What can I do with a degree in Accounting and Finance?
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Why Warwick?
- Our graduates are some of the most targeted by the UK’s top graduate employers (annual Graduate Market report produced by High Fliers Research)
- Warwick is consistently ranked in the top 10 of major university league tables (Times and Sunday Times; Guardian)
- Employment destinations of recent graduates*: discoveruni.gov.uk/
What do graduate recruiters look for?
- A good degree from a good university
- Work experience
- Involvement in extra-curricular activities
- The ability to describe and articulate your unique achievements and skills
Skills sought by graduate recruiters
Here are some of the skills gained by students studying BSc Management/International Management and sought by graduate recruiters:
- Numerical skills and data analysis
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Understanding complex information and communicating it in a clear way
- Global business acumen
- Working effectively in diverse teams
- Commercial awareness.
What do Accounting & Finance graduates do?
Sectors where graduates work
- Banking
- Accounting
- Finance
- Consulting
- Technology.
Sample employers include:
- Lazard
- HSBC
- EY
- KPMG
- J.P. Morgan
- Bank of America
- Grant Thornton
- Evercore
- McKinsey & Co
- Coutts
- Mazars
- Barclays
- Deloitte.
Further study
Typically, 5-10% of WBS undergraduates go straight on to postgraduate study after their degree.
Examples of postgraduate degree courses from WBS Accounting & Finance graduates are:
- Accounting & Finance
- Finance
- Real Estate
- Finance & Economics
What do our graduates say?
"Studying BSc Accounting & Finance at WBS was a great stepping stone to entering the Financial Services industry."
Jinesh Timbadia, BSc in Accounting and Finance Alumnus
Opportunities available at Warwick include:
Careers support from our professionally trained staff, opportunities to meet recruiters and attend events, help finding work experience and free careers support after graduation.
WBS (Warwick Business School) also has its own dedicated WBS CareersPlus and Employer Relations team located within the department to offer more bespoke careers and employability support and events for BSc Accounting & Finance students including a range of on-line guides and resources, drop-in sessions, 1-2-1 career coaching appointments, skills workshops, sector/industry insights and employer-led presentations.
Students on our BSc Accounting & Finance course can conduct a placement year as part of their degree. Participation in a placement year can be a great route in to a graduate role being offered or secured. Example companies where this has happened on this course includes:
- Accenture
- EY
- GE Aviation Systems
- Grant Thornton
- Mazars
- Mercedes AMG
- Nationwide Building Society
- PwC.
Derived from the HESA Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after successful completion. Contains HESA Data: Copyright Jisc 2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.
*discoveruni.gov.uk/ includes information from the national Graduate Outcomes survey, carried out approximately 15 months after graduates complete their course. For some career paths, graduates need to gain relevant experience, often at non-graduate level. It may therefore take some graduates longer than others to secure a graduate-level job.