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Help businesses publish reliable financial accounts as you progress towards becoming a chartered accountant.

Programme overview

As external auditors, we help companies publish true and fair financial accounts others can rely on – so we can build a better working world.

What you will be doing

• Getting to understand our clients, their businesses and how they work.
• Testing business controls to ensure they work how they’re supposed to.
• Performing an independent assessment of financial information to ensure financial statements are true and fair.
• Working as part of the audit team on a hybrid working basis spending time on client sites, in the office and at home.
• You’ll have a dedicated careers counsellor throughout the programme to help you during busier seasons, development and learning.

Key programme facts

Delivering trust and confidence to the financial markets, whilst progressing your future as a business advisor.

Programme overview

Our purpose is to support the long-term sustainability of businesses, to bring trust and confidence to society and the financial markets.

Technology, including AI is transforming the way that we deliver our audits as it’s embedded in everything that we do. It allows us to focus on using our key skills on analysis, exercising professional judgement and providing powerful insights to EY teams and clients.

What you will be doing

• Working in teams we analyse data, consider sustainability metrics, and test business controls to determine whether financial statements are accurate.
• Learning from your team as they coach and guide you in your day-to-day tasks.
• Working across a portfolio of clients assigned to you. This will involve a mixture of hybrid working – travelling to client offices, working in the EY office and occasionally from home. It will vary by client and will depend on the requirement of the team.
• Studying towards a Professional Qualification, which requires attending in-person courses, self-study and sitting exams.
• Attending EY learning courses to continually learn new skills.
• Regularly meeting your support network including your Career Counsellor, and Apprenticeship Coach to track your performance and help you progress your career.
• Participating in a range of other activities that help you build your network and support the performance of our business.

Key programme facts

If you’re considering an alternative to university, this programme will give you an insight into the world of EY, and help you decide if an EY Apprenticeship is right for you.

Programme overview

Designed for school students in Year 12 (England and Wales)/S5 (Scotland), you’ll discover more about an EY apprenticeship and the wealth of exciting career possibilities available to you.  

Our Female Tech Futures programme is aimed at raising awareness with female students who are keen to pursue a career in technology. You’ll learn more about our Degree Apprenticeship in Digital and Technology, and you’ll have access to senior role models and gain an insight into the wide world of technology at EY.  

Across two-days you’ll learn more about the work our apprentices do to make an impact to our people, clients, and communities. 

What you will be doing 

• Take part in on-the-job case studies, business skills sessions, and networking with current apprentices.  
• Have access to senior role models within the business.  
• Attend workshops with business leaders.  
• You could even be fast-tracked onto one of our 2025 apprenticeship opportunities.  

How it’s structured

Get a taste of the real working world with our two-day insight programme:

• You’ll attend a one-day virtual event as well as a one-day in-person event hosted in one of our EY office in London, Leeds, Glasgow and Birmingham. We are expecting to run this programme in April 2025 (8^th – 9^th April) and October 2025 (29^th – 30^th October).

Please note you will be able to apply to any of our office locations but we advise you to apply to the location where you would want to be employed in the future. You will then be invited to the in-person office event at one of the selected locations nearest to you.  

For the in-person event, EY will cover reasonable travel costs for you to get to the office. There are no overnight stays for these events and we advise for you to only apply to locations that are within a comfortable commutable distance. 

Key programme facts

If you’re considering an alternative to university, this programme will give you an insight into the world of EY, and help you decide if an EY Apprenticeship is right for you.

Programme overview

Designed for school students in Year 12 (England and Wales)/S5 (Scotland), you’ll discover more about an EY apprenticeship and the wealth of exciting career possibilities available to you.  

On this programme, you’ll learn more about what a career in Audit and Tax entails and get an insight into our Business Apprenticeship opportunities.  

Across two-days you’ll learn more about the work our apprentices do to make an impact to our people, clients, and communities. 

What you will be doing 

• Take part in on-the-job case studies, business skills sessions, and networking with current apprentices . 
• Have access to senior role models within the business.  
• Attend workshops with business leaders.  
• You could even be fast-tracked onto one of our 2025 apprenticeship opportunities.  

