PKF

PKF Graduate Careers

PKF is a firm of accountants and business advisers who specialise in accountancy, assurance, advisory and management consulting.

PKF have 23 offices around the UK and 110 associated firms worldwide.

PKF Application Requirements

Applicants are required to have obtained at least a 2:1 degree (any subject area) and 280 UCAS points. No preference is given to the university which you studied at.

PKF Graduate Schemes Available

Graduate candidates are able to apply for any of the following work areas at PKF:

• Assurance and advisory
• Tax
• Audit
• Management Consulting
• Human Resources

PKF Graduate Training

New trainees will attend a week long residential training course with new starters from each of the firm's 23 UK offices. This will comprise technical training and presentions about PKF and the firm's work.

Accounting

Graduates are able to start studying for a broad range of accounting qualifications from the moment they join the firm as trainees. For example, you can study:

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland (CA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Institute of Charted Accountants in England and Wales (ACA)

PKF also provide training in leadership skills, time management and IT software. Training is available to all employees, not just trainees.

Employees may be able to take international secondments with the company's international network of associated firms.

PKF trainees may find greater autonomy and diversity of work than that available from Big 4 firms.