Our graduate scheme is gives you the opportunity to gain fantastic work experience and achieve an internationally recognised professional qualification that allows you to work anywhere in the world.
You will study to become a Chartered Accountant, which typically takes a minimum of three years. We expect our trainees to work hard and commit themselves to their studies. For the successful and ambitious, the rewards are excellent.
About You:
Have a 2:1 or above in any degree, at least 3 Cs at A Level and a minimum of 5 GCSEs (A-C or 9-5), including Maths and English.
Interested in pursuing a rewarding and challenging career in the financial and accountancy sector.
Have prior work experience, have carried out extended reading or have other relevant experiences.
Share our values and able to work well in a busy, supportive team.
Strong numerical skills, accurate with high attention to detail.
Self-motivated, a good communicator and enjoy working with clients.
Be able to manage and prioritise your work load to ensure efficient and timely delivery of services to our clients.
Have great IT, organisational and interpersonal skills.
Are driven by learning and developing your skills.
What You Would be Doing:
By training with an independent practice like BSN, you will gain diverse experience in different industries and areas of audit testing:
In the first year, you will be trained in audit, statutory accounts and corporation tax and this usually continues for the entirety of the three years of your training contract. You will experience working at client premises for the majority of the time, initially assisting small teams in audit engagements.
During the second year, you will begin taking a more senior role in the audit process and work on more complex statutory accounts.
By the end of your third year of training, you will be leading certain audit assignments and liaising directly with clients on their statutory accounts and corporation tax.
We are both ICAEW and ACCA training providers and so you can study for either qualification with us.
Apply for Graduate Scheme or Summer Placement with us:
We see our graduates as the potential directors of tomorrow. To apply for our graduate scheme, please email us with your cover letter in the body of the email, ‘Graduate Scheme’ as the subject and don’t forget to attach your CV.
We also take on summer placement students for 6 - 8 weeks in their 1st or 2nd year. If you would be interested in a placement with us the application process is the same, send an email to the link below with your CV and a covering email of why a placement with us would help advance your career.
Our team will respond to both successful and unsuccessful applicants.
Join our recent graduates as part of our growing team, here’s why they love working at BSN….
“At BSN every single person in the team is valued for their work and as an individual, which is one of the reasons why we have lots of fun in and outside work as a team.”
Enrolling onto a Graduate Scheme
About us:
Emily: I studied Accounting at the University of Manchester.
Jess: I studied Mathematics at the University of Leeds, before joining PWC as a flexible associate, then moved to BSN shortly after.
Career decision:
Emily: I decided to study for the chartered accountancy exams because I enjoyed accountancy at Uni and there are multiple career options in accountancy that interest me.
Jess: I loved pure maths at Uni but I wanted a career which would involve working in a team and solving practical solutions, and so the ICAEW exams allowed me to utilise all my skills, whilst offering wide opportunities in the finance sector.
Why BSN:
Emily: The main reason I chose to join BSN is because when I did a summer placement in my second year at Uni, I found the team environment really inclusive and I knew they would all be willing to help me as I progress throughout my career.
At BSN I also knew I would get the opportunity to experience multiple aspects of accountancy, not just audit, unlike at bigger firms.
Jess: When I first interviewed at BSN, I knew I wanted to work here straight away. It was my first interview where the Partners (Pippa and Hannah) really made an effort to get to know me and explain all the various areas of accounting I could be involved with and so I was excited to work with their clients. At BSN every single person in the team is valued for their work and as an individual, which is one of the reasons why we have lots of fun in and outside work as a team.
I had struggled with my ICAEW exams when working at PWC and found them stressful, however when I came to BSN I passed every exam comfortably first time, and that is due to how supportive and encouraging the whole team is. I am forever grateful to BSN for providing me with this amazing opportunity on their graduate scheme to pass my ICAEW Chartered Accountancy Exams and become a well rounded accountant.