Description
Our Flying Start degree programmes offer people of all ages and experience levels the opportunity to kickstart their careers and study for a degree at the same time. You'll earn a salary and have a real role, working on live projects while balancing your time with university study.
So whether you are just leaving school or college, or are rethinking your career aspirations, this is an exciting opportunity to earn while you learn and gain valuable professional experience.
At PwC, we want you to feel challenged, to grow and learn every day. So you'll work on a range of projects in a culture that embraces difference and encourages you to think imaginatively. We bring together highly skilled people to deliver for our clients, so you'll have access to some of the industry's top professionals and the opportunity to make an impact to our teams and clients from day one.
About The Programme
On our Accounting Flying Start programme, you'll gain experience as part of one of our Audit teams.
This will give you a unique perspective on the business world. Every organisation is measured on its financial performance, whether it's a tech giant, a high-street brand, a football club, a charity, or a local council. That performance data, and the insight you gain from it, tells the story of how an organisation is delivering on its goals.
By helping our clients to collect, manage and interpret financial data accurately, we help them make the right decisions to operate effectively and navigate a rapidly changing future.
As an auditor, you'll bring expertise and independent rigour to the process of verifying this critical data. You'll also help to ensure that clients have the digital systems and processes in place to deliver this information accurately and effectively.
To do our work, we need to understand how a client's business functions. So our people get an incredible grounding in all kinds of industries and sectors. You'll work directly with clients, experiencing everything from the warehouse to the boardroom. You'll see the way that the CEOs and CFOs at our clients work. And you'll learn how different organisations do business.
You'll collaborate with colleagues and clients
Our work is teamwork, so your understanding of how organisations work will always be expanding. You'll learn how to build relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients who have a whole range of skills and approaches.
You'll analyse information and solve problems
Most of our work involves working with innovative technology to analyse data and using that insight to unlock complex problems.
You'll offer expertise and guidance
Clients come to PwC for our expertise, experience and unrivalled knowledge. So you'll need the confidence to challenge and influence clients, making recommendations based on facts.
Your development pathway
The Accounting Flying Start programme is much like a normal three-year degree course but with one clear difference. In each academic year, you'll spend one of the terms on a full-time work placement with PwC. This means you'll still have each summer off to enjoy.
The programme will put you on track to qualify as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. In fact, by the end of your course, you will have completed 85% of your ICAEW exams.
The vast majority of finalists on the programme receive a job offer from PwC after graduation. You'll then join the final year of our graduate programme, which means you'll have the opportunity to become a fully qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant, with the salary to match, just over a year after graduation.
How To Apply
You apply for the Flying Start degree via UCAS. You can apply for multiple Flying Start programmes but each application to each university will count as one of your UCAS options.
Our Accounting Flying Start Programme Can Be Studied At
* Newcastle University (NN14)
* University of Manchester (N403)
* University of Nottingham (N410)
* University of Reading (NN41)
* Queen Mary University of London (N403)
As each university is unique, they all have their own admissions policy to consider applications. For the specific admissions requirements, please visit the relevant university pages.