Graduate Audit - ACA

3-year KPMG Audit Graduate Programme where graduates work on financial audits, assess organisations’ financial information and controls, identify financial risks and build commercial and accounting expertise.

Job description

Why Audit?

Some of the world’s biggest companies and organisations turn to KPMG’s Audit practice for the insight, challenge and expertise we’re able to provide. By examining the way in which they’re operating – and delivering a true and fair reflection of their financial position through published accounts – we make a difference not just to the business itself, but also to the wider community.

Audit is about more than simply meeting legal requirements. It helps organisations to operate more efficiently and mitigate financial risks. In a broader sense, it also plays a role in building public trust in businesses and supports the delivery of sustainable growth. 

Life as an Audit graduate

Audit offers diversity and complexity. In your role as a graduate trainee, you’ll learn about a wide range of business activities, as you work on engagements. You’ll also see the auditing process from different perspectives, providing you with skills and learning that will last a lifetime.

You’ll play a direct role in critically assessing information provided by organisations, supported by your senior leaders, engagement leader, peers, and the broader Audit community. This is a role that calls for integrity, professional scepticism, objectivity, independence, and a strong ethical foundation. 

Some travel is likely for audit work and, because it’s seasonal, you should expect there to be busier times of the year.

Your future

Over three years you’ll combine audit delivery and study to work towards a professional qualification - the ACA, or CA equivalent in Scotland. Your programme might see you working in a specific industry sector or across a variety of industries, depending on the office you join.

After completing your qualification, the learning and career opportunities continue. You can take the valuable technical skills, broad commercial understanding and in-depth knowledge of one or more industry sectors, to continue building an exciting and varied long-term career. 

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 to 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), to show that you’re able to successfully study for professional qualifications. If you are a few grades or points short, we would still encourage you to apply, as your application will be reviewed together with your performance in our assessments. 

You‘ll also have the opportunity to provide additional information for us to assess your application and potential in the context of your socio-economic background and/or any extenuating circumstances, which may have a positive uplift on your academic achievements through contextual recruitment.

• 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.