Graduate Audit - Accounting Advisory and Assurance (ACA) Manchester Autumn 2027

We’re a specialist team that helps businesses tackle a wide variety of complex accounting issues and offer the broadest range of advice. We give confidence by delivering assurance over non-financial areas. This allows businesses to adapt to demands, improve financial performance and act in the most sustainable way.

Life as an Accounting Advisory and Assurance graduate:

• Accounting Advisory Services: You’ll offer guidance to businesses on the latest developments in accounting standards, translating their complex accounting issues into clear and expert advice.
• Sustainability Assurance: We help businesses meet the assurance requirements of rapidly changing regulatory standards. You’ll examine various topics, from greenhouse gas emissions to waste, human rights, diversity, and other non-financial metrics.
• Controls Assurance: You’ll assess how well our clients operate their business processes, helping them become aware of potential risks and build customer confidence. This could involve reviewing technology processes such as system access, data security, and cyber resilience, or operational processes like investment management and payroll.
• Transactions Assurance: You’ll support businesses in preparing for major transactions like mergers, acquisitions, or listing on a public stock exchange.

Whichever team you join, you’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate closely with other KPMG teams including Financial and Technology Audit, Transaction Services, Consulting, Corporate Finance, and Tax.

Your future:

It’s challenging and rewarding work, where you’ll have the support of your senior leaders, engagement leader, peers, and the broader Audit community. Be at your best and build your network in an inclusive and diverse environment while we equip you with the skills, tools, and intelligent systems you need to grow and learn. On this programme, you'll study for the ACA qualification, or CA equivalent in Scotland, which will help you develop valuable technical skills, broad commercial understanding, and in-depth knowledge of different industry sectors, empowering you to build an exciting and varied long-term career.

Capability: Audit

Programme Length: 3 years

Qualifications: ACA or CA equivalent (Scotland locations)

Entry Requirements: At KPMG, everyone brings a unique perspective, and we want to ensure that you have the best opportunity to demonstrate your potential. We want to discover your individual strengths and attributes to help us know whether you’ll enjoy working here and how you’ll thrive. That’s why we operate an open access policy and an application process that will assess both your qualifications and your qualities. Generally, you’ll be expected to demonstrate the following grades (*or equivalents):

• GCSE Maths Grade 5 or B*
• GCSE English Language Grade 5 or B*
• 120 UCAS points* from your ‘top’ 3 A Level grades, excluding General Studies
• 2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.

Key Skills: Throughout the recruitment process, we will be looking to learn more about your strengths. To be successful on this programme, you will be required to demonstrate the strengths that we look for in our graduates at KPMG.

Training and Development: The training and development of our people is critical to the future success of our business. We want to empower you to grow in your own way, to feed your curiosity and embrace a growth mindset in an environment where learning is continuous. We have therefore created a rich curriculum and learning community to help you build your skills and fulfil your potential. This ranges from an immersive five-day induction experience to help you transition to the world of work, through to formal training courses, leadership knowledge bites, learning journals, online courses, and networking events – all aligned to our ‘learn for a lifetime’ strategy designed to help you gain an advantage for life.

In addition, in Accounting Advisory and Assurance, we offer the ACA Accelerated Programme or equivalent CA (Scotland locations) qualification. This is front-loaded, uses innovative technology, and is delivered via a blend of online and in-centre classroom courses. The ACA Accelerated programme enables you to upskill quickly, so you can make your mark. For the first year of your training contract, you will focus purely on your professional qualification, by completing 12 out of 14 ACA exams. You will also have opportunities to reconnect with your home department and peer group, as well as complete internal training and professional development skills sessions. The entire programme is supported in a wide range of ways by your tuition provider (BPP) and KPMG’s dedicated Early Careers Development team.

If you join a Scottish office, we support the equivalent CA qualification and therefore you will study towards your ICAS. This newly designed programme enables you to sit the majority of the ICAS exams in your first year, provides you with innovative technology to support your learning experience, and also enables you to upskill quickly. For the first year of your training contract, you will focus purely on your professional qualification, by completing 11 out of 13 ICAS exams. You will also have opportunities to reconnect with your home department and peer group, as well as complete internal training and professional development skills sessions. The entire programme is supported in a wide range of ways by ICAS and KPMG’s dedicated Early Careers Development team.

For both programmes in the remaining two years of your training contract, you will concentrate on building up a fantastic range of work experience, complete your exams, and will have the technical knowledge to apply to your role in the workplace. These programmes have been structured with you in mind and truly empower you to accelerate your learning journey at KPMG.

Audit is the largest of our UK practices. Put simply, audit is about examining organisations and ensuring their published accounts provide a ‘true and fair’ view of their financial position and results. This work makes a meaningful difference to businesses and communities. It is critical to the everyday working of society, helps build trust in the economy, and enables businesses to operate more sustainably. From the start, you'll be working on complex projects that put you at the heart of the world of business. We audit some of the world’s biggest companies, including big retailers, UK banks, and multinational organisations, who rely on us to provide independent insight, challenge, and high-quality audit expertise. Through this work, we’re also committed to helping to build sustainable organisations from a sustainability perspective. It’s challenging work, but you’ll also enjoy a lot of support as part of our KPMG community.

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From role sharing and flexible start and finish times to home working, we'll try and support the flexible work patterns that best suit you. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues thrive and reach their full potential, whatever their identity or background. We're a member of the Business Disability Forum, so please get in touch if you'd like to discuss any adjustments that you might need in the application process - and if you are successful beyond this. We're a recognised leader in the Government's scheme. We offer a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for all experienced professional opportunities.