2027 Industry Placement, Forensic Accounting

The Forensic Accounting team works closely with law firms, banks, regulatory bodies and companies in the UK and around the world in a wide range of industries. We support our clients by answering questions such as:

• Who authorised the transaction?
• What was the chronology of events?
• When did the losses commence?
• Where did the monies or assets go?
• Why didn’t anyone spot the problem earlier?
• How does the company ensure it does not happen again?

What You’ll Do

As a placement year student, the kind of work you do will be project-specific, but will often fall under one of the following:

• conducting investigative research into companies and individuals, either in preparation for or as part of project work;
• performing a detailed review and analysis of an entity’s financial records (e.g. general ledger extracts, underlying financial records such as invoices and bank statements, and financial statements);
• recording, summarising and explaining your analysis in rigorously maintained working papers;
• reviewing an entity’s internal and external communications to identify patterns and corroborate the findings from your detailed analysis;
• summarising your findings for team members orally or in emails, memoranda, presentations or reports;
• attending internal project meetings and potentially those with clients and their internal and external legal advisers, and taking detailed notes; and
• assisting with research for new opportunities and preparing proposals to win them.

How You Will Grow

You will have the opportunity to apply your skills and intelligence to real-world financial and business issues and will collaborate with team members on project design, perform research and develop insights and conclusions. You will also have:

• access to our in-house learning and development programme;
• the chance to be part of interesting and stimulating projects that will develop your technical and professional capabilities; and
• in some cases, the opportunity to work on offsite assignments, which may include trips abroad, and/or in collaboration with other members of our global team.

What You Will Need to Succeed

Basic Qualifications

Applicants must be:

• completing a sandwich course at university and due to graduate in 2029;
• available for this placement year from 6th September 2027 to 25th August 2028; and
• predicted a 2:1 or above final grade (or equivalent) for their degree

Preferred Qualifications

Some knowledge of accounting, including basic bookkeeping, is desirable. Therefore, degrees such as Accounting, Economics, Business and Finance are likely to be preferred. Alternatively, where accounting is not covered to some extent in their degree, candidates should have some prior experience of it.

Applicants will also have:

• excellent academic qualifications;
• good numeracy and analytical skills;
• the ability to identify key issues, think creatively and to work as part of a team; and
• an eye for detail and an inquisitive nature, coupled with a clear belief in honesty and integrity.
• European (particularly Eastern European) and Arabic language skills are also desirable (although are by no means required).

Finally, please explicitly disclose on your CV:

• your A Level (or equivalent) grades;
• your language skills, and at what level; and
• computer programming language skills.

Our Application Process

The deadline for applications is: 29th October 2026

STEP 1: Complete our online application form and submit your CV (no cover letter required).

STEP 2: Complete an online assessment testing numerical reasoning skills.

STEP 3: Attend an assessment centre which includes a case study and a written task between 23rd and 27th November 2026.

STEP 4: Attend an interview with our senior managers between 7th and 11th December 2026.

STEP 5: Job offers are made to successful candidates before Christmas.

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