JOB DETAILS

Location: London
Capability: Tax & Law
Experience Level: Insight Penultimate Year
Type: Full Time
Service Line: Social Mobility Talent - Tax and Law Insight

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join our Tax Insight programme and learn about working collaboratively with organisations of all shapes and sizes, helping them to navigate complex tax policy landscapes, and stay compliant with regulation by paying the right tax at the right time.
The Social Mobility Talent Insight Programme is aimed at students who come from a lower socio-economic background. It is the perfect opportunity for you to learn more about our business and develop your professional skills.
During your Insight experience, you’ll have the chance to meet inspirational people from our diverse Tax teams and explore our variety of career opportunities available. Over three days you’ll network with our colleagues, learn more about what we do and the meaningful difference we make to businesses and the communities we serve.
This programme is open to students who are in their penultimate year of university. This programme has been purposefully designed as a step towards a possible Graduate offer if you’re successful on the programme. This offer would only be for the same location and business area as that you completed your Talent Insight Programme. As such, please ensure you have a commitment to the location and business area that you apply to.
Join us and discover a world of exciting career opportunities.
Capability:
Tax & Law
Programme Length:
3 days
Qualifications:
N/A
Entry Requirements:
At KPMG, everyone brings a unique perspective, and we want to ensure that you have the best opportunity to demonstrate your potential. We want to discover your individual strengths and attributes to help us to know whether you’ll enjoy working here and how you’ll thrive. That’s why we operate an open access policy and an application process that will assess both your qualifications and your qualities.

Generally, you’ll be expected to demonstrate the following grades (*or equivalents), to show that you’re able to successfully study for professional qualifications. If you are a few grades or points short, we would still encourage you to apply, as your application will be reviewed together with your performance in our assessments. You‘ll also have the opportunity to provide additional information for us to assess your application and potential in the context of your socio-economic background and/or any extenuating circumstances, which may have a positive uplift on your academic achievements through contextual recruitment. You can find out more here.

• 5 GCSEs* at A* – C or at 4 – 9 (inc. English Language and Maths at Grade B or 5), or for Scotland 5 National 5 qualifications at Grades A – C (inc. English Language and Maths at Grade B or equivalent)
• 120 UCAS points* from your ‘top’ 3 grades, excluding General Studies under the 2017 tariff point system at A Level (300 UCAS points pre-2017) or at Higher/Advanced Higher Level for Scotland.
• On track to achieve a 2:1 undergraduate degree in any discipline.

This programme is aimed at students who come from a low socioeconomic background. By low socioeconomic background we mean:

• Attended state school or college, and
• The occupation of your main household earner when you were aged 14 is categorised as coming from a lower socio-economic background*, or
• Whilst at school you were eligible for free school meals (or you attended a school with ‘above regional average’ free school meals**), or
• You were the first member of your immediate family to attend university. .
• Parental occupation socio-economic classification is a national standard and the Social Mobility Work’s toolkit (found here) provides details on the categorisations.

**Free School Meals are a statutory benefit available to school-aged children from families who receive other qualifying benefits and who have been through the relevant registration process. It does not include those who receive meals at school through other means e.g. boarding school.
This programme is open to students who are in their penultimate year of university. Whilst on the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to take an assessment, and if successful, you could secure a position on one of our autumn 2026 graduate programmes.
Key Skills:
Throughout the recruitment process we will be looking to learn more about your strengths.
To be successful on this programme, you will be required to demonstrate the strengths that we look for in our graduates at KPMG.
Learn more about what we look for and how to apply here.
Training and Development:
This programme provides an opportunity to find out what it’s like to work for a leading professional services firm whilst gaining valuable practical experience and kick-starting your career. You’ll learn about the world of work, enhance your CV and start building those all-important professional networks. And if you’re inspired by the time you spend with us here and go on to join us full-time once you’ve graduated, you’ll get access to exemplary training and development to help you thrive.
Additional Information:
This is a 3-day paid Insight programme and will be run 11th - 13th June 2025. You will be paid a salary equivalent to the living wage salary.
Please visit our Applying to KPMG page to discover more about our application process.
We are unable to offer sponsorship for some Graduate roles, and so we are unable to accept applications for the corresponding Talent Insight programme from individuals requiring visa sponsorship after graduation.
Please visit our International Students page to find out more about visas and requirements.
For anything else, please refer to our FAQ section

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