How it’s structured

Get a taste of the real working world with our two-day insight programme:

• • You’ll attend a one-day virtual event as well as a one-day in-person event hosted in one of our EY office in London, Leeds, Glasgow and Birmingham. We are expecting to run this programme in April 2025 (8^th – 9^th April) and October 2025 (29^th – 30^th October).

Please note you will be able to apply to any of our office locations but we advise you to apply to the location where you would want to be employed in the future. You will then be invited to the in-person office event at one of the selected locations nearest to you.  

For the in-person event, EY will cover reasonable travel costs for you to get to the office. There are no overnight stays for these events and we advise for you to only apply to locations that are within a comfortable commutable distance. 

Key programme facts

If you’re considering an alternative to university, this programme will give you an insight into the world of EY, and help you decide if the EY Business Apprenticeship is right for you.

Programme overview

Designed for school students in Year 13 (going into Year 14), you’ll discover more about an EY apprenticeship and the wealth of exciting career possibilities available to you.

This programme will be offered in-person in Belfast on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 August 2025. You’ll learn more about the work our apprentices do at EY from on-the-job case studies, business skills sessions and meeting EY apprentices and leaders.

What you will be doing

• Learning about EY’s approach to inclusivity, sustainability, and technology, whilst participating in interactive sessions to learn about the culture of EY.
• Exploring our different business areas and experiencing what it’s like to begin building a career with impact as an apprentice.
• Taking part in skills development workshops that will help you to prepare for a career at EY alongside personal and professional skills.
• Gaining knowledge of our apprenticeship opportunities at EY and speaking to current apprentices on their career journeys, advice, and top tips.

Key programme facts

Help financial services companies across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) manage risks and regulations.

Programme overview

As part of this programme, you will focus on two areas:

• Study for a degree in Business Leadership and Management Practice at Northumbria University. The module breakdown can be found here.
• Study towards a professional qualification from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

Apprentices who join will be based in our Consulting Service Delivery (CSD) Centre in Newcastle. In a project-based environment, you will work alongside a range of EY people to assist clients, such as retail banks with their processes.

What you will be doing

• Working on a range of projects for clients, helping them assess, transform and monitor their risks and controls, in relation to solution areas such as Anti-Money Laundering, Suitability of financial advice and Cyber Security.
• Studying one day a week towards your degree.
• Enjoying access to qualifications in areas like anti-money laundering, cyber security or mortgage advice.
• Working within a team on client projects, meeting daily targets, contributing during team meetings and working towards your personal development.
• You can find out more about CSD and our different solution areas.

Key programme facts

Help local and global businesses to succeed with your tech-savvy assurance and advice whilst studying for a BSc.

Programme overview

Technology is constantly disrupting the world of business, but these changes are often for the best. Working in either Assurance, Consulting Service Delivery, Risk Consulting, or Technology Consulting, this apprenticeship enables tech-savvy students to help us and our clients find new ways of using data and the latest technologies to enhance performance, increase efficiency, better identify and respond to risks and improve engagement with stakeholders. You’ll also study towards a BSc degree in Digital and Technology solutions with BPP University.

What you will be doing

• Specialising in Data Architecture and Integration, Solution Engineering and Development; Data Science; Technology Operations and Service Delivery or Cyber and Information Security.
• Analysing data sets, designing, prototyping and building new tech solutions for clients, and advising different teams on leveraging new technologies.
• Helping clients use the latest tech to deal with complex issues like fraud, automating compliance processes, chatbots and the future of work.
• Studying for a BSc, approximately 20% of your time will be spent on learning activities and 80% will be on client projects.

Key programme facts

Help local and global businesses to succeed with your tech-savvy assurance and advice whilst studying for a BSc.

Programme overview

Technology is constantly disrupting the world of business, but these changes are often for the best. Working in either Assurance, Consulting Service Delivery, Risk Consulting, or Technology Consulting, this apprenticeship enables tech-savvy students to help us and our clients find new ways of using data and the latest technologies to enhance performance, increase efficiency, better identify and respond to risks and improve engagement with stakeholders. You’ll also study towards a BSc degree in Digital and Technology solutions with BPP University.

