Programme: Graduate Programme
Location: Dublin
Business Area: Audit & Assurance
Description and Requirements
KPMG is Ireland’s leading professional services firm, hiring 400+ graduates each year to become Chartered Accountants. Our 118+ partners and 4,300 employees are committed to helping you succeed in developing a career as a successful business adviser in a friendly, challenging, and supportive environment. Our people are our most important asset. We invest €19.6 million annually in training and development too provide best in class professional development from our award-winning KPMG Business School.
About the KPMG Graduate Programme Hear from our Graduates!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of our next cohort of the highly successful KPMG Graduate Programme for Autumn 2026! We are currently seeking to hire Graduate Valuations Specialists who will join our Financial Services Audit practice, part of KPMG Financial Instruments team (KFI), an expert team within KPMG focusing on quantitative topics such as the determination of fair value as well as valuation- and risk modelling of financial instruments and derivatives. This position is a 12-month contract based in Dublin, with a hybrid working model.
If the below sounds like you, we hope you’ll apply!
- Current undergraduate student in your final year of university or current master’s student at university from any degree discipline
- Minimum 2.1 current university results
- Demonstrated leadership and/or university involvement
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for a client-facing role
How will you make an impact? Meet Ronan – A Current Audit Associate
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of asset pricing in accordance with agreed internal pricing process
- Analysis and valuation of financial instruments and derivatives relating to their fair value as well as the quantification of their risk
- Analysis and assessment of valuation and risk management processes at our clients
- Implementation and audit of regulatory and accounting requirements like IFRS 9, IFRS 13 etc.
- Development and market of new solutions for financial instruments
- Project management and project work
- Set up and maintain our databases
- Develop and present client-oriented solutions
- Liaising with clients on a regular basis to obtain pricing data
- Perform price exception validation ensuring data/ price exceptions are followed up and resolved in a timely manner
Join a community with great benefits!
- Hybrid working
- Mentorship through our Performance Manager & Buddy programme
- Connect to your local community through our robust Corporate Citizenship activities
- Coverage of ACA exam fees
- Early finish on Fridays in June, July & August & before Bank Holiday weekends
- Subsidised staff restaurant
- 23 holidays per year with the option to purchase up to 7 additional days
- Sport & Social and Wellbeing Initiatives
- Free Digital Doctor
- Pension Scheme
We’re proud of our award-winning programmes!
#1 gradIreland Best Graduate Employer of the year 2021, 2023 and 2025
#1 gradIreland Best Graduate Training & Development Programme 2025
#2 gradIreland Best Graduate Training & Development Programme 2024
#2 gradIreland Best Sustainability in Graduate Recruitment 2024 and 2025
#2 gradIreland Best Graduate Training & Development Programme 2024
#2 gradIreland Best Graduate Marketing Campaign 2025
Universum’s Top 3 Most Attractive Grad Employer Ireland 2019 – 2024
Necessary arrangements can be made at interview stage to accommodate the needs of candidates with disabilities.