CM: Accountancy/Finance Graduate Development Programme 2026

ESB Accounting & Finance Traineeship 2026

  
Your Brighter Future Awaits

We have a number of opportunities starting in 2025 for graduates to join ESB’s Finance Graduate Programme. It is a wonderful opportunity for those who want to pursue a career in finance and accounting, while pursuing a professional Chartered Accountant qualification. 
  
Who We Are

We have been Ireland's foremost energy company since our establishment in 1927. We are driven to make a difference by achieving zero carbon emissions by 2040. We are a strong, diversified utility operating right across the electricity market: from generation, through transmission and distribution, to supply. We also work in other related sectors where we can make a difference, including telecommunications, electric vehicle charging, home retrofits and more. 
At ESB, we believe that electricity is a social good that should be accessible and affordable for all. We also believe in acting with integrity and transparency, protecting the world around us, and creating an inclusive and flexible culture that protects and empowers people. Across our diverse range of businesses, we use our capability and expertise to develop smart and sustainable energy solutions to tackle climate change, one of the biggest challenges facing society today. 

By delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable solutions for a zero-carbon world, we continue to transform lives and enable social and economic progress and change. This is our purpose. ESB is committed to driving society forward and delivering a net zero energy future for our customers and communities. This strong sense of purpose is reflected in our unwavering commitment to tackling some of the biggest challenges we face as a society, including climate change.  

 

Why join us? 

On our Finance Graduate Programme you will get an opportunity to experience first-hand how we work. You will have the opportunity to be part of our finance team on a 3.5-year programme and will partake in rotations across several positions to ensure a great breadth of finance experience is obtained throughout the programme. You will also be supported in obtaining your ACA qualification and becoming a qualified Chartered Accountant in association with Chartered Accountants Ireland. 

Our traineeship programme offers structured rotations which will give you the opportunity to gain experience across several areas including: 

• Core accounting foundation principles 

• Statutory accounting  

• Liaising with our external auditors 

• Aid in the identification and recommendation of improvements to processes/controls  

• Financial review, analysis and business commentary  

• Group Internal Audit 

• Set up ESB future financial systems to efficiently support proactive financial management

• Developing Finance best practices using new technologies

We have developed a bespoke Accounting/Finance Traineeship Programme which includes: 
  

• Learning & Development - As well as supporting you through the ACA exams with study leave etc., you will also participate in personal development programmes designed to help you grow professional and personally. Central to our programme is your continuous professional development. A bespoke Graduate Training Programme will be delivered by HPC focusing on developing key skills such as effective team working, project management skills, presentation skills, commercial skills and leadership development. 

• Performance Orientated – On-going one-to-one conversations and management reviews to ensure that you are working towards achieving your professional status and position you for a career in ESB. 

• Supportive Working Environment – In addition to your immediate support network of Line Manager, Middle Manager, Team Colleagues and Graduates Peers, you will also be assigned a Buddy and a Mentor