Insight Penultimate Year Abilities Talent - Tax and Law Insight Manchester TBC 2026

Join our Tax Insight programme and learn about working collaboratively with organisations of all shapes and sizes, helping them to navigate complex tax policy landscapes, and stay compliant with regulation by paying the right tax at the right time.

This programme is aimed at students who have a disability or long-term condition, seeking an insight into a career in Tax. It’s the perfect opportunity for you to learn more about our business and develop your professional skills. Disability covers a broad range of conditions, both visible and non-visible. Some of the conditions covered under this definition include, but are not limited to, autism spectrum conditions, ADHD, cancer, cerebral palsy, depression and other mental health conditions, diabetes, dyslexia, dyspraxia, hearing impairments, HIV, IBS, limb loss, lupus, ME, MS, spinal column injury, stroke, and visual impairments, in each case which has a long term and substantial effect on your ability to carry out normal daily activities.

During your Insight experience, you’ll have the chance to meet people from our Tax teams who make KPMG an inspiring place to work and explore our variety of career opportunities available. Over three days you'll network with our colleagues, learn more about what we do and the meaningful difference we make to businesses and the communities we serve.

The programme will be offered to students with a disability or long-term health condition who are in their penultimate year of university. 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 Talent Insight Programme in. As such, please ensure you have a commitment to the location and business area that you apply to.

Join us and discover a world of exciting career opportunities.

Capability:

Tax & Law

Programme Length:

3 days

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.

• 5 GCSEs* at A* – C or at 4 – 9 (inc. English Language and Maths at Grade B or 5), or for Scotland 5 National 5 qualifications at Grades A – C (inc. English Language and Maths at Grade B or equivalent)

• 120 UCAS points* from your ‘top’ 3 grades, excluding General Studies under the 2017 tariff point system at A Level (300 UCAS points pre-2017) or at Higher/Advanced Higher Level for Scotland.

• On track to achieve a 2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.

The programme will be offered to students who are in their penultimate year of university. Whilst on the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to take an assessment, and if successful, you could secure a position on one of our 2027 Tax graduate programmes.

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 in our graduates at KPMG.

Training and Development:

This programme provides an opportunity to find out what it’s like to work for a leading professional services firm whilst gaining valuable practical experience and kick-starting your career. You’ll learn about the world of work, enhance your CV and start building those all-important professional networks. 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.

Additional Information:

This is a 3-day paid Insight programme and will be run 24th – 26th June 2026. You will be paid a salary equivalent to the living wage salary.

Please visit our Applying to KPMG page to discover more about our application process.