Audit Industrial Placement

Overview

Ready to take what you’ve learned at university and put it into practice? Spend a year getting real experience with BDO on our Audit Industrial Placement – with the opportunity to build skills, work with clients and potentially return on our Graduate Programme.

The programme starts on Monday, 20th September 2027 for an organisation-wide induction (you need to be able to attend).

• In Audit, you’ll get involved in client work and be trusted with responsibility as your experience grows.
• And with 6,000+ people across the UK, you’ll be part of a team that brings together more expertise, perspectives and opportunities than you might expect.
• Our Audit teams work across specialist areas including Pension Audit, Public Sector, Not-for-Profit, Financial Services and Technology Risk Assurance, giving you the chance to see how different organisations work from the inside out.
• You’ll learn by doing, build your confidence and find out what kind of work interests you.
• And you’ll have people around you to answer questions, give you feedback and help you make the most of your year.
• It’s big experience with personal backing – and a year that could give you a head start on what comes next.

• Over your placement year, you’ll gain hands‑on Audit experience, working with clients and colleagues while developing your technical, commercial and relationship‑building skills.
• Your placement can take you further towards becoming professionally qualified, during your year with BDO, you can:
• Sit three professional exams.
• Log six months of practical work experience with the relevant Professional Body.
• Return to BDO on the Graduate programme, and complete your remaining exams and training in 2.5 years, qualifying around six months sooner because of your placement experience.
• You can also apply to return to your placement team, with the chance to secure a graduate offer before your final year at uni.
• You’ll also get opportunities to work alongside experienced colleagues and senior leaders, contribute to client work and take on more as your confidence grows.
• Our placement students talked about being trusted early, having their ideas welcomed and getting opportunities to work directly with partners.

• You’re curious, resilient and ready to try new things.
• You enjoy solving problems, thinking things through and putting what you’ve learned into practice.
• You don’t need to arrive knowing everything.
• Bring your energy and willingness to get involved, and you’ll have experience, feedback and support to help you build from there.

• Our benefits are designed to support your life in and outside of work, with options including additional leave, gym membership and employee discounts, alongside pension, health and wellbeing support and a range of protection benefits.
• Join us in one of the following hubs - Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Ipswich, Leeds, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Reading or Southampton.
• One thing to note: you’ll need to live within a commutable distance of the office you apply to.
• Relocation support is not provided, so please consider this carefully before applying.
• Time together in person matters – whether that’s in the office or with clients – for your learning, building relationships and getting the most from your placement.
• Our benefits are designed to support your life in and outside of work, with options including additional leave, gym membership and employee discounts, alongside pension, health and wellbeing support and a range of protection benefits.

• £26,615 - £29,700 (depends on location)

A year at BDO is a chance to do more than get a feel for working life.

• You’ll work with clients, take on responsibility,…