2027 Trainee Chartered Accountant Apprenticeship

• Work towards a structured professional development plan.
• Support the preparation of financial statements and management accounts.
• Assist with audit assignments, including fieldwork and documentation.
• Communicate with clients to obtain information and answer queries.
• Develop strong client relationships and provide excellent service.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across different service lines.
• Gain experience of accounting, audit, taxation and wider business matters.
• Maintain accurate working papers and engagement documentation.
• Support engagement teams with planning, execution and completion of assignments.
• Develop commercial awareness and technical accounting knowledge.

You will complete a structured apprenticeship programme combining practical workplace experience with professional study. Training is delivered by First Intuition and includes progression towards the ICAEW ACA qualification. Depending on your educational background and team placement, you may first complete the AAT Level 4 qualification before progressing to ACA studies. You will receive paid study leave, dedicated tuition support and ongoing mentoring throughout your development.

Successful apprentices will have the opportunity to progress their career within RPG Chartered Accountants. You will continue developing professional expertise, work towards becoming a qualified Chartered Accountant and benefit from long-term career progression opportunities within a growing Top 100 accountancy firm.

Applicants should be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to studying towards professional accountancy qualifications. We welcome applications from both school leavers and graduates. Candidates should have a genuine interest in accountancy, business and professional services. Applicants will be required to pass a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and will be required to have the Right To Work in the UK.

• Fully funded professional qualifications
• Paid study leave
• Pension scheme
• Flexible benefits package
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Free parking (rota basis)
• Free use of car park out of office hours and during the weekend
• Death in service cover
• Ongoing technical and professional training
• Increasing holiday entitlement with service

RPG Chartered Accountants is the largest independent firm of chartered accountants based in Manchester, with a second office located in North Wales. Our team of over 120 people provides a wide breadth of support to our corporate and personal clients with services including accountancy, audit, tax, payroll, business recovery, corporate finance, company secretarial and financial planning.

Our clients range in size from small enterprises with turnovers of £50,000 to large companies exceeding £900 million. Our clients operate across a wide variety of sectors, and some of the work we carry out is highly specialist. Notably, RPG is one of only 35 accountancy firms in the UK (as of October 2026) regulated to carry out Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits. This accreditation enables us to audit FTSE and AIM-listed companies, as well as regulated entities such as Friendly Societies.

It is important for our clients that we can access professional advice all around the world.  We are proud to be a member of DFK International which is a global association of accounting firms working closely together across 430 offices in over 85 countries, with some currently assisting a number of our clients who have overseas interests. 

As a UK top 100 accountancy firm, we have ambitions and plans for continued growth, with our people at the heart of everything we do.

Taking the career path of a Chartered Accountant involves continuous learning so we strive to support all of our people with comprehensive training which includes understanding the wider business issues affecting our clients and improving your commercial awareness. You will also have your own personal development plan which will enable you to achieve your long-term ambitions. We pride ourselves on understanding the needs of our staff and value our team having a healthy work life balance.

We have a structured well-being and social programme for all of our people. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to providing a service and following practices which are free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. We actively support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and make sure that our colleagues feel valued and are treated with dignity and respect. We value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles, and circumstances.