2027 Graduate Trainee Chartered Accountant
AI in this role
Graduate Trainee Chartered Accountant needed at Pfizer to support financial operations, period-end close activities, and regulatory compliance.
Use Your Power for Purpose
At Pfizer, your financial expertise and deep knowledge are essential in keeping our products in production and our innovators at the forefront of innovation. Whether you are involved in establishing, coordinating, researching, or managing financial operations, your role is crucial in ensuring our medicines reach the people who need them most, faster and more efficiently than ever before. Your contributions in financial administration, research, and coordination are vital to our mission of delivering life-saving medicines to patients swiftly and effectively. Your skills and dedication help streamline our processes, making a significant impact on the speed and efficiency with which we can provide essential treatments.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
- Contribute to project tasks and milestones, organizing work to meet deadlines.
- Support the shared services site team and direct reports, ensuring effective communication with internal and external business professionals.
- Adhere to compliance and controls, supporting Corporate Audit and capturing necessary information for review.
- Collaborate with legal, compliance, and market approvers to manage exceptions and approvals.
- Review healthcare contract standards for external professionals, ensuring customer needs and relationships are proactively fulfilled and enhanced.
- Perform period-end financial close activities, meeting all related deadlines.
- Develop financial information by researching and analyzing accounting data to meet management requests.
- Identify key groups or positions for regular interaction and assist in the timely delivery of standardized financial processes on behalf of Pfizer.
- Learn and apply basic team effectiveness skills within the immediate Work Team.
- Make decisions within limited options to resolve basic problems, with limited decision-making authority, working under the supervisor's direction.
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with any years of experience, or an Associate's degree with 4 years of relevant experience, or a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 6 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office, particularly MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Fluency in English speaking and writing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Pharmaceutical industry or contracts experience
- System application & products / SAP experience
- Good organizational skills to coordinate and manage multiple priorities
- Experience with financial reporting and analysis
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks
- Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Additional Information
In order to be considered for this position in Ireland you need to be legally eligible to work in Ireland.
Please note there is no relocation support available for this position
How to apply
Make a difference today, all suitable candidates should apply with CV below. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!

Pfizer endeavors to make www.pfizer.com/careers accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process and/or interviewing, please email disabilityrecruitment@pfizer.com. This is to be used solely for accommodation requests with respect to the accessibility of our website, online application process and/or interviewing. Requests for any other reason will not be returned.

To learn more about acceptable and prohibited uses of AI during the recruitment process, please review our candidate AI-use guidelines available on Pfizer Careers.
Finance & Accounting
How we rate this
2027 Graduate Trainee Chartered Accountant at Pfizer rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.
Prepare for this job
A free preview built only from this posting: what it asks for, what you could be asked in an interview, and how to adjust your resume.
Skills and AI tools this role asks for
Questions you could be asked
- Tell me about a project where accounting was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where financial analysis was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where compliance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where period end close was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used Ms Excel in your day-to-day work.
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: Accounting, Financial Analysis, Compliance, Period End Close, and Ms Excel. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them — a tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Want an expert to read your CV for this job?
Free. Send your CV and the role you want next. We reply by email within 2 to 4 business days.
Get a free CV reviewGet new accountant jobs by email
One email a week with the new accountant jobs, each rated for how much AI is in the work. No recruiter spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Free. One email a week. Unsubscribe in one click.
Similar roles
Finance roles that involve little AI, at other companies.
What kind of AI work fits you?
Answer 12 practical questions in about three minutes. Get a simple profile, the work it points to, and live roles to explore next.
Find my next step