Accounting and finance degrees offer a broad range of career opportunities.
Whichever of the above subject areas you’ve studied, it’s worth remembering that many different types of business may be open to you as a future workplace. For example, you could choose to work for a large accountancy or finance firm as well as having the option to work in a small- or medium-size business, that may function in a completely different sector, in an accountancy- or finance-related role. Other job options that relate directly to these degrees include:
- Chartered accountant
- Forensic accountant
- External auditor
- Risk manager
- Stockbroker
Related job options to these degrees include:
- Actuary
- Business development manager
- Civil service fast streamer
- Data analyst
- Economist
- Management consultant.
You could also apply the broader skills developed during your degree to many other opportunities: it is estimated that although graduate employers often specify a minimum degree classification as part of their shortlisting, approximately 70% of graduate employers do not specify that you must have studied a particular subject to work for them. However, graduate employers do highly prize skills such as logical thinking, analytical skills, problem-solving and commercial awareness which are some of the key skills you can develop during your course. Therefore, you could use your degree to access work in almost any sector or industry.
Researching your career options
With such a wide range of careers open to you as a graduate, it is important to make sure you explore and research your options thoroughly so that you can make informed decisions about your future.
Employment opportunities
Below is a snapshot of what some of University of Plymouth accounting and finance graduates told us they were doing six months after graduation, based on the last Destination of Leavers in Higher Education Survey. For some graduates, these jobs serve as ‘stepping stones’ to professional posts by providing relevant workplace experience.
- Accountant
- Assistant Management Accountant
- Audit Associate
- Finance Graduate
- Finance Manager
- FP&A Analyst
- General Management Graduate
- Graduate ACA Accountant
- Graduate Management Trainee
- Junior Accountant
- Management Accountant
- Tax Analyst
- Tax Consultant
- Trainee Accountant
Employers
- Buzzacott LLP
- Deloitte
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Fluor Ltd
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Harry Walker Accountancy
- IVC
- Network Rail
- Optima Products Ltd
- PwC
- St Austell Brewery
- Virgin Media
*Data is from the Graduate Outcomes Surveys of 2017/18 and 2018/19. Graduates were surveyed 15 months after graduating. Data displayed is for 24 UK-domiciled, first degree, full-time graduates who are working, studying or looking for work.