Graduate - Finance

Date: 8 Oct 2025

Location: Cheshire, GB, CH65 4HB

Company: essaroiluk

Graduate Programme – Finance Graduate

 

Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type: Site Based | Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

Start Date: October 2026 (2 Year Fixed Term)

 

  • Competitive salary starting at £30,000 per annum
  • 10% salary uplift following a successful annual performance review, each year while on the graduate program
  • 10% Company Contribution Pension
  • 25 days of holiday, increasing with service
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Additional Flex Benefits, including Holiday Purchase
  • Access to the Employee Assistance Programme with exclusive discounts
  • Free secure on-site car parking

 

About the Company

 

Do you want to work for the company that’s playing a leading role in delivering the North West’s low carbon future?  EET Fuels (Trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited) produces over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, provides key feedstocks to Britain’s petrochemical industry and is investing in developing low carbon fuels.

We are a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.

And we’re central to the innovative HyNet project which is redefining energy to achieve our regional low carbon ambitions and national policy targets. 

 We employ over 800 expert and engaged colleagues, who are at the heart of everything we do.  The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across all the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.

For more information, please visit www.eetfuels.com

 

About the Role

 

Looking to kick-start a career in Finance? Join our team and support business improvement projects that drive cost-efficiency, financial clarity, and operational optimisation. You'll support finance functions to gain exposure and help deliver data-driven solutions.

 

Your Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • Support process improvements within finance and operational teams.
  • Collaborate on cross-departmental business cases.
  • Use data tools to monitor KPIs and performance trends.

 

About You

 

  • Our ideal candidate will be graduate in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a numerical subject with at least a 2:1 Grading.
  • Good numeracy and attention to detail.
  • Strong Excel skills: experience with financial software is a bonus.
  • Eagerness to learn and drive change.

 

Our Offer:


Training, mentorship, and the opportunity to contribute to strategic projects early in your career.

 

Application Deadline: Thursday 15th January 2026. Please note, the application deadline is subject to change and may close earlier depending on application volumes.

Please note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.