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How do I get a graduate job in accountancy and financial management?

Everything you need to know about graduate jobs with accountancy firms, financial management employers and related organisations. Whether you want to know about professional qualifications, or which areas you could work in, you can find answers to key questions here. (More...)

Which accountancy specialisation should you choose?

Can you practise discretion and build good working relationships based on trust? Perhaps you should consider a career in tax. Or do you have the inquisitiveness and sound judgment of a detective? Forensics probably appeals. How do you decide which will suit you best? (More...)

The big 4 accounting firms: a graduate’s guide

Ernst & Young, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG: Who accepts 2.2 degrees? Who has a careers 'lattice' instead of a ladder? And who one plants ‘spotters’ on assessment days? (More...)

First person: my career as a forensic accountant

Picking over the bones of the past: an interview with a top forensic accountant at BDO (More...)

Which type of accountancy firm has the best graduate jobs?

So much depends upon what you're looking for from a graduate job in accountancy and financial management, from the size and nature of the organisation to the study package on offer. (More...)

First person: accounting and the retail environment

Over the course of a three-year graduate finance scheme at Tesco. Christopher Gee had placements in marketing, property and was secondment to the US. He now works in internal audit, with the opportunity to work all over the world. (More...)

First person: accounting and weapons procurement

James Davis writes about a career in structured finance that’s involved him with household brands including Coca Cola, Channel 5 and BAE Systems. (More...)

Accountancy jargon: a graduate’s guide to jobspeak

Employers won't expect you to win gold in graduate job interviews, but you'll feel confident if you've got to grips with accounting and financial management buzzwords. (More...)