Graduate Employers Guides - KPMG

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Employer Information

• Application deadline: All year round
• Starting salaries: Competitive
• Regions: Nationwide
• Industries: Finance
• Website: http://www.kpmg.co.uk/careers
• Email: ukfmgraduate@kpmg.co.uk
• Telephone: For Graduate, Vacation and School Leaver queries please call 0500 664 665.
• Address: 15 Canada Square, London E14 5GL

What is KPMG?

At KPMG, the people make the place. The fact that we consistently appear in the top 10 of the ‘Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For’ list, speaks for itself. As one of the largest graduate employers in the UK we are proud to offer a wide variety of graduate entry routes across three different business areas – Audit, Tax and Consultancy – in 22 offices across the UK.

What’s more, our firm is growing. Since a number of European firms merged to form KPMG Europe LLP, we’ve become the largest fully-integrated accountancy firm in Europe, offering Audit, Tax and Advisory services to everyone from oil companies to music gurus. But it’s not just what we do that’s important. It’s the way that we do it. That’s why our values are more than just a list of words. They’re a way of life here, underpinning the way we work with clients and with each other.

We think KPMG is a great place to start your career – and we’re sure you will too.

What roles are available at KPMG?

Audit, Tax and Consultancy

Application process for KPMG.

Online applications only.

Entry requirements and type of person suited for KPMG.

KPMG specifies the following entry requirements:

As a general rule, you’ll be expected to meet the following requirements:

• Minimum grade B GCSE* Maths and minimum grade B GCSE* English Language

• Minimum of 320 UCAS Tariff points* (or 26 UCAS points)

• Minimum 2:1 degree in any discipline.

Please note, that we only consider a candidate’s 'top' 3 A-level grades and do not accept General Studies.

• Or equivalent

In addition to your academic qualifications, we also look at your behavioural competences in nine key areas.

Future prospects and training at KPMG.
KPMG is the only Big 4 firm to have a full time dedicated Professional Qualification Training (PQT) team. The team is made up of 17 people most of whom have studied the qualifications themselves, so they understand exactly what kind of help you’ll need to fulfil your potential. Our training objective is to maximise first time pass rates. This is embedded into KPMG’s overall business strategy ensuring that your training gets the highest level of support from the most senior people in our business.

KPMG work with clients in a lot of different areas and sectors. This means that the opportunities we offer graduates are wide ranging. This leads to lots of different career paths for graduates.

Other comments about KPMG.

Experiences

If you have applied to KPMG, we would like you to hear from you. Please use the following form to detail your experiences of application, to aid those interested in following a similar career path.

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