Audit Careers

Our audit teams are committed to providing the highest quality independent audits of businesses, and the insights they need to navigate a continually evolving regulatory environment. Through this work, we’re also committed to building sustainable organisations from an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) perspective. As a KPMG Auditor, you’ll have our community at your side, helping you to achieve more and progress within a collaborative and supportive culture.

The requirements of a traditional audit firm are changing. Given the scale and variety of our audit engagements in both the UK and globally, we are well placed to lead this change whilst keeping our continued focus on delivering sustainable audit quality. Our teams are harnessing next generation AI-driven technology to power audits. This means you’ll be equipped with the skills and tools you need and more opportunities to do work that makes a difference, empowering you to develop a career with us that’s dynamic, varied and meaningful.

You’ll have the chance to stretch your experience and skills across diverse audit engagements, working with local and global specialists in multidisciplinary teams. In return for your commitment, we offer continuous learning opportunities, mentorship and accessible leadership to help you grow, both personally and professionally. Our dedicated Audit University will provide access to best practice guidance whenever you need it. You’ll be supported to work flexibly across your region – at engagement sites, our offices and home.

So, if you share our commitment to achieving excellence and working to the highest audit standards, are a natural collaborator, inquisitive and resilient, then KPMG could be the place for you to make your mark.

Accounting, Advisory and Assurance (AAA)

In Accounting, Advisory and Assurance (AAA) we support clients and audited entities across all sectors with technical accounting and financial reporting issues, and with meeting the assurance needs of their customers, auditors and regulators across a range of subject matter:

• Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) providing specialist technical accounting advice to non-audited entities, aligned to financial reporting objectives, commercial reality and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Assurance building on the rapid rise in regulatory and investor focus on ESG reporting including the introduction of CSRD requirements.
• Controls Assurance providing important business-to-business assurance reports such as ISAE 3402 and SOC 2.
• Transactions Assurance Group (TAG) supporting audited entities through transactions, where the historical financial information (HFI) requirements can be complex and differ according to the transaction type and the capital markets that are relevant.

Our Audit Centre of Excellence comprises the quality support and technical specialists for the audit practice. It has four focal areas:

• Department of Professional Practice (DPP) Accounting & Reporting, we drive quality by advising our audit teams on the most complex technical accounting issues.
• DPP Audit team supports our auditors on technical issues, approaches and methodologies as well as driving the implementation of exciting technology solutions.
• US Accounting and Reporting Group (USARG) provides audit support for the engagement teams of SEC-registrants based outside the US.
• Second Line of Defence team reviews in flight audits and helps coach audit teams to plan and deliver consistently high-quality audits.

DSG comprises of subject matter expert and specialist teams delivering high-quality support for audit teams and the wider audit practice. Our Real Estate Valuation Centre of Excellence is made up of a team of highly experienced real estate valuation experts who provide high quality support to the Audit business helping auditors to robustly challenge real estate estimates (fair value property valuations) in order to meet auditing standards and to help deliver on the firm’s audit quality goals.

Our Pensions Centre of Excellence provides a range of specialist pensions audit services, including our industry-leading assurance services to trustees of UK occupational pension schemes, and the delivery of high-quality audits of defined benefit pensions scheme balances within corporate sponsor financial statements.

Our Audit of Tax Centre of Excellence support audit teams in the completion of substantive tax procedures. Our Share Based Payments Centre of Excellence support audit teams in the end-to-end testing of share based payment arrangements.

In Audit Technology, we’re raising the bar for audit quality by using advanced technology, AI, and data analytics to interpret ever-greater quantities of information. External Audit is at the core of our practice and is crucial in building our reputation for quality and integrity. As a member of this high-profile team, you’ll play a key role in helping us manage and maintain this reputation.

We play an important role in providing the confidence that business and society needs. Our work, as external auditors, supports investment decisions in the capital markets, instils trust in public sector expenditure and so much more. You’ll be part of a fast-moving environment – especially where technology is concerned. Our strategy is all about maintaining a relentless focus on quality, innovating continuously, and creating an environment where talent thrives.

The areas you could work in include:

• KPE Audit: KPMG Private Enterprise Audit is responsible for the high-quality delivery of audit engagements from planning through to completion.
• Financial Services Audit: Financial Services Audit deliver high quality financial statement audits for financial services entities.
• Corporates Listed and Regulated Audit: Corporates Listed and Regulated Audit is responsible for the high-quality delivery of audit engagements from planning through to completion.
• Public Sector Audit: Our Public Sector Audit team operates across all aspect of the UK Public Sector.

The IT Audit team provide independent, jargon-free technical expertise to help audited entities evaluate their technology risks through specialist IT audit support. We evaluate technology controls and assess how they may present a risk of financial misstatement. We work closely with financial auditors and other specialists as one team to deliver a truly market-leading service.