We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC)
• Multinational, services include tax,
assurance, actuarial and legal
• 195,000 employees with UK income
of £2.8 billion
• Offers graduate and higher
apprenticeship opportunities
• Runs a talent academy for
undergraduates
Moore Stephens
• Global company with 600 offices,
103 countries
• 27,000 staff, UK income £139 million
• AAT school leaver programme
• Graduate Associate Chartered
Accountant Programme
Mazars
• Audit, tax and advisory services
• HQ Paris, 14,000 staff globally
• UK income of £130 million
• School leaver and graduate programmes
Deloitte
• Multinational accounting firm with
210,000 staff globally
• Services include tax, audit, legal,
financial advisory
• £2.6 billion UK income, HQ in London
• Graduate and higher apprenticeship
opportunities
KPMG
• Audit, tax and advisory services
• 173,000 staff globally, £1.96 billion
UK income
• 11,000 staff, 600 partners in UK
• School leaver, undergraduate and
graduate programmes
RSM
• Global, 37,000 staff, 110 countries
• Audit, risk, advisory, tax services,
UK income £294 million
• Current student vacancies include
Audit Assistant, Tax Assistant,
Corporate Tax Assistant
Grant Thornton
• Global firm in audit, tax and
advisory
• 100 countries, 40,000 staff
• UK earnings at £512 million,
HQ London, 27 regional offices
• Graduate, intern and school
leaver programmes
BDO
• International firm with 60,000 staff,
1,300 offices
• UK business of £395 million income,
• School leaver and graduate
programmes
Job Sites
www.accountancyagejobs.com www.icaewjobs.com www.efinancialcareers.co.uk www.ashdowngroup.com www.roberthalf.co.ukCheck out
www.directions.org.uk www.accaglobal.com/jobprofiles www.kent.ac.uk/careers/accountancy.htm www.careers.ox.ac.uk/accountancy www.schoolleavers.mazars.co.uk www.cipfa.org www.cimaglobal.com www.aat.org.ukIndustry Magazines and News
www.accountancyage.com www.accountancylive.com www.telegraph.co.uk/financeErnst & Young (EY)
• Global firm with 212,000 employees,
700 offices
• UK earnings of £1.68 billion, UK HQ
London
Saffery Champness
• £600 million income, 600 staff
• Graduate, intern and school leaver
programmes
Smith & Williamson
• Accountancy company with 13
offices in UK, Ireland and Jersey
• Services include accounting,
corporate, investment and tax
• 1,500 staff, £199 million income
• School leaver high apprenticeship
and graduate programmes
Accountancy