Graduate programmes
Understand the financial foundations behind every organisation, across every industry.
You will
qualify and practice as an Actuary, Accountant, Tax or Finance professional
These are right for you if
you're analytical, enjoy working with numbers and thrive in a team
Start date
September 2027
Location
Across the UK
These programmes could be right for you if:
If you start your career in Audit, Accounting, Actuarial, Tax or Finance, you’ll gain a unique perspective on some of the world’s most influential, most innovative, and most dynamic organisations.
Every organisation’s ability to thrive and survive depends on its ability to finance its operations, manage budgets, mitigate risk, comply with regulations, and pay taxes, bills and wages. So whether it’s a start-up business, a multinational corporation, a city council or a charity, every client we work with is measured on its financial performance. That performance data, and the insight you gain from it, tells the story of how an organisation is delivering on its goals. It drives strategies, impacts reputations and shapes the future.
By helping our clients to collect, manage and interpret that data accurately, we provide the clarity and expertise to operate effectively, act responsibly and make the right decisions. We help organisations to navigate a rapidly changing world of risk, regulation, legislation, and technological transformation. We help them to become more agile, efficient and profitable. We increase their resilience, sustainability and security. By doing so, we contribute to the transparency and trust that underpins the global economy.
At PwC, you’ll get an incredible education in the fundamentals of business. Developing your understanding of finance and technology, you’ll work with clients to solve complex problems that have a real-world impact. And most of our people gain a professional qualification.
Whether you are auditing financial statements, modelling statistics, reviewing regulations or identifying tax implications, you’ll be using technology to investigate all details of data, systems or processes and turning that analysis into insight.
We can’t do our work in a silo. So a key part of your role will involve building relationships and engaging with clients, regulators, shareholders and stakeholders, at all levels. Most of all, you’ll be learning from a network of PwC colleagues, working in close-knit, multi-skilled teams.
Much of your work will involve interpreting rules, regulations or data and putting them into real-life context for your clients. You’ll challenge clients and make recommendations, always backed up by facts, helping them to make smart, evidence-based decisions.
Our graduate programmes require you to have passed or be on track to pass your degree.
You'll spend a minimum of three days each week in the office or on client site.
A career at PwC means embarking on a transformative learning and development journey.
Our benefits offering is an important part of your total reward package.
If you have a particular preference on business area or location, you'll have the opportunity to express this during the application process. Please note, preferences are considered but not guaranteed.
You may not have a preference at this stage, and that's okay too. As you go through the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the roles we have available in the business category you’ve applied to. After you’ve successfully completed your assessment centre, you’ll be matched to a role that aligns with your interests and ambitions.
On our Actuarial Services programme, you’ll learn how to analyse and manage financial risks for clients through statistical modelling and data analysis. Actuaries provide valuable insights and recommendations to help businesses make informed decisions and mitigate potential risks. So, you’ll turn complex data into clear findings, presenting it to clients in simple, easy‑to‑understand language. Discover the breadth of work delivered across our actuarial business.
You’ll study with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), learning how to use complex financial and statistical theories to weigh up the risks and estimate the odds of what the future will bring. Once you’ve completed the exams, you’ll then be fully qualified and a Fellow of the IFoA.
On our Audit and Assurance programmes, you’ll get a backstage pass to some of the most interesting and dynamic organisations in the world. Audit at PwC is fast-moving, stimulating and full of opportunity, few careers offer such accelerated responsibility and client exposure. Collaboration is fundamental to everything we do, so you’ll learn from supportive colleagues, senior leaders, clients and experts across our global network. The people you work with and grow alongside makes Audit at PwC truly special.
To do our work, we need to understand how a client’s business functions, so our people get an incredible grounding in all kinds of industries and sectors. You’ll work directly with clients, experiencing everything from the warehouse to the boardroom. You’ll see how CEOs and CFOs work, and gain a unique perspective on how different organisations do business and deliver value.
When an organisation makes financial, sustainability and performance statements, we are trusted by its board, its shareholders and stakeholders, government regulators and, crucially, the markets, to ensure that the data is fair and accurate.
