KPMG Auditors are Recruiting Youths – Digital Graduate Programme [2025]
KPMG is Recruiting
KPMG started in 1897, just a few years after the first American accounting firm had been set up. The company was formed by James Marwick and Roger Mitchell, who had both immigrated to the new world from Scotland. They set up their new partnership, called Marwick, Mitchell & Company, in New York City.
KPMG is an acronym, William Barclay Peat (the P in KPMG) started his career in accountancy at just 17, working for Robert Fletcher & Co. He quickly rose through the ranks, and in 1891, Peat assumed leadership of the firm, and renamed it William Barclay Peat & Co.
James Marwick
In 1897, the US firm Marwick, Mitchell & Company got its start in New York City. The company was formed by James Marwick (the M in KPMG) and Roger Mitchell – both Scottish immigrants. It wasn’t easy establishing a firm in the city – many thought there was no place or need for accountants, but the two soon built a strong reputation.
Piet Klynveld
Meanwhile, in 1917 Piet Klynveld (the K in KPMG) opens small accounting firm in Amsterdam. Jaap Kraayenhof joins and firm becomes Klynveld Kraayenhof & Company (KKC). By the time Klynveld passed away in 1946, he left behind the largest accounting firm in the Netherlands.
Reinhard Goerdeler
The last of our founding fathers, Reinhard Goerdeler (the G in KPMG) comes into the story almost half a century later in 1953, when he joined Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft (DTG).
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The DC graduate program is designed to teach you how to provide clients with detailed, value-added solutions within a rapidly evolving technological landscape while understanding broader business implications.
Our DC professionals come from diverse technological and business backgrounds. We share KPMG’s core values (integrity, excellence, courage, together, for better) as our common foundation. Additionally, our teams possess common personal qualities, including resilience, determination, and the adaptability/agility needed to tackle challenges in a complex business environment.
The DC graduate program represents a significant opportunity for forward-thinking, passionate individuals looking for a vibrant, challenging, and rewarding environment in which to develop their skill sets.
Key Responsibilities and Exposure:
The successful candidate will gain exposure to all aspects and phases of the project lifecycle, from strategy through to design and implementation, across the Digital Consulting services suite (including Technology, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management, and People and Change).
The successful candidate will collaborate with experienced consultants in teams to deliver client-facing engagements. This may involve:
- Assisting in executing the project scope, including the use of relevant and innovative software/technology tools.
- Brainstorming ideas and solutions with team members.
- Identifying areas for improvement and creating solutions to streamline the client’s service delivery, organizational structures, ways of working, technology, governance and control, performance data and insights, processes, and procedures.
- Researching and collecting evidence, including information required to stress-test the client’s perspectives on the reasons for their challenges.
- Assisting with project control, including initiation, tracking, reporting, risk management, and budget analysis.
- Liaising with personnel at all levels of the client organization, including hosting client interviews, meetings, and workshops.
- Creating and presenting client deliverables, such as data models, reports, and presentations.
Qualifications Required (Undergraduate/Honours/Masters):
Candidates should be in their final year of undergraduate/honours or pursuing a master’s degree in fields with business and technical competencies, including:
- BBus Sci (Accounting/Finance/Economics/ISTN/ComSci, etc.)
- Engineering degrees (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, and Information)
- BCom (Mathematics/Accounting/Finance/Economics/ISTN/ComSci, etc.)
- BSc in Mathematical Sciences/Mathematics/Economics/Informatics/Statistics
- BSc/BEng in Mechanical Engineering (with IT/IS modules)
Requirements:
- Minimum 65% academic average throughout all years of study.
- Critical skills, attributes, and capabilities of potential candidates include:
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) in English, with the ability to communicate effectively with non-native English speakers and individuals at all levels of seniority, especially online or via phone.
- Strong relationship-building skills, regardless of the person’s level.
- Interest in and understanding of innovation and emerging technologies.
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies, with an open-minded and inquisitive nature.
