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, stimulating, and supportive environment. Our people are our most important asset. We invest €20 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! As a graduate based in Dublin, you’ll engage in meaningful work in Risk Consulting, Regulatory Consulting, or Financial Management Consulting practices on a 3.5-year training contract, with a cohort of fellow graduates working towards their associate chartered accountant (ACA) qualifications. We take our responsibility to ensure that you excel in your professional exams seriously. Our exam pass rate is 10% to 30% better than the national average and #1 in Ireland and we consistently have many of our employees placed in the top ten results in the country including 100% pass rate for 2024! 

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 initiative and/or university involvement

Strong interpersonal and communication skills for a client-facing role 

How will you make an impact? 

Meet Jenny – A Current Audit Associate

We’re market leaders across numerous diverse services including Risk Transformation, Regulatory Governance, Digital, Technology 

Advise and work with clients on how to use business intelligence and metrics to access the right information at the right time to make effective business decisions 

Advise and work with clients on technology and process improvement methodologies to transform their Finance Function, define their finance operating models and make finance operations more efficient. 

Our teams work collaboratively to develop solutions to our clients’ most complex issues around performance (maximising value) and governance (preserving value)

Leading in Business & Tech advisory for Financial Services

Platform X: Dublin innovation hub for Consulting with labs, collaboration suites, and global/local technology platforms to generate solutions focusing on Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation

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 including 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 Marketing Campaign 2025 

#1 gradIreland Best Internship Programme of the year 2024

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.