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Smith & Williamson

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Smith & Williamson is a top ten accountancy firm that provides investment management, accountancy, tax, corporate and financial advisory services to private clients, corporates, professional practices, and non-profit organisations. The firm's clients are involved in industries such as e-commerce, media, property, manufacturing, and the charity sector.

Smith & Williamson was founded in 1881. The firm has 10 principal offices in the UK and 1,500 employees.

The firm is the principal UK member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accounting and consulting firms. There are 334 offices in 92 countries involved with Nexia International, which gives Smith & Williamson strong links in many major cities around the world.

National Offices

London, Belfast, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, Guildford, Maidstone, Salisbury, Southampton and Worcester.

S & W tend to recruit graduates into a variety of business areas in 5 of their key offices: Bristol, Guildford, London, Salisbury, and Southampton.

Graduate Jobs

Smith & Williamson's minimum academic requirements for graduates are a grade B in GCSE mathematics and english language, 300 UCAS points excluding general studies and a strong second class degree in any discipline.

The firm look for the following key competencies in graduate job candidates: communication skills, problem solving ability, teamwork skills, and ahigh level of commercial awareness.

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