduate SAP Finance Analyst role is an entry‑level opportunity for recent graduates in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related discipline who are keen to build a career in enterprise finance systems and digital business platforms.

The primary purpose of the role is to support and develop core skills across SAP Finance (FI/CO) and the wider ecosystem of systems that integrate with it, including digital services and a range of third‑party applications that support trading, customer payments, and financial processing.

Working alongside experienced SAP Finance analysts, the Graduate SAP Finance Analyst will gain hands‑on experience supporting financial processes, data flows, system integrations, and technical issue resolution across a complex application landscape. Through structured training, mentoring, and real-world exposure, the successful candidate will develop the ability to analyse finance and system issues, support change and improvement activity, and work confidently with both finance stakeholders and technical teams.

What you’ll be doing as a Graduate SAP Finance Analyst:

• Day-to-day support for SAP Finance (FI/CO) and related financial systems, assisting with incident resolution, service requests, and system queries under the guidance of senior analysts.
• Assist in investigating system and data issues across end-to-end finance processes, helping to identify root causes that may span multiple systems.
• Work with Finance business users, technical colleagues, and external support partners to gather information, test fixes, and support resolution of system and integration issues.
• Support SAP configuration and system change activities, including test execution, documentation, validation of results, and support for business testing.
• Build knowledge of how SAP Finance works alongside other SAP functional areas such as Sales & Distribution (SD) and Procurement / Materials Management (MM), gaining exposure to cross‑functional processes including order‑to‑cash and procure‑to‑pay.
• Develop an understanding of how financial transactions flow through SAP and connected systems, including upstream sources, downstream postings, and reporting impacts

Am I eligible for this Graduate SAP Finance Analyst position?

To be eligible, you’ll need:

• A degree (or expected degree) in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• A strong interest in enterprise systems, digital platforms, and how technology supports business processes, particularly within finance or trading environments.
• The ability to analyse problems logically and work through issues that may span multiple systems or data sources.
• Comfort working with data, structured processes, and detailed information.
• Experience or awareness of ERP systems such as SAP (gained through self‑study, coursework, or a work placement) would be highly advantageous.
• The right to work in the UK.

Location & Working Pattern

• The role is primarily onsite, working 4 days per week in the office and 1 day from home.
• Based from either our offices in Northampton or Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire.
• You must live within a 60‑minute commute of the site.

What we can offer you:

• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

About Howdens:

As the UK’s leading trade kitchen supplier, Howdens proudly supports over 460,000 trade professionals through our network of 900+ depots. As a constituent of the FTSE 100 and with sales of £2.4 billion last year, we continue to expand, offering exciting opportunities for growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.

What we can offer you as

• Competitive Salary and Company Performance Related Annual Bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays per year with the opportunity to buy extra holidays.
• Share save scheme.
• Exceptional reward and recognition events

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We’re working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@howdens.com with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you. 

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