Job descriptionThe largest of our UK practices, Audit provides insight, challenge and expertise to some of the world's biggest companies.
We make a meaningful difference to those businesses and the wider community, by examining organisations and ensuring that their published accounts provide a true and fair reflection of their financial position.Join us on this programme and you'll have the opportunity to see the auditing process from a range of different perspectives, giving you a rounded view of the discipline and benefiting from learning that will last a lifetime.
In fact, you're laying the groundwork for a secure and long-lasting career.Our four-week Audit Vacation Programme is your chance to gain work experience in a specific audit business area and an insight into life within our diverse and supportive audit community.
The programme is designed to help you grow and develop a breadth of professional skills, giving you learning that will last you a lifetime.
Building your commercial understanding and in-depth knowledge of different sectors and businesses and understand more about the work we do to deliver the highest quality audits.This programme has been purposefully designed as a step towards a possible Graduate offer if you're successful on the programme.
This offer would only be for the same location and business area as that you completed your vacation programme.
As such, please ensure you have a commitment to the Vacation programme location and business area that you apply to.Our firm's hybrid working model balances the flexibility of working from home with the importance of collaborating and learning in our offices, or at the sites of the organisations we audit.
We trust our people to be where they need to be, with our colleagues working together in person as often as needed.
You'll be empowered by the technology that supports us to work flexibly across our collaborative office spaces.Join us and be part of an inclusive team that's supportive of individual wellbeing and makes a meaningful difference to the companies we audit and our communities.
If you're curious, resilient and agile, you could thrive with us.
Capability: Audit Programme Length: 4 weeks Qualifications: N/A 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.
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Grade 5 or B GCSE* MathsGrade 5 or B GCSE* English Language120 UCAS points* from your 'top' 3 grades, excluding General Studies under the 2017 tariff point system at A Level (300 UCAS points pre-2017)On track to achieve a 2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.
Our Vacation Programmes are open to students in their penultimate year of university or who are due to graduate in 2026.
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 at KPMG.Learn more about what we look for and how to apply .
Training and Development: As the vacation programme is not that long, the focus for you will be to ensure every second counts.
Above all else, it's about gaining experience on real-time, real-life projects.
It's an opportunity to learn new skills, enhance your CV, learn about the world of work and, importantly, get your foot in the door of one of the leading professional services firms.
And if you're inspired by the time you spend with us here and go on to join us full-time once you've graduated, you'll get access to exemplary training and development to help you thrive.The training and development of our people is critical to the future success of our business.
We want to empower our trainees to grow in their own way, to feed their curiosity and embrace a growth mindset in an environment where learning is continuous.
Therefore, we have created a rich curriculum and learning community to help our trainees build skills and fulfil their potential.
This ranges from an immersive induction experience to help with the transition to the world of work, 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 trainees gain an advantage for life.
As part of your vacation programme, you will be introduced to this package and have the opportunity to experience some of the training and development curriculum and learning community.