Summer Internship Programme (Jun 2024)

About BDO

BDO or Binder Dijker Otte is an international network of public accounting, tax, consulting, and business advisory firms that provide professional services under the name of BDO. BDO is the fifth largest accounting network globally.

Your role

You’ll expand your portfolio of skills and experience a breadth of opportunities across Audit business stream:

Audit

• Audit is about exploring whether an organisation’s financial position is true, fair and accurate. That means you’ll spend every day working as part of a close-knit team, working with individuals at all levels to understand their financial performance, business systems, culture and risks. 

Training, Development & Rotations

You’ll explore different specialisms within your stream and get stuck into a range of exciting projects. They’ll support you all the way, with extensive training as part of your induction week including specific stream training, information on professional qualifications, and workshops specially designed to introduce you to their values and the importance of well-being. You’ll also work on group projects with other interns from other areas of the firm.

Benefits

BDO offers competitive salaries, benefits, and a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team. 

• Compensation and Health-Related Insurance
• Annual Leave and Special Leave
• The flexibility of Work Arrangement
• Approved Training Employer
• Company Social Events

Career progression

BDO's six-week internship will see you gain invaluable knowledge and skills as well as exposure to BDO and their people, which could lead to an offer of a graduate role. When you join us, they will make your learning a priority. That means providing you with an environment where you can grow, learn, and feel respected, at all times. 

Work-life balance

Working at BDO is a lifetime experience, especially for Article Assistants. It's a place where there is learning along with fun. BDO has a 3.5-star rating for work-life balance. It has less work pressure, a more friendly working environment, and good colleagues. Good exposure to audit standards, accounting standards, good career growth

Company Culture

BDO is founded on the culture that people and hence relationship matters. When asked, who they are and how they are different from their closest competitors, people who know them are known to respond that “BDO is the ‘People’ firm”. BDO is founded on the culture that people and hence, relationships matter. At its core, BDO is driven towards helping people achieve their dreams because the business is powered by people and relationships.

About you

BDO want you to thrive in a warm and welcoming culture where you can be yourself. They’re looking for:

• A university student in their penultimate year of university  
• A predicted 2:2 degree in any discipline 
• Three A-levels or equivalent at A* to C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted) 
• A 9 – 4 in Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent (we will also consider qualifications from outside the UK) 

Sources

• youtube.com
• BDO.co.uk