Get Set…
Looking to leap into the world of work?
Want an alternative to university but still obtain a higher level degree?
The KPMG Get Set Degree Apprenticeship could be your opportunity to
- GO: Start working after your A Levels and get responsibility and client exposure from the very start
- LEARN: Obtain a BSc (Hons) Accounting with Management degree from Ulster University
- ADVANCE: Work towards your professional Chartered Accountancy qualification (ACA)
The opportunity
You will get the chance to work on high profile client projects and learn from our amazing team of professionals.
Through a performance manager and buddy, they will be supporting you to do your daily work and stretching you to reach your full potential.
Our award winning KPMG Business School will provide a bespoke training programme that will help you to develop personally as well as professionally.
To support your degree studies, you will have 1 day off each week throughout your university semesters. Once you progress to the professional exams, we also offer exceptional study leave to support you to obtain your exams.
If you want to GO > LEARN > ADVANCE in your career, please apply now.
What is Audit?
Auditing is not just about numbers; it is about training bright young professionals to understand how businesses operate, how businesses seek out commercial opportunities, manage risks and how they are then accurately presented in a set of annual financial statements. It is for this reason that audit training is an excellent business foundation for students with an ambition to become extraordinary business advisors.
At KPMG, quality is critical to us in all that we do. We only recruit the brightest and the best people. You will learn and grow working alongside experienced and committed professionals as you undertake your higher level degree and your professional examinations.
We are at an exciting time in auditing, where technology is changing how we all work. At KPMG, we are at the forefront of adopting sophisticated tools to make sense of the explosion of data in our market. As an audit team member, you will learn how to integrate technology in the audit whilst providing clients with the highest quality insights into their businesses.
What is Turnaround & Restructuring?
The Turnaround and Restructuring practice offers businesses in difficulty a clear way forward. We identify problems, provide analysis and facilitate in the development and implementation of business strategies.
Our team of professionals advise organisations, suppliers and borrowers to help identify, evaluate and implement opportunities to restore stability and confidence, unlock and create lasting value and improve operational and financial performance to the benefit of all stakeholders.
You will be working on projects such as:
- Advising companies in financial difficulty
- Formulating turnaround strategies
- Insolvency appointments
- Litigation support on contract disputes and claims
- The provision of investigation services, including fraud, financial misstatements and misconduct
What we are looking for
KPMG are looking for bright and ambitious students that have strong motivation to work in professional services, specifically Audit or Turnaround & Restructuring. Students that want to bypass the full university experience but gain a higher level degree while working and earning money.
Minimum requirements are AAB in your A Level qualifications (or equivalent), preferably with Maths or Business as one of your subjects.
Students must be able to demonstrate ambition, career motivation, business acumen and have a desire to learn from this experience with KPMG. This will be assessed through an assessment day.
Students should be from Northern Ireland and be available to work in our Belfast office
If you want to GO > LEARN > ADVANCE in your career, please apply now.
Are you interested?
Complete this short application form before 7 March 2025. We will hold our assessment day in April 2025 and the program will commence in September 2025.