Start date: 3rd September 2025
Locations: City, West End, Romford, St Albans, Heathrow or Redhill
If you are looking to pursue a career in audit after you graduate, a placement year at Moore Kingston Smith is a great way to get started. You’ll be working with a variety of businesses, across a wide range of sectors, whilst developing professional skills and technical knowledge. We’re an accredited training firm, committed to giving everyone who joins us first class training in a personal and friendly working environment.
Right from the start of your placement, you will be working with clients, getting to know their business and understanding their challenges. You will be encouraged to take responsibility early on and you will be exposed to all aspects of a job. Your experience will be varied; sometimes you will be working on projects lasting a few days, other times a few weeks. Whatever you are doing, you will always be making a direct impact on our clients’ business.
We have opportunities to obtain a placement year as a part of 1 of these 3 sub-departments:
Advice, Audit and Accounts (All locations)
Our Advice, Audit & Accounts team are trained to have broad experience across a range of disciplines, from audit and accounts through to tax and other advisory services, so we can support our clients cross-discipline solutions. These teams work with clients who vary in size, from sole traders to medium and large businesses, across a wide range of sectors including media, technology and real estate.
Corporate Audit (City only)
Our Corporate Audit team focuses on mid-market private, listed and private equity backed businesses. Our clients vary in size and maturity from multi-billion-pound UK-headquartered groups with global operations, to smaller high-growth businesses with significant financial backing – and everything in between. Due to the size of the clients they work with, audits can take from a couple of weeks up to a couple of months.
Nonprofit (City only)
Our nonprofit team delivers comprehensive auditing and accounting services, as well as advice on governance and strategy. They work with a broad range of social impact organisations including NHS charities, museums, arts and culture charities and many more. The team are also a leader in the education sector, working with over 200 educational organisations, focusing on independent schools, academies and Oxford colleges. Becoming part of our nonprofit team means gaining significant experience with a diverse range of charities, as well as corporate experience through working with trading subsidiaries and corporate membership organisations.
Whilst on placement, key responsibilities might include:
- Preparing and review basic sets of unincorporated or company accounts with reference to the relevant Financial Reporting Standards/Statement of Recommended Practice and legal requirements
- Building an understanding of audit testing and approach when assisting the audit team
- Drafting basic corporation tax computations
- Attending client meetings with the wider team, and assisting with managing client expectations and deadlines
- Supporting drafting of recommendations to management following audit fieldwork completion
- Supporting with drafting of close out audit meeting agenda and points for discussion
- Accurately and efficiently process client accounting information using relevant software
- Using initiative to come up with innovative ideas to improve systems currently in practice with regards to client or staff matters and a platform to be heard in regular team meetings
In addition to gaining a breadth of experience and learning on the job, you’ll also have training and support throughout the placement. You’ll be assigned a Buddy, Training Manager and Training Partner for the duration.
If you are a current university student, looking to complete a placement year as part of your undergraduate degree, and interested in pursuing a career in audit after graduation, this could be the opportunity for you!
Skills this role requires:
- Enthusiasm for building strong relationships and collaborating with clients and colleagues, with close support from your manager
- A proactive, results-driven attitude that ensures excellent client service
- Strong commitment and reliability, enabling you to balance your studies and exams (with paid study leave) alongside your full-time role and responsibilities
- A growth mindset and adaptable approach, with a willingness to continuously acquire new skills and knowledge, supported by your manager, apprenticeship coach and dedicated early talent team
In order to be eligible for the programme, you will also need:
- Have obtained at least 112 UCAS points from three A-Levels, or equivalent qualifications
- Be currently studying toward an undergraduate degree
- Be on track to achieve a 2:2 or above, from a degree in any discipline
- Be available and permitted to work in the UK, from the start date of the programme
