A graduate career in Assurance

Use your knowledge and insight to help clients move forward with confidence.

In Assurance, every client is unique, making our work both stimulating and rewarding. We use our analytical and technical skills to understand our clients' businesses and ensure the accuracy of their financial statements. Additionally, we review internal processes and share insights for improvement. Trusted with confidential information, we engage directly with senior stakeholders, financial controllers and directors to deliver sustained outcomes.

Start your graduate journey in Assurance.

Applications We recruit continuously, meaning roles open at various times. Applications are now being accepted for specific roles.
Entry requirements Final-year graduate and postgraduate university students on track to achieve a 2.1 minimum.
Locations Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Waterford, and Wexford.

Our business areas

Explore our diverse business areas, where you can help clients in various industries solve their most important problems.

Help the largest asset managers develop and grow their global fund business from Ireland.

Help clients build trust in an industry defined by competition and regulatory change.

Help our domestic and indigenous clients seek new opportunities and markets abroad.

Help our foreign direct investment clients look behind the numbers to progress with confidence.

Driving sustainable growth through robust ESG reporting.

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What professional qualifications will I study for?

Joining PwC Assurance means you will embark on the path to earning your Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA) qualification. Three distinct entry routes are tailored to different educational backgrounds and exemptions provided by your college course.

ACA qualification routes

Direct entry

This route is for those joining PwC directly after college. Some degrees offer exemptions from the first set of exams (CAP1), allowing you to start with CAP2 exams. If your degree doesn’t provide any exemptions, you will sit three sets of exams.

Benefits include:

  • CAP1, CAP2, and FAE course fees paid (first attempt only)
  • Exam fees paid (first attempt only)

 

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Sponsored Master in Accounting

You must have full CAP1 exemptions for this route when you join the firm. You will start your exams at the FAE level.

Benefits:

  • €7,600 towards course fees
  • Book allowance of up to €575
  • If already enrolled in a Master in Accounting, receive a taxable bursary of €2,500
  • FAE course fees paid (first attempt only)
  • Exam fees paid (first attempt only)
  • Comprehensive in-house exam support, including study leave
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Professional Diploma in Accounting

This conversion course is mainly for students who have completed a non-accounting degree. It provides exemptions from CAP1, enabling you to start your exams at CAP2 upon joining the firm.

Benefits:

  • €7,600 towards course fees
  • Book allowance of up to €575
  • If already enrolled in a Professional Diploma in Accounting, receive a bursary of €2,500
  • CAP2 and FAE course fees paid (first attempt only)
  • Exam fees paid (first attempt only)
  • Comprehensive in-house exam support, including study leave
An image of the direct-entry route for non-accounting postgraduates in assurance to qualify as a chartered accountant.

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