Summer placement - June 2025

In a nutshell: 

You’ll spend six weeks with us over the summer and gain invaluable insight into the world of accountancy and tax. Our programme offers you the chance to work on a variety of client projects, providing a comprehensive understanding of what a career in accountancy and tax entails.

What you'll be doing

One thing we can guarantee is that no two days will be the same. Every client is different, so you’ll be challenged with new opportunities daily. You’ll work across a variety of sectors, experiencing a wide range of high-quality clients, from start-ups, AIM-listed companies, and inspirational not-for-profit organisations. 

You’ll have the opportunity to experience some or all the following departments: audit & assurance, business advisory, professional practices and tax whilst getting involved with the following.

• Preparing financial statements for limited companies, partnerships, and sole traders
• Auditing financial statements as part of an audit team
• Preparing analysis of accounting data from clients’ books and records
• Helping to prepare individual, business and company tax computations and returns
• Assisting with research of businesses or sectors

Our 6-week summer placements will commence in mid-June.

About you

If you are interested in a career in accountancy or tax and would like to find out more and experience what it is like to be an accountant or tax advisor first hand, our summer placement could be for you!

You’ll enjoy this placement if you like….

• Being analytical and methodical in your approach to work
• Working with numbers
• Solving problems
• Talking to people
• Becoming an expert
• Being a team player, surrounded by a fun and caring team

What we're looking for

Undergraduates in their penultimate year of study who can demonstrate the following:

• On track to achieve a 2.2 or above in any degree discipline
• Minimum of 112 UCAS points (obtained from three A Levels or equivalent excluding general studies)
• Grade 4-9 or C or above in GCSE Maths and English

Application for our Summer Placement Opportunities will close on 28th February.

Why work at PKF Francis Clark

As the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England, joining PKF Francis Clark brings opportunities to develop your career in a direction that interests you.

Having celebrated our centenary in 2019, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 people, based across our offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.

Our culture is flexible and supportive, enabling you to be the best you can be. We work hard to ensure you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. But don’t just take our word for it.

PKF Francis Clark is certified as a Great Place to Work. In 2024, we climbed nine places to 24 out of 105 large organisations on the list of the UK’s Best Workplaces.

We’re also ranked among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women (33 out of 90 large organisations), Best Workplaces for Development (30 out of 100) and Best Workplace for Wellbeing (44 out of 100).

Workplace culture experts Great Place to Work also highlighted PKF Francis Clark as a top achiever among the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we’ve been ranked among England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers for two years running.

Whilst we’re proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms – together we’re the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK. Being part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries provides opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world.