Applegreen Graduate Programme: Accounting & Finance - 2026 cohort
Who We Are
Applegreen is defining roadside hospitality.
From humble beginnings in 1992, we’ve grown from a single site in Dublin to a leading roadside hospitality retailer across Ireland and the United States. Today, Applegreen operates 600+ locations and supports a growing team of 18,000+ colleagues.
Our mission is clear: delight guests in transit with passionate hospitality and brands they love. With best guest experience our top priority, Applegreen offers inviting spaces, amazing coffee, spotless facilities, quality amenities, EV charging, and trusted brands, including M&S Food, Burger King, Subway, and Chopstix. Proud of our Irish roots and ingenuity, we launched our own brands, Crafted, The Bakewell and Braeburn coffee, serving local ingredients and flavourful coffee that’s captured attention.
People drive everything we do – our guests, communities, partners, and colleagues. Whether it’s brightening someone’s day in-store, supporting local causes, or building strong supplier relationships, every connection matters. Behind the scenes, Applegreen cultivates passionate teams where talent is nurtured, ideas are valued, and growth is encouraged. Our culture thrives on positivity, inclusivity, and collaboration. With entrepreneurship in our DNA, we empower people to navigate change, lead with courage, and challenge the status quo. In a fast-moving industry, we listen, learn, and evolve, embracing sustainability, emerging food trends, and cutting-edge convenience solutions, setting new standards for roadside hospitality.
Under the leadership of founders Bob Etchingham and Joe Barrett, Applegreen remains a true Irish success story – built on passion, commitment, and a relentless focus on best guest experience, turning convenience into moments of joy.
Excited by innovation, energized by growth, and eager to collaborate with a forward-thinking team? Applegreen could be the next step in your career. Applegreen – enjoy your journey.
Description
We are looking for talented graduates who are passionate about retail, ambitious, innovative and have an entrepreneurial spirit, to add to our global workforce of retail and corporate experts. In return, we commit to continuously developing you and to provide meaningful learning experiences alongside a high level of ownership and responsibility.
What is the programme?
Accounting & Finance
Our accounting & finance graduate programme is a three-year programme where graduates will have the opportunity to rotate between different finance functions such as Management Accounting, Commercial Finance, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, Taxation and Consolidation & Reporting.
As an ACCA Approved Employer, Applegreen graduates are supported to achieve their ACCA qualification through full exam sponsorship, learning support through a chosen tuition provider and a generous study leave policy.
What is the graduate training and development offering?
At Applegreen, one of our core values is that we value and develop our people.
Our bespoke “Future Leaders” development programme is custom designed to provide graduates with expert training across the three pillars of self, business, and leadership.
Featuring a combination of workshops, online self-directed learning, webinars and guest speakers, the programme is structured to develop and strengthen the commercial acumen and leadership skills required to succeed in your career.
There is a broad range of topics covered such as business case proposal, influencing and leadership, goal setting and time management, negotiations, effective communications, resilience and design thinking. You are also fully supported to achieve certified diplomas in Microsoft Excel and Project Management and will have full access to a wide library of learning supports via our tailored graduate portal.
By investing in this development programme, you will accelerate your pathway to future leadership roles.
Why choose an Applegreen Graduate Programme?
- Attractive reward package
- Comprehensive health cover
- Unlimited progression opportunities to realise your career ambitions
- A fun and collaborative work environment
- Rotational structure to accelerate your commercial acumen
- Visibility and engagement with senior management
Sectors
Locations
Applegreen
Retail, business & commercial services +5
About us
We are global leaders and innovators in roadside hospitality encompassing food, fuel and convenience offerings. We are the largest motorway service are operation in both Ireland and the US and the second largest in the UK. At present, we employ over 17,000 employees across Ireland, UK and the US and have annual revenue of more than €4.1 billion.
Sectors
Locations
Who We Are
Applegreen is defining roadside hospitality.
From humble beginnings in 1992, we’ve grown from a single site in Dublin to a leading roadside hospitality retailer across Ireland and the United States. Today, Applegreen operates 600+ locations and supports a growing team of 18,000+ colleagues.
Our mission is clear: delight guests in transit with passionate hospitality and brands they love. With best guest experience our top priority, Applegreen offers inviting spaces, amazing coffee, spotless facilities, quality amenities, EV charging, and trusted brands, including M&S Food, Burger King, Subway, and Chopstix. Proud of our Irish roots and ingenuity, we launched our own brands, Crafted, The Bakewell and Braeburn coffee, serving local ingredients and flavourful coffee that’s captured attention.
People drive everything we do – our guests, communities, partners, and colleagues. Whether it’s brightening someone’s day in-store, supporting local causes, or building strong supplier relationships, every connection matters. Behind the scenes, Applegreen cultivates passionate teams where talent is nurtured, ideas are valued, and growth is encouraged. Our culture thrives on positivity, inclusivity, and collaboration. With entrepreneurship in our DNA, we empower people to navigate change, lead with courage, and challenge the status quo. In a fast-moving industry, we listen, learn, and evolve, embracing sustainability, emerging food trends, and cutting-edge convenience solutions, setting new standards for roadside hospitality.
Under the leadership of founders Bob Etchingham and Joe Barrett, Applegreen remains a true Irish success story – built on passion, commitment, and a relentless focus on best guest experience, turning convenience into moments of joy.
Excited by innovation, energized by growth, and eager to collaborate with a forward-thinking team? Applegreen could be the next step in your career. Applegreen – enjoy your journey.
Description
We are looking for talented graduates who are passionate about retail, ambitious, innovative and have an entrepreneurial spirit, to add to our global workforce of retail and corporate experts. In return, we commit to continuously developing you and to provide meaningful learning experiences alongside a high level of ownership and responsibility.
What is the programme?
Accounting & Finance
Our accounting & finance graduate programme is a three-year programme where graduates will have the opportunity to rotate between different finance functions such as Management Accounting, Commercial Finance, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, Taxation and Consolidation & Reporting.
As an ACCA Approved Employer, Applegreen graduates are supported to achieve their ACCA qualification through full exam sponsorship, learning support through a chosen tuition provider and a generous study leave policy.
What is the graduate training and development offering?
At Applegreen, one of our core values is that we value and develop our people.
Our bespoke “Future Leaders” development programme is custom designed to provide graduates with expert training across the three pillars of self, business, and leadership.
Featuring a combination of workshops, online self-directed learning, webinars and guest speakers, the programme is structured to develop and strengthen the commercial acumen and leadership skills required to succeed in your career.
There is a broad range of topics covered such as business case proposal, influencing and leadership, goal setting and time management, negotiations, effective communications, resilience and design thinking. You are also fully supported to achieve certified diplomas in Microsoft Excel and Project Management and will have full access to a wide library of learning supports via our tailored graduate portal.
By investing in this development programme, you will accelerate your pathway to future leadership roles.
Why choose an Applegreen Graduate Programme?
- Attractive reward package
- Comprehensive health cover
- Unlimited progression opportunities to realise your career ambitions
- A fun and collaborative work environment
- Rotational structure to accelerate your commercial acumen
- Visibility and engagement with senior management
Applegreen
Retail, business & commercial services +5
About us
We are global leaders and innovators in roadside hospitality encompassing food, fuel and convenience offerings. We are the largest motorway service are operation in both Ireland and the US and the second largest in the UK. At present, we employ over 17,000 employees across Ireland, UK and the US and have annual revenue of more than €4.1 billion.
