Work Experience Student (30 March - 3 April 2026)

Applications submitted after the 6th March 2026 will not be accepted. You will need to reapply for our next window which will be for 24th August 2026 - 28th August 2026.

Are you a self-motivated, hardworking, ambitious person student for your next challenge? If you are in school or college and you're looking to join our work experience programme.

(Sorry, our current programme is not suitable for university students)

Our firm

The UHY Hacker Young Group is a leading network of chartered accountants with offices spanning England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are also a founding member of UHY International, our Top 20 global network, which has over 318 offices in all major global business jurisdictions.

We are a people-first business, and we recognise that you, and the rest of our team, are essential to deliver on our purpose of helping you prosper, whether you are a client, a member of our team, or part of our wider community.

We want you to be challenged, to learn and grow while you're with us, to have fun in the workplace and work with like-minded individuals.

Are you looking to experience a team that:

• believes in and delivers a culture of work-life balance, with a focus on wellbeing?
• provides a clear career framework and routes to progress?
• understands the importance of rewarding and retaining high calibre teams?
• delivered 20% growth in the last 12 months?

If so we would love to hear from you.

Our work experience opportunities are designed for those looking to gain an initial understanding of the inner workings of an accountancy firm. Our office works with a varied range of businesses, from publicly listed companies to partnerships, and in a diverse mix of sectors and industries like property, manufacturing and charities and not-for-profit.

Our work experience opportunities could be in several of our service lines, including, private client services, turnaround and recovery, business advisory, audit and assurance or corporate tax. You will gain first hand experience into what it is like to work in a modern business environment like UHY Hacker Young.

Working as part of a team you will have the opportunity to develop key professional skills, that will increase your employability in turn. Duties could include activities like updating databases, conducting research, creating and updating spreadsheets, dealing with office mail, filing, photocopying, answering the telephone and taking messages. You may also have the opportunity to attend meetings and to learn more about the individual roles of other team members.

Working arrangements

The working week: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) to be worked from 9.00AM to 5.30PM with flexibility of hours to meet specific the programme requirements.

Location: Your principal work base is our Nottingham Office, all work experience students are required to complete their programme on site.

Person specifications - entry requirements

• GCSE - predicted grade 6 or above
• A Level - predicted B, B, C or equivalent & GCSE requirements met
• an interest in accountancy, business or finance

To apply

• meet the grade requirements above
• submit a copy of your CV

Our core values and behaviours run through everything we do and support our purpose of helping you prosper. They set the tone for our team to work by and we are looking for people who value the same things as us: living empathy, making progress, being present and enjoying it!