Question 1

Which firms offer finance industrial placements in London?

Accepted Answer

Our record follows 16 firms for 2027–28 placements in accounting and finance in London, and 7 of them are open today, with 8 roles between them. They are not only accountancy practices such as S&W, RSM and Grant Thornton: the record also follows finance teams at companies such as SAP and Pernod Ricard, and asset managers such as Schroders and Aspect Capital. The firm table shows where each one stands this season.

Question 2

How long is an industrial placement in finance in London?

Accepted Answer

S&W and RSM, the two accountancy firms whose own pages we checked, both describe theirs as 12-month placements. The University of Nottingham's careers service says a placement year, also called a sandwich year or year in industry, can last nine to 13 months and is typically taken after the penultimate year of study. A summer internship is shorter: RSM's run six to eight weeks, and S&W's careers site lists 6-week summer internships beside its placements.

Question 3

Who can apply for a finance placement year in London?

Accepted Answer

The two accountancy firms whose own pages we checked take undergraduates partway through their degree: RSM asks for a sandwich degree, and S&W for penultimate-year students. RSM's application page asks for enrolment on a sandwich degree with a year-long industrial placement, a predicted honours degree and 112 UCAS points from three A Levels or equivalent. S&W's careers site asks for students on course for at least a predicted 2:2 in any discipline, with a minimum of 112 UCAS points from their top three A Levels.

Question 4

What do you work on in an accounting and finance placement?

Accepted Answer

At S&W, whose careers site we checked, placements run in audit, tax and advisory teams. Audit sits within its Assurance & Business Services team, tax is a choice of Business Tax or Private Client Tax Services, and Advisory covers Valuations & Modelling, Corporate Finance, Forensics and Restructuring & Recovery Services. RSM's final stage is an in-person interview with a senior member of the chosen business area, and its careers site says a placement student may come back as a graduate once the degree is done.

Question 5

When do London finance placement applications open and close?

Accepted Answer

Each firm opens on its own day, which the firm table gives: since this season began on 1 June 2026, 14 of the 16 firms we follow for London accounting and finance placements have posted one. Of those, 8 have postings that are no longer listed. Neither S&W's nor RSM's careers pages give a closing date. RSM's process runs from an online application through a scenario-based strengths assessment and a job simulation, each with a seven-day window, then a half-day virtual assessment centre, to the in-person interview.

Firm	Open roles	Opened
S&W	1	3 Nov
Aspect Capital	1	30 Oct
Pernod Ricard	1	30 Oct
SAP	1	12 Oct
Savills Investment Management	1	6 Oct
BDO Global	2	23 Sept
RSM	1	open since Mar 2026

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