Graduate Trainee Accountant

Graduate Trainee Accountant

Location: Nottingham, Swansea

Salary: £30,485 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Closing date: Tuesday 31st March 2026

Can you picture yourself kick-starting a rewarding finance career while helping to keep Britain moving safely and sustainably?

Are you a graduate — or soon to be — looking for your next opportunity?

Do you thrive on problem-solving, working with data, and understanding how great financial insight shapes real-world decisions?

Are you eager to grow, learn, and gain a fully funded professional qualification — all while working across a variety of finance teams in a supportive organisation committed to your development?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Job description

As a Graduate Trainee Accountant at the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), you’ll join a team delivering high-quality financial services while supporting road safety across Britain.

You’ll rotate through Financial Control, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Business Partnering, gaining broad experience in core accounting areas. Full support is provided to achieve a professional qualification with ACCA or CIMA, including funded training, exams, study leave and mentoring, with strong progression opportunities on qualification.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Deliver excellent, customer-focused financial services through placements in different finance teams.
• Support the development and implementation of financial policies and processes.
• Complete assignments as required as a part of this role.
• Ensure the accuracy, validity, and quality of financial information.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders, ensuring due process is followed.
• Promote best practice, recommend process improvements, and support automation and simplification initiatives.
• Provide ad hoc assistance across the finance function, maximising learning and development opportunities.

Person specification

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Setting and achieving goals (in education, work, or other interests)
• Self-learning and self-development.
• Demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Using IT tools to resolve problems (e.g. Excel)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for DVSA, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.