12-month Undergraduate Placement – 2026

The Opportunity

As an Undergraduate Placement student, you’ll spend a year gaining real-world experience in an established and reputable accountancy firm, developing the skills and confidence to help launch your future career.

After an immersive induction with our trainee and placement cohort, you’ll work on real client assignments – not just shadowing. You’ll apply growing technical knowledge on real assignments, with lots of support. Our clients span manufacturing, retail, tech, charities, healthcare and more, giving you breadth and early responsibility.

We recruit across multiple departments (availability varies by location), including Audit, Translink Corporate Finance, Corporate Tax and Personal Tax.

Whether you’re exploring a career in accountancy, finance or business advisory, this is your chance to gain practical insight before you graduate – with opportunities to return as a Graduate Trainee if you perform well during your placement.

The Benefits

• Salary from £20,183
• 22 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Pension contributions of 5.3% when you contribute 3.2%
• Additional NI savings passed on to you when joining salary sacrifice pension
• Healthcare cash plan
• Life cover 3 x salary
• Employee assistance programme
• Regular wellbeing and social events
• One and a half paid volunteering days each year to support local causes

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a second-year student currently studying for a degree with a compulsory or optional placement year. Our minimum entry criteria is:

• Five GCSEs including English and Maths at grade C/4 or above
• 104 UCAS points from three A Levels at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• Being on track to obtain an honours degree with a minimum 2:2

Beyond meeting the minimum criteria, what we look for during the recruitment process is people who share our values and care about clients and colleagues. You’ll thrive here if you’re motivated, personable and proactive, able to take responsibility for your progress and make the most of every opportunity that comes your way.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences and will provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process. If there’s anything you need support with, just let us know.

Application & selection process

Our recruitment process can vary depending on the role, location, department, how far we are through the recruitment process and number of applications received, but it will typically include several of the following stages:

• Online application – choose your preferred department, office and intake. As part of the application form, you’ll also need to provide details of your academic history and submit a CV, so make sure you have these to hand when applying.
• Online assessments – usually two short tests, designed to give us an insight into your strengths and potential.
• Intro call – an informal conversation with a member of our Talent team to learn more about you, answer your questions, and talk through the next steps.
• Interview – these are usually held in person in a BHP office.
• Assessment centre or practical exercise – for some roles, you may be invited to a group activity or case study to see how you approach real-life scenarios.

We’ll keep you informed at every step and make sure you know exactly what to expect.

Why choose a placement at BHP?

We love what we do, we’re proud of who we are, and we have fun along the way.

We don’t just crunch numbers – we build futures. We’re the largest independent firm of chartered accountants in Yorkshire & North Derbyshire, with 450+ people across five regional offices. We’re big enough for variety and complex work, yet agile enough to see you and support you as an individual from day one. Expect open-door leadership, a collaborative, inclusive vibe, and a programme designed to help you thrive.

We’re Great Place to Work-Certified, award-winning, and proud of a people-first culture guided by our values: Fairness, Honesty, Caring, Progressive, Humility.

Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards, including:

• Best Workplaces™ for Development
• Best Workplaces™ for Women
• Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing
• Best Workplaces™ in Financial Services & Insurance
• Employer of the Year

We value inclusion, creating a workplace where everyone belongs and can perform at their best.

At BHP you’re in safe hands – We know exactly how to support our placement students. Over the years, we’ve welcomed hundreds of undergraduates into our teams, many of whom have returned to us on our grad scheme and progressed to senior roles.

Right to work: BHP isn’t currently a Home Office-licensed sponsor, so you’ll need to be able to maintain the right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement.