2025 Audit Graduate Programme - South West

Location: Bristol

Salary: £27,500

Applications close: 2nd March 2025

Programme starts: 22nd September 2025

About Audit

Solving challenges. Ensuring transparent financial information. Enabling business decisions. Doing work that directly impacts our economy – and people all over the world. It’s all a day in the life of an audit professional at BDO.

Here, your work matters from day one. Alongside audit experts, you’ll be part of a team that delivers high-quality reporting that drives important decisions. It’s varied and it’s challenging, so you’ll need to be a curious, driven person who wants to learn as much as possible and take pride in your work. Look forward to celebrating your wins, pulling together as a team, learning the business world inside out, and making a real difference – for society and your career.

About the Audit Graduate Programme

Over three years, you’ll get hands-on experience on a variety of projects, balance your work and your studies, and achieve a globally recognised ACA qualification. With the support of BDO’s subject-matter experts, you’ll gain a range of personal, management, and commercial skills that take you from a graduate to a well-rounded professional. You’ll need to be inquisitive, hungry for knowledge, and keen to rise to the challenges our high-performing audit team faces. The breadth of what we do here is massive – so you’ll gain a deep understanding of a huge range of sectors and organisations. They’re also inclusive, passionate team members, who will support and challenge you every day to produce your best work, as your best self. Discover beyond the ordinary – for your skills, your professional network, and your career. Join us in our Bristol office in our Audit Team.

About you

Wherever you work with us, you’ll need to be curious, resilient, and adaptable, with a desire to be held accountable. We’re big on relationship-building across all our teams, so we’ll help you build excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Bring a data mindset, strong logical and analytical skills, and critical thinking – we’ll give you the tools and training to develop everything else you'll need, in a role to be proud of.

Programme-specific requirements:

• A 2:2 degree in any discipline (obtained or predicted)
• Three A-levels or equivalent at A*-C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)
• 9-4 in Maths and English at GCSE/Scottish Standards or equivalent
• Ability and commitment to balance study and professional work

About BDO

Operating out of 18 locations across the UK, we’re one of the world’s largest accounting and business advisory firms – but we’re so much more than that. The ambitious, high-growth businesses we work with boost the economy, and our people’s careers. This is where you’ll provide meaningful advice and solutions. Build thriving businesses. Feel respected at all times. Learn. Grow. And go beyond the ordinary – because your development is our priority.

Accountancy isn’t what you think it is. It’s dynamic, hands-on, and collaborative. The best part? The people. We’re a friendly, diverse bunch who work hard to achieve the best outcomes – and love to celebrate when we do. It’s one of the ways we prioritise wellbeing, along with agile, flexible working and extensive benefits that cover your lifestyle, money, and all aspects of your health. We’re all about supporting you to be your best, inside and outside of work.

Discover life at BDO from all angles – the office, corporate sites, or occasionally, your home. We’ll need you to join us in the office so we can best support your development, so ensure you’re a commutable distance away.

How far can you go when you go beyond the ordinary? Join us today.

Our firm is distinctive because we preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.