Early careers
Join our talent network
We’re looking for talented trainees to join our specialist teams. If you’re ambitious, curious, and ready to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
At Buzzacott, we encourage you to play a part in our success from day one, offering you the chance to take on real responsibility and getting yourself noticed at an early stage in your career.
Joining us means supported training towards a professional qualification, a competitive starting salary, great team environment and excellent benefits.
You’ll work with a wide range of clients, collaborate across teams, and find plenty of opportunities to grow, succeed, and develop your career from the start.
AAT apprenticeships
If university isn’t for you and you want to earn while you learn, an AAT Apprenticeship may be the perfect fit! At Buzzacott, we provide unrivalled support to our AAT apprentices, and offer various opportunities across our specialist teams.
You’ll have a manager as your mentor, plus direct access to Buzzacott partners and other senior colleagues for guidance whenever you need it, as well as ample learning opportunities.
We offer three different pathways for AAT apprentices
Charity and Not-for-Profit
An apprenticeship in this team gives you the chance to learn how to audit, advise, and support charities, including membership bodies and dynamic social enterprises. You’ll work with a diverse range of not-for-profits, from international NGOs to arts and culture organisations, to religious orders. You will study towards the AAT followed by the ACA – the ICAEW chartered accountancy qualification.
Corporate Assurance
An apprenticeship in our Corporate Assurance team provides experience with a broad range of businesses from SMEs to multinational groups, including those in financial services, media and technology and professional practices. You will study towards the AAT followed by the ACA- the ICAEW chartered accountancy qualification.
Business Services
This team offers a full range of outsourced services, including management accounting, VAT, payroll, company secretarial, HR, and regulatory reporting. As an accounting associate, you will learn how to build and maintain long-term relationships with clients while supporting our bookkeeping and management accounts services. You’ll study towards the AAT followed by the ACCA.
Training support
You will study towards the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Level 3 and Level 4 qualifications over 30 months.
Paid study leave is provided to support you ahead of exams, and all course and exam fees are covered.
After completing the apprenticeship, further career progression is supported: Accounting associates can study towards the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), while Audit associates can work towards becoming an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA).
Graduate training programmes
We’re committed to attracting and retaining the very best students. Your contribution is important to us, and it’s a big part of why we continue to perform as a first-class accounting and advisory firm.
As a trainee, we’ll provide you with the right opportunities and challenges to help you grow and develop. Click below to learn more about our ACA Audit Trainee programme, Tax Consultant Trainee programme, and Financial Planning Training programme.
Our training programmes
Financial Planning trainees
Join our dynamic, client-focused Financial Planning team and learn how to support a wide range of clients, including high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and families. Our clients typically seek solutions for wealth accumulation and preservation, and you will help them shape their financial future.
Tax trainees
Fancy exploring a fascinating range of businesses and client types, not just across the UK but worldwide? Why not explore a career as a tax advisor? Buzzacott offers graduates a fully supervised training programme, running over 36 to 42 months, depending on the team you join.
Recognition
Ranked 30 in the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers 2025
This ranking celebrates the UK's outstanding apprenticeship employers – recognising their commitment to creating new apprenticeships, the diversity of their apprentices, and the number of apprentices who successfully complete their apprenticeships.
Best Graduate and Apprenticeship Training Programme
In 2024, we won the PQ Magazine award for Best Graduate and Apprenticeship Training Programme. These awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the accounting profession and recognise our commitment to supporting and developing our trainees.