Audit Graduate Programme

By joining our Audit programme, you’ll uncover new strengths, gain new experiences and develop the skills you can use to shape your future career.

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Audit graduate programme

The financial and non-financial information auditors assure creates confidence amongst shareholders, consumers, employees and wider society. Our PwC auditors build trust in society - helping stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Our auditors are curious and excellent at forging strong relationships that enable us to be challenging and honest with our clients. They develop a deep specialism and take pride in the importance of the work they do in the audit profession. Developing industry expertise as they journey through their career.

Auditors of the future
Development
Network of experts
Joining as a graduate

Auditors of the future

By joining our Audit graduate programme, you’ll uncover new strengths, gain new experiences and develop the skills you can use to shape your future career. Our programme is underpinned by a development framework that will set you up for success, teaching you skills that will set you up for the rest of your career.

Audit is changing as the requirements of regulators and stakeholders change with focus on more than just financial performance, with reporting on other areas such as ESG, cyber security, and operational resilience playing a more important role in building stakeholder trust and you would be part of that change.

Development

Your development goes far beyond your qualification. On the programme you’ll gain:

a grounding in business which will set you up for your long term career
skills to equip you for a constantly changing business environment
exposure to different areas of audit through cycles of experience looking at both financial and non financial information, giving you a variety of experience and a greater depth to your understanding of our business and our clients
experience working with senior leaders to help you learn and build your network from day one.

The programme will help you grow the career you want and progress within the firm.

Network of experts

At PwC, you’ll work alongside a network of experts

Our audit practice, which looks at the audit of both financial and non financial information is built on trust and delivering sustained outcomes. We work with colleagues from across PwC to continually innovate and invest in the technologies that we believe are most relevant to audit in the future, from AI to drones, from blockchain to robotics.

We draw on specialists from across the firm - including ESG consultants, tax specialists, and more - to help us deliver our audits. This means as an auditor, you’ll be able to build a broad network across the firm.

Joining as a graduate

Your role in Audit will involve studying for the Chartered Accountant (ACA or CA) qualification.

You’ll start your professional qualification almost immediately on joining and within the first few months you’ll take your first set of exams. Studying can be tough but we'll be right behind you with full financial support and access to first-class tuition. On our training programme you’ll benefit from a flexible learning provision to suit various learning styles - such as tutor-led sessions, self-managed learning and small group sessions. Our dedicated professional qualifications team and your career coach will offer support throughout your professional study journey.

You'll need to have achieved or be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

For more information on what to expect from your professional qualification and the support you’ll receive, visit our training and development page.