Our teams verify the credibility and reliability of all kinds of data, creating transparency and trust by bringing independent rigour to the information that underpins the economy. We’re redefining the future of Audit and embedding the latest technology into every aspect of our work. You’ll work with cutting-edge digital tools and AI, while helping clients ensure they have the systems, internal controls, governance policies and risk management processes in place to deliver information accurately and effectively.
Every day brings new opportunities to stretch yourself, take ownership and enhance your expertise, opening up a whole range of potential career paths.
If you join us in Audit and Assurance, you could complete the ACA or ICAS professional qualification. Wherever you want your career to take you, completing a globally recognised qualification with PwC is a passport to a world of possibilities and potential. As the business landscape changes rapidly, the depth of technical capability, breadth of skills and variety of experiences you gain here will prepare you to play a leading role, whatever tomorrow brings. You’ll study for your qualifications in a diverse and vibrant cohort, building powerful bonds of trust and respect and a network that can stay with you throughout your career. Please be aware that our Digital Audit roles don’t involve working towards a professional qualification.
If you’re curious about how a complex business keeps moving safely, confidently and at pace, our risk and compliance teams are a great place to start your career. You’ll get close to the real decisions that shape how our clients operate, helping them to understand where risks could arise, how controls protect, and what good governance looks like in practice. You’ll also learn how to navigate complex regulatory environments, translating requirements into practical action that supports and protects the business. It’s work that combines problem-solving, judgement and collaboration, with plenty of opportunity to learn how different parts of organisations fit together.
From supporting control design and assurance activity to helping manage issues, strengthen processes and prepare for operational disruption, you’ll be involved in work that really matters. These roles are about more than checking boxes: they are about asking the right questions, spotting emerging risks, making processes better and giving our clients confidence that their business is resilient, well controlled and focused on good outcomes. If you enjoy variety, challenge and want to make a visible impact, this is an exciting area to build broad business knowledge and develop skills that will stay with you throughout your career.
In Tax Services, you’ll help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions, providing guidance on tax planning, compliance and strategy.
The tax landscape is constantly changing and the future of the tax professional lies in data, where you will get the opportunity to work with the latest technology, including AI, to support our clients across a broad range of tax matters. Your analysis and insight will help high-profile organisations, entrepreneurs and family businesses to understand complex rules and make informed decisions on personal and corporate tax issues.
Our programmes will help you gain a breadth of experience across our core tax specialisms. They will also prepare you for your future as an innovative, agile tax professional. We’ll develop your skills in relationship management and data analysis. We’ll also build your specialist knowledge on the way different businesses and client sectors work.
If you join us in Tax Services, you could complete the (ICAEW) ACA professional qualification or (ICAS) CA if you are in Scotland. In Tax, we follow a Study First pathway, designed to give graduates the best start by separating dedicated study from learning on the job.
Our Finance programmes give you the chance to gain deep insight into how the financial services world works or how finance departments for different organisations operate. Professionals in this area handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management. Providing strategic guidance to leaders, you’ll help them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions.
The world is becoming increasingly complex, technology is disrupting almost every aspect of how organisations operate and the pace of change is unprecedented. Our clients look to us to help them navigate the ever-evolving landscape of risk, regulation and transformation. So you’ll develop your expertise in both finance and technology, working closely with clients to solve complex problems and make their businesses more agile and resilient.
If you join us as in Finance, you could complete the CAI professional qualification. For more detail on this, please see the Professional Qualification section on this page.
The first thing you'll need to do is complete your online application carefully, following all the instructions.
A series of online assessments that measure your cognitive skills, behaviours, natural preferences and reasoning abilities.
The next stage of our assessment process is an on-demand video interview. The questions will focus on how you typically approach your work, for example at school, university or any prior work experience you may have.
The penultimate stage of our recruitment process is a virtual immersive assessment centre.
Based on your performance throughout the assessment stages, and the preferences you indicated to us at the start of the application process we’ll match you to your business area and office.
The final stage of our recruitment process is an interview with a senior leader from the business area that you have been matched to.
