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Early Careers

Price Bailey is a strong believer in career mobility. A modern and progressive practice, we provide our trainees with an all-round accountancy experience, giving you the best platform towards gaining your chartered accountancy qualifications and finding the right career path for you.

Working here you will quickly grow as a professional individual, building relationships with clients early in your career, whilst working with dedicated, sociable and smart colleagues.

As a mid-sized practice we have big ideas for growth, so if you are looking for a trainee programme that offers the opportunity for progression, structured development, support for chartered accountancy qualifications and the potential for rotations into a variety of different business areas, Price Bailey has the opportunity for you.

Progression

Our unique programmes are designed to put you in charge of your career. You may also have the opportunity to rotate departments, sharpening your skills as you explore which areas of specialism match your goals.

At the same time we offer our trainees meaningful roles with supportive managers and mentors. Your role will provide you with genuine responsibility from day one. We think this is the best way for you to learn about and help shape our business.

“Working at Price Bailey, I’ve felt included from day one. A firm that truly values diversity and encourages you to be your authentic self. People always perform better when they can bring their true selves to work and Price Bailey positively embed this culture.

It’s an environment where you can develop professionally and personally from industry leaders and great teams around the business. The culture encourages people to be their best self so that you can think differently, innovate differently and grow differently. All driven by the trust Price Bailey has in its employees to work flexibly and deliver great results.”

Thomas Hinchliffe, Corporate Semi Senior

School leaver

University isn’t right for everyone. If you have decided it isn’t the route you want to take, our school leaver trainee programme could be a good choice for you. You will study for an accountancy or tax qualification (CFAB / AAT / ATT and/or ACA), which typically takes five years to complete from start to finish.

Our apprentices receive:

  • Professional accountancy qualifications, fully sponsored with paid study time
  • A competitive starting salary with benefits package
  • Career prospects and progression
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We require a minimum of 112 (predicted) UCAS points in your top three A-Levels (or equivalent).

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Applications should be submitted online, we will need a copy of your CV and details of your academic achievements to date. If you meet the academic criteria you will be invited to complete numerical and verbal reasoning tests, followed by a pre-recorded video interview. The final stage is held at an assessment centre where you will meet and chat with some of our Managers and current Price Bailey apprentices.

Price Bailey is an equal opportunities employer. If you require any adjustments during the selection process, please get in touch.

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Applications for our School Leaver trainee programme open in October (summer intake) and July (winter intake) each year.

If we haven’t answered all your questions you can contact us by emailing recruitment@pricebailey.co.uk and our friendly team will be able to help.

Graduate

With our Graduate programme there is the opportunity to experience rotations around key areas of our business to broaden your experience, ultimately giving you the knowledge you need to become a well-rounded accountant.

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Our unique rotational programme provides you with new skills and the opportunity to showcase the skills you have learned from your time at university. It will give you the chance to network with your peers and find out if something really appeals to you that you might not have considered before. It will also equip you with the tools needed to apply your technical knowledge to get the best outcome for our clients – becoming a trusted advisor to many of the UKs leading SMEs.

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Key to our graduate training programme is the investment in your Accountancy qualification process. We want you to succeed and we see you as a sound investment in our future. As such we will support you throughout your ICEAW (ACA) studies and our programme partners you up with a buddy – a newly qualified accountant, whose knowledge and experience will closely relate to yours, giving you better support throughout the qualifying process.

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Applications for our Graduate trainee programme open in October (summer intake) and July (winter intake) each year.

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At least a 2:2 (predicted) grade in any degree subject and a minimum of 112 UCAS points in your top three A-Levels (or equivalent).

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Applications should be submitted online, we will need a copy of your CV and details of your academic achievements to date. If you meet the academic criteria you will be invited to complete numerical and verbal reasoning tests, followed by a pre-recorded video interview. The final stage is held at an assessment centre where you will meet and chat with some of our Managers and current Price Bailey apprentices.

Price Bailey is an equal opportunities employer. If you require any adjustments during the selection process, please get in touch.

If we haven’t answered all your questions you can contact us by emailing recruitment@pricebailey.co.uk and our friendly team will be able to help.

Work experience

From time to time we open up work experience opportunities for current Year 12 and Year 13 students. These will typically be two week unpaid placements and take place during the summer holidays. Any opportunities will be advertised here.

If there are no work experience opportunities available please sign up for Job Alerts to be notified when we next advertise.

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