What you will be doing

• Specialising in Data Architecture and Integration, Solution Engineering and Development; Data Science; Technology Operations and Service Delivery or Cyber and Information Security.
• Analysing data sets, designing, prototyping and building new tech solutions for clients, and advising different teams on leveraging new technologies.
• Helping clients use the latest tech to deal with complex issues like fraud, automating compliance processes, chatbots and the future of work.
• Studying for a BSc, approximately 20% of your time will be spent on learning activities and 80% will be on client projects.

Key programme facts

Help local and global businesses to succeed with your tech-savvy assurance and advice whilst studying for a BSc.

Programme overview

Technology is constantly disrupting the world of business, but these changes are often for the best. Working in either Assurance, Consulting Service Delivery, Risk Consulting, or Technology Consulting, this apprenticeship enables tech-savvy students to help us and our clients find new ways of using data and the latest technologies to enhance performance, increase efficiency, better identify and respond to risks and improve engagement with stakeholders. You’ll also study towards a BSc degree in Digital and Technology solutions with BPP University.

What you will be doing

• Specialising in Data Architecture and Integration, Solution Engineering and Development; Data Science; Technology Operations and Service Delivery or Cyber and Information Security.
• Analysing data sets, designing, prototyping and building new tech solutions for clients, and advising different teams on leveraging new technologies.
• Helping clients use the latest tech to deal with complex issues like fraud, automating compliance processes, chatbots and the future of work.
• Studying for a BSc, approximately 20% of your time will be spent on learning activities and 80% will be on client projects.

Key programme facts

Help local and global businesses to succeed with your tech-savvy assurance and advice whilst studying for a BSc.

Programme overview

Technology is constantly disrupting the world of business, but these changes are often for the best. Working in either Assurance, Consulting Service Delivery, Risk Consulting, or Technology Consulting, this apprenticeship enables tech-savvy students to help us and our clients find new ways of using data and the latest technologies to enhance performance, increase efficiency, better identify and respond to risks and improve engagement with stakeholders. You’ll also study towards a BSc degree in Digital and Technology solutions with BPP University.

What you will be doing

• Specialising in Data Architecture and Integration, Solution Engineering and Development; Data Science; Technology Operations and Service Delivery or Cyber and Information Security.
• Analysing data sets, designing, prototyping and building new tech solutions for clients, and advising different teams on leveraging new technologies.
• Helping clients use the latest tech to deal with complex issues like fraud, automating compliance processes, chatbots and the future of work.
• Studying for a BSc, approximately 20% of your time will be spent on learning activities and 80% will be on client projects.

Key programme facts

Help to drive the future of governance, whilst studying towards an industry recognised qualification.

Programme overview

Our team assist clients in managing the complexities of law compliance, and ensure companies adhere to all relevant procedures and regulations. This helps to reduce risks and boosts efficiency through an innovative, technology-enabled approach allowing companies to focus on achieving their strategic objectives.

We have invested in true technology-enabled delivery, developing a technology suite specifically to address the challenges of global compliance and governance faced by our clients, and to transform ways of working. Our technology delivers efficiencies, improves controls and visibility and provides real-time project analytics.

What you will be doing

• Developing a good understanding of our clients, their organisations, stakeholders, and how they work.
• Gaining technical skills and learning about relevant company legislation and regulation to support the team with advising clients.
• Gaining experience in supporting and coordinating a variety of governance duties such as board meeting tasks, company registrar filings, managing changes in company structure and directorships.
• Being part of a team developing innovative technology solutions for common challenges in the governance space.
• Receiving opportunities for secondments to our diverse clients across a range of sectors.

Key programme facts

Help companies and individuals understand the impact of global mobility on their taxes and immigration requirements, whilst developing your skills.

Programme overview

The future of work means a global workforce and continual change. So, as part of the Tax team’s People Advisory Services (PAS), we look at how businesses reward and relocate employees around the world – and how it affects their tax and immigration requirements.

