Accounting & professional services: which graduate schemes sponsor visas?
The Big Four sponsor, but only in named offices (London, or London and Watford). Most mid-tier firms do not sponsor at all, and say so.
- 1
- Sponsors international grads
- 5
- Sponsors some tracks only
- 9
- Does not sponsor
- 10
- No published policy
SponsorsSponsors international grads
Some tracksSponsors some tracks only
PwC UK
Graduate scheme
PwC sponsors five graduate tracks in London and Watford only; Consulting and Technology & AI do not appear on its sponsored list
EY UK
Graduate Programme
EY sponsors Assurance, Consulting and Tax graduate roles everywhere except Belfast, but some sub-programmes inside Consulting are excluded regardless of city
KPMG UK
Graduate Programme
KPMG sponsors its graduate programme in London only; every other UK office fails the Home Office eligibility criteria
Forvis Mazars UK
Graduate Programme
Forvis Mazars sponsors graduate roles based in London or Sutton; every other office is excluded
S&W
Graduates
S&W is the only mid-tier firm researched that neither promises nor rules out sponsorship, deciding case by case late in recruitment
NoDoes not sponsor
Grant Thornton UK
Graduate Programme
Grant Thornton says its trainee programmes do not meet the minimum salary thresholds for visa sponsorship
BDO UK
Graduate Programme
BDO cites the salary threshold for a blanket no on its graduate programme, and separately bars Graduate-visa holders from applying at all
Crowe UK
Graduate Scheme / Trainee roles
Crowe's early-careers marketing pages say nothing about visa sponsorship, but live trainee job postings state a right-to-work-only policy tied to the April 2024 threshold change
Azets UK
Early Careers Graduate Programme
Azets states it cannot consider applicants once their Post Study Work / Graduate visa expires, closing off the standard international-graduate route
PKF Littlejohn
Graduate Programme
PKF Littlejohn does not currently sponsor visas for its graduate or school leaver programmes, but says the policy is under review
Buzzacott LLP
ACA Audit Trainee
Buzzacott holds a sponsor licence but says it does not use it for early-careers programmes because of Home Office salary requirements
Saffery
Graduate Jobs in Accounting, Audit and Tax
Saffery's own early-careers FAQ states it does not currently offer sponsorship visas for international students
Bishop Fleming
Graduate Entry Programme
Bishop Fleming states outright it cannot employ or sponsor anyone without existing right to work in the UK
Cooper Parry
Early Careers Programme
Cooper Parry will not progress applicants once their student route to a Post Study Work / Graduate visa expires
Not publishedNo published policy
RSM UK
Graduate Scheme
RSM publishes no visa sponsorship statement anywhere on its graduate, school-leaver or work-experience pages
MHA
Graduate Programme
MHA states no sponsorship policy on its graduate or apprenticeship pages, and its own name is a research trap
Menzies LLP
ACA
Menzies publishes no visa or right-to-work statement anywhere on its careers site
Evelyn Partners
Financial Planning Graduate Programme
Evelyn Partners is one of the few firms whose early-careers FAQ omits a visa question entirely
Moore Kingston Smith
Graduate Programme
Moore Kingston Smith publishes no visa sponsorship policy on its careers or early-talent pages
Haysmacintyre (HaysMac)
Graduate Programme
Haysmacintyre, now trading as HaysMac, publishes no visa sponsorship statement on its careers or vacancies pages
Johnston Carmichael
Graduate Programme
Johnston Carmichael's full 13-question graduate FAQ never addresses visa sponsorship or right to work
Armstrong Watson
Graduate Programme
Armstrong Watson publishes no visa sponsorship statement across its graduate, careers or work-experience pages
UHY Hacker Young
Graduate Programme
UHY Hacker Young publishes no visa sponsorship statement on its early-careers pages
Duncan & Toplis
Trainee Programme
Duncan & Toplis publishes no visa sponsorship statement across its careers, early-careers or trainee vacancy pages
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