We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots, we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth, and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.

Our ethos - of trust, respect, and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation.

Our Award-Winning Graduate Schemes are an investment in you and your career. You'll gain a rewarding balance of on and off the job learning and hands-on experience, through a structured and insightful training programme; and we'll sponsor you to complete a number of professional qualifications too, helping you sharpen up the skills you need to progress in your chosen career path.

The three-year graduate programmes are designed to actively help you develop and give you everything you need to shape a rewarding career. You'll be supported at every step of your journey, with a dedicated buddy and mentor on hand to guide you, as well as a great network of current and previous graduates.

And it’s not all work. We actively encourage our graduates to participate in extra curricula activities aligned to our Environmental, Social, Governance framework, be that volunteering, participating, and organising charity and social events, and representing the organisation at external events, to name but a few.

The Role

At NFU Mutual, we understand the importance of developing strong relationships. It’s what we’ve built our reputation on, as one of the UK’s leading general insurers and financial services companies, and it’s what keeps our customers loyal. We are looking for aspiring graduates to join our Finance Division at our Head Office, based in Stratford upon Avon, as part of our Professional Trainee Scheme.

Job Specification

During your time on the scheme you will gain experience in two of the following areas of Finance:

• Financial Reporting & Control
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Properties

Our Finance Professional Trainee Scheme is designed to give you both hands-on practical experience and focused technical know-how, to equip you with a balanced combination of soft and technical skills to become a competent and successful Finance leader.

On top of this, we will support you through your professional accountancy qualifications of either CIMA or ACCA.

After receiving a full corporate induction, we will work with you on a local induction plan, tailored to your individual needs. Helping you to achieve your goals will be your own coach plus a mentor from a previous scheme to support you every step of the way as you develop your career with NFU Mutual.

Person Specification

We are looking for people who have Finance leadership aspirations as demonstrated by:


• Possessing strong verbal and written communication skills
• Having an analytical and logical mind-set, coupled with strong numerical skills
• Being self-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines
• Having an ability to identify and solve problems
• Working effectively both in teams and independently as required
• Keen to develop, learn new skills and actively participate in our Professional Trainee programme • Willing to commit to studying towards CIMA or ACCA qualifications within agreed timescales
• Building and maintaining effective relationships
• Having a positive attitude and plenty of ambition and drive to add value

Qualifications/Other

You will have obtained, or be predicted to obtain a degree at 2:1 or above.


Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.