Early Careers
Early, flexible, what’s-right-for-you careers
From school leavers to undergrads to postgrads to career changers – we’ve got you.
We know that life isn’t linear, so we’re flexible. Whether you’re ready to start your career or change its course, we’ll help you explore your options. If you’re thinking of trying something new, like a different area or specialism, we’ll do our best to make it happen.
But – and it’s really important – you’ve got to be committed. You have to want to improve, learn, and develop with us, so that we can continue to best support our clients.
Ready to realise your potential? Let’s go.
Develop your way, our way
You can feel it here. The support, the understanding. Just how committed we are to you and your career, personally as well as professionally.
When you join us, we’ll sit down and work out a training and development programme that works for you and what you want to achieve.
From there on in, it’s delivering the best work for our clients. With real responsibility and accountability. Of course, there’ll be demands and deadlines, but you’ll have our full support and a dedicated team alongside you.
We’re all here to get you where you want to be.
School Leavers
You’ve completed your high school education and want to keep on learning, but you want to be earning too. Working towards a professional qualification, and taking home a full-time salary, you’ll be involved in real client work with knowledgeable, supportive colleagues.
If you want to go into audit, our most popular route is studying towards the ACA (ICAEW – Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) or CA (ICAS – Institute of Chartered Accountants for Scotland), across four to five years. If you’re leaning towards tax, it’s ATT (Association of Taxation Technicians) and CTA.
We can also offer AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) or ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) depending on the job and its location. Head to our live jobs to find the right opportunity for you.
To join a school leaver programme, you’ll need:
- A minimum of 120 UCAS points in your A Levels (or equivalent) gained at one sitting, and
- A minimum of B (or 6) in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent).
Graduates
If you want to become a fully qualified Chartered Accountant or Tax Adviser, our three-year training contracts are designed to help you do just that.
There’s a range of qualifications on offer, including ACA/CA and ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). If you want to focus on tax, you can study the ATT (Association of Taxation Technicians )/CTA pathway (or in some instances, the ACA/CTA joint pathway).
Our live jobs will explain everything you need to know.
To join us as a graduate, you’ll need:
- 2:1 degree (expected or obtained) in any discipline,
- A minimum of 120 UCAS points in your A Levels (or equivalent), gained at one sitting, and
- A minimum of B (or 6) in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent).
Paid summer internships (six to eight weeks)
Get an on-the-ground feel for working life at Saffery whilst gaining vital work experience in audit or tax. We’ll introduce you to the basic principles of accounting, with a short (informal but useful) bookkeeping course.
While you’re with us, you’ll also have a mentor who’ll support you and give you regular feedback. And if you enjoy your time with us, and we all feel that we’re right for each other, your placement could turn into an immediate job offer for a training contract once you’ve finished uni.
To join us for a summer internship, you’ll need:
- 2:1 degree (expected or obtained) in any discipline,
- A minimum of 120 UCAS points in your A Levels (or equivalent) gained at one sitting, and
- A minimum of B (or 6) in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent).
More about school leaver programmes
Make a name for yourself
You’re never a number at Saffery. You’re you. And we care about you personally, not just professionally. You’re recognised and rewarded for everything you do, and everything you bring.
As well as being committed to your training and development, with full support for your professional qualifications and flexible study leave, we go all in with our rewards and benefits too.
- A 35-hour working week with flexibility around our core hours of 10am-4pm,
- Pre-approved paid overtime, time off in lieu or bonus payments for those busy periods (role dependent),
- Opportunity to join our Profit-Sharing Plan that enables you share in the firm’s profits,
- 25 days’ holiday – which increases in line with length of service, and
- You can also buy or sell up to five days’ holiday a year.
