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Start learning. Keep growing.
There’s more than one way to begin a career with Bishop Fleming.
You can join us as an apprentice after sixth form or college, a graduate trainee after university or gain experience through a university placement year. Whichever route you choose, you’ll work with real clients, learn from experienced colleagues, and benefit from structured training and development as you build your career.
Real work + recognised qualifications
Our Early Careers programmes combine structured learning with practical experience.
You won’t spend your first few months watching from the sidelines. From the beginning, you’ll contribute to client work, build relationships, and begin developing the technical, commercial, and personal skills you need to reach your full potential.Depending on the programme, you will:
- Work towards the recognised ACA or ACA/CTA qualification
- Gain experience across different services and sectors
- Learn directly from experienced colleagues
- Contribute to real client projects
- Develop your communication and commercial skills
- Build a professional network across Bishop Fleming
- Take on more responsibility as your confidence grows
You’ll be supported throughout, but you’ll also be encouraged to ask questions, share your ideas and make the most of every opportunity.
Find the right route for you
You don’t need to go to university to build a professional career in accountancy.
Our four-year Launch Pad programme allows you to earn a salary, gain practical experience and work towards the ACA or ACA/CTA qualification as a Level 7 apprentice. You’ll either complete rotations across Accounts, Audit and Tax, helping you understand the different career routes and opportunities available, or specialise in Audit from the start
Turn what you’ve learned at university into a career with real momentum.
Our three-year graduate programme combines client experience with study towards the ACA qualification. If you join our Tax team, you will also study towards the CTA qualification.
You don’t need to have studied accountancy or mathematics. We’re interested in your enthusiasm for business, your ability to work with people and your willingness to learn.
Join us for a 12-month placement and turn your university learning into hands-on experience. Designed for students completing a sandwich degree, our placements provide experience across real client projects. Based within our audit department, you will work with a diverse range of clients on a variety of audit projects.
Show us the qualities we're looking for during your placement, and you could secure a place on our ACA Graduate Apprenticeship Programme after completing your degree.
Support from your first day
Starting your career can feel exciting and daunting at the same time, but you’ll have plenty of support and guidance along the way.
Your introduction to Bishop Fleming will help you understand the firm, your programme and the support available. You’ll meet colleagues, begin building your network and discover the tools and resources available to enable you to balance work, study and your wellbeing.
You’ll also have a buddy who can answer practical questions and share advice based on their own experience.
As part of a wider group of trainees and apprentices, you’ll have people around you who are going through a similar journey.
Learning beyond the qualification
Professional qualifications are important, but professional development extends so much further.
You’ll build your skills through real client work, structured training and regular support from your manager, colleagues and our People Development Leads. Development can also cover areas such as:
- Commercial awareness
- Communication
- Networking and relationship building
- Negotiation
- Professional ethics
- Risk and compliance
- Data analysis and digital skills
- Personal wellbeing
As your experience grows, so will your opportunities to take on more responsibility, broaden your experience and explore where you want your career to go next.
Learn more about our development, wellbeing and employee benefits on what we can offer you.
What we’re looking for
You don't need to have studied accounting or mathematics.
We're looking for people who are curious about business, enjoy working with others and are ready to learn. It's important be comfortable working with information and numbers, but building relationships and communicating clearly matter just as much.
We’re looking for:
- A genuine interest in business
- An analytical approach to problems
- Confidence working with numbers and information
- Strong communication and relationship skills
- A willingness to learn and take responsibility
- A commitment to doing the right thing
The specific academic and eligibility requirements will depend on the programme. Check the individual opportunity before applying.
Graduate brochure
Launchpad Brochure
Early careers: your questions answered
No. At Bishop Fleming, we welcome applicants from a range of academic backgrounds and degree subjects. Aside from degree discipline, we have specific academic entry criteria for our graduate programme, which are always listed in our adverts.
Graduates usually study towards the ACA qualification over three years, with the CTA also available for trainees joining us in Tax. School leavers join us on a Level 7 apprenticeship working towards the ACA or ACA/CTA qualification over four years.
Yes. Bishop Fleming’s Early Careers programmes combine formal study with practical experience on real client work across a variety of industries and sectors.
Our apprentices, graduates and placement students receive extensive support from across the business. Your first week will involve a detailed and informative induction with training sessions, networking opportunities and social activities. Beyond this, you’ll be allocated a dedicated buddy, Personal Development Lead and Growth Coach to support and coach you through your studies, work and development.
Visit Search our jobs to see current graduate, school-leaver and work-placement opportunities. You can find out more about the application process by reading our approach to recruitment.
INSIGHT EVENINGS
Introduction to Accountancy Apprenticeships
Thinking about starting a career in accountancy after sixth form or college, or know someone who is?
Join us at one of our Insight Evenings to discover how Bishop Fleming's award-winning Level 7 apprenticeship programme could kick-start a successful career in accountancy.
Join us at one of our Insight Evenings to discover how Bishop Fleming's award-winning Level 7 apprenticeship programme could kick-start a successful career in accountancy.
Start your Bishop Fleming career
Whether you're leaving school or college, graduating from university, or looking for valuable work experience alongside your studies, there's an Early Careers programme to suit you.