Technology is at the forefront of the solutions we offer to our clients, and we embrace innovative thinking across our teams to ensure our clients have the right technological solutions that address their needs and help them to streamline time-consuming processes.

What you will be doing

• Assisting with projects both from a compliance and advisory perspective.
• Supporting the management of key client relationships and building and strengthening your own network within the firm and externally with clients.
• Supporting with and preparing for internal team and client presentations.
• Undertaking technical research and reviewing and understanding the tax and immigration legislation to help provide answers to client queries.
• Identifying business opportunities within the Financial Services and UK & Ireland sectors, supporting with writing and proposing for client bids/projects.

Key programme facts

Help local and international businesses find better ways of doing tax whilst you progress towards becoming a tax advisor.

Programme overview

Tax affects every aspect of our lives and laws are always changing. We help local and global organisations from start-ups to influential multinationals, manage every element of their business’s tax. You’ll work closely with colleagues across borders, using EY tools and networks to solve complex business and tax problems. By combining the power of EY’s tax experience with innovative technology, you can help us transform the tax function of the future.

What you will be doing

• Working across various specialist tax teams within UK & Ireland.
• Working directly on tax reporting, technical research and data analysis alongside senior colleagues.
• Building important relationships with clients.

Key programme facts

Using technology, collaborate with clients to help them make better Tax decisions, whilst studying to become a qualified Tax Advisor.

Programme overview

Tax affects every aspect of our lives (for example allowing schools, hospitals, banks and insurers to operate) and laws are continuously evolving. We help local and global organisations, from individuals and start-ups to influential multinationals companies, manage every element of their tax affairs and tax risk policies.

A continuous focus on innovation in tax has transformed the way we support businesses – working collaboratively with clients and using agile methods to develop tailored solutions, faster than ever before.

Our integrated team of technologists and tax professionals bring fresh perspectives to longstanding operational problems facing Tax.

What you will be doing

• Working across various specialist tax teams within UK & Ireland (UK&I) or Financial Services (FS).
• Working alongside your team on advisory projects to tackle some sizeable tax and operational challenges faced by our clients.
• Working alongside audit teams assisting in the review of tax disclosures and other tax items in the accounts.
• Interacting with global EY teams on tax compliance engagements and gaining an overview of tax requirements worldwide.
• Building important relationships with clients through meetings and day-to-day work.
• Receiving regular mentoring to allow you to eventually coach and manage onshore junior and offshore resource to facilitate the delivery of your work.

Key programme facts

Transform our tax, finance and operations functions through Tax technology advice and implementation support.

Programme overview

The world of Financial Services Tax is undergoing a fundamental and long-term evolution as tax authorities globally seek to digitise existing tax regimes. In parallel, they are introducing new, wide ranging, complex and data-intensive tax regulations to increase tax transparency, drive more efficient compliance and insight, and increase tax revenues to fund governmental initiatives.

We help businesses across many sectors including Banking, Capital Markets, Wealth & Asset Management and Insurance adapt to the rapidly changing tax landscape. We provide data strategies to enhance current and future state tax compliance effectiveness. We create scale, control and efficiency for clients by designing and implementing new operating models for tax and finance that leverage cutting edge technologies and develop and implement innovative technology assets to solve our clients specific tax needs. Our work includes a wide range of tax services to clients covering all aspects of operations, technology, software and data consulting.

What you will be doing

• Specialising in Tax Technology. This could involve advising our clients directly on how to implement technology and innovate to address new regulations or business needs. You’ll also work alongside wider teams to deliver transformation to our clients in other areas of tax (indirect taxes, operational taxes, international taxes etc).
• Learning new technical skills such as project management, analytical skills, data architecture, data management, business analysis skills, operating model design and more.
• Developing and practicing soft skills such as communication, stakeholder management, written and verbal presentation skills, planning, negotiation and commercial awareness.
• Building relationships both within EY and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and growing your network and market presence.
• Building knowledge and expertise about the financial services industry, its participants, how they operate and the tax and finance related challenges that they face.

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