On the Extended Assurance Graduate Programme, you’ll shape the future with confidence by helping financial services organisations manage risk, meet regulatory expectations and strengthen trust. You’ll work in high performing teams on assurance and advisory engagements, using data, technology and professional judgement to deliver insights clients can rely on. As a Shaper of the future, you’ll build your potential while making a real impact for clients and society. Along side this, you’ll be studying for the CIMA certificate in Business Accounting.
Along the way, you’ll follow a structured development journey that may include professional learning, training and, where relevant, qualifications aligned to your role.
Core skills for success
- Analytical thinking – evaluating data, evidence and control environments to form robust assurance conclusions.
- Integrity – exercising judgement and accountability where regulatory trust and public interest matter.
- Ownership and accountability – taking responsibility for outcomes and driving work forward in complex engagements.
- Collaboration – working in inclusive teams and clearly explaining risks and findings to clients.
- Adaptability – responding confidently as regulations, priorities and client needs evolve.
What you will be doing
- Work on assurance and advisory engagements across regulated financial services, helping clients manage risk and meet regulatory expectations.
- Analyse risks, controls and data to identify issues and deliver clear, well‑evidenced insights.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary EY teams and engage with clients and stakeholders.
- Develop your skills through structured learning, coaching and professional qualifications alongside real‑world experience.
Eligibility for applying
You will need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, or in your home language if you do not hold English Language GCSE, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.
While we welcome applications from candidates of all academic backgrounds, we are looking to recruit individuals who will succeed at EY in the role and future qualifications. We have completed several studies on academic attainment at A level (or equivalents), candidate performance in the online assessments in the EY recruitment process, and how that predicts future performance at EY.
Throughout the recruitment process, we therefore assess your suitability for the EY role you have applied to by considering your scores in the online assessments and your academic attainment at A level or equivalent. This approach is designed to ensure our joiners are successful in role and, where relevant, in the achievement of their professional qualifications. It is important to EY, and we have a duty of care which we take very seriously, to ensure our joiners are set up for long-term success.
We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.