ARMSTRONG WATSON
BEGBIES TRAYNOR GROUP PLC
BREBNERS
BUZZACOTT LLP
DUNCAN & TOPLIS
FPM ACCOUNTANTS LLP
JAMES COWPER LLP
KINGSTON SMITH LLP
LUBBOCK FINE
PRICE BAILEY LLP
REEVES & CO. LLP
SHIPLEYS LLP
APA Member Training Programmes
ARMSTRONG WATSON
15 Victoria Place
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 1EW
Tel: 01228 690100
Fax: 01228 690101
HR Director - Sue Kirkham
Sue.kirkham@armstrongwatson.co.uk
Training Schemes Manager
Louise.duffy@armstrongwatson.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
We recruit A level (or equivalent) entrants onto our 5 Year Training Scheme, which takes trainees from the AAT qualification through to the ACA qualification. We also recruit at graduate entry level onto our ACA Training Scheme. Entry criteria are 280 UCAS points/2.i. degree. We only accept online applications via the website.
BEGBIES TRAYNOR GROUP PLC
9th Floor
Bond Court
Leeds
LS1 2JZ
Tel: 0113 244 0044
Fax: 0113 244 5820
John Robinson - 0161 837 1700
john.robinson@begbies-traynor.com
Interview and Assessment
BREBNERS
The Quadrangle
180 Wardour Street
London
W1F 8LB
Tel: 020 7734 2244
Fax: 020 7287 5315
HR Partner - Raef Gregory
Raef.Gregory@brebners.com
Interview and Assessment
The current stages of our graduate recruitment process are (1) we only retain those CV’s with a 2:1 or above, and 300 UCAS points (ii) from those CV’s we select a number of interviewees, roughly 20, for an initial interview with one of my partners, Michael Burton. Before this interview they will be expected to provide proof of qualification and will also sit a 15 minute Maths and English logic and reasoning test. (iii) If successful at that stage of the interview they will be invited back for an interview day, consisting of a group exercise, a letter writing exercise, a maths test and a specific accountancy test. They will also see a partner with the results of those tests, and will have another 45 min interview with another partner of Brebners. All in all , the second interview day lasts about 5 ½ hours.
BUZZACOTT LLP
130 Wood Street
London
EC2V 6DL
Tel: 020 7556 1200
Fax: 020 7556 1212
HR Team
recruitment@buzzacott.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
We require candidates to have the following minimum criteria for our Graduate programme:
A projected or actual 2:1, or equivalent, from a reputable university.
A minimum of 300 UCAS points, or equivalent, excluding General Studies.
A minimum of five GCSEs, or equivalent, including English Language and Maths, at grades A-C.
The main stages of the recruitment and selection process, takes place at Buzzacott’s office and lasts around half a day, are outlined below:
Stage 1
Assessment centre at Buzzacott’s office which includes a verbal and numerical exercise plus a case study.
Stage 2
Interview with the recruiting manager in the team, a member of the Human Resources team and a Partner. This stage also includes a tour of the office with an existing team member.
DUNCAN & TOPLIS
3 Castlegate
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6SF
Tel: 01476 591200
Fax: 01476 591222
Graduate Careers
careers@duntop.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
Application form/interview with HR/PPA Profiling/TST measuring learning ability/short listing/interview with HR & recruiting Partner.
FPM ACCOUNTANTS LLP
Dromalane Mill
The Quays
Newry, Co Down
BT35 8QS
Tel: 028 302 61010
Fax: 028 302 62345
HR Partner – Feargal McCormack
f.mccormack@fpmca.com
Interview and Assessment
Vacancy advert published via company website and third level educational institutions 04 October.
Closing Date for Applications 28 October.
Interviews to commence 14 November.
Closing date for offer acceptance/rejection 2 January following year.
Offers to be issued no earlier than 28 November
JAMES COWPER LLP
Willow Court
7 West Way
Botley
Oxford
OX2 0JB
Tel: +44 (0)1865 200500
Fax: +44 (0)1865 200501
Graduate Careers
recruitment@jamescowper.co.uk
Personnel Manager - Anne Millar
amillar@jamescowper.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
Our on-line application process opens on 10 October 2011 with a closing date of 19 December.
Applicants who are successful at this stage will be invited to attend a selection day which will take place on & February 2012.
KINGSTON SMITH LLP
Devonshire House
60 Goswell Road
London
EC1M 7AD
Tel: 020 7566 4000
Fax: 020 7566 4010
Victoria Green – HR Executive
vgreen@kingstonsmith.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
2.1 degree in any discipline
Minimum 3 B’s at A level
Online verbal and numerical tests
Telephone interview
In-house assessment day (inc testing, presentations etc)
Formal interview
Personality test
Second interview with HR Partner
Meet relevant office
LUBBOCK FINE
Russell Bedford House
City Forum, 250 City Road
London
EC1V 2QQ
Tel: 020 7490 7766
Fax: 020 7490 5102
HR Partner - Jeff Gitter
jeffgitter@lubbockfine.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
The stages of the recruitment process that Lubbock Fine operates are as follows:
Completion of online application form and CV.
Initial scrutiny by HR manager (Brigid Armstrong) and immediate elimination of those who do not reach the required standards.
Review of eligible applications by HR partner (Jeff Gitter).
Discussion between HR partner and HR manager to decide who is to be invited for initial testing.
Those who are invited spend a morning here completing verbal and numerical tests as well as a sort of case study (“in-tray exercise”).
Those who reach the required standard in those tests are then invited back to attend one of our graduate recruitment days in groups of six to eight people. The graduate recruitment day programme consists of two separate interviews, office tour, the opportunity for informal conversations with first and second year students already working with us, PowerPoint presentation of the firm & our activities and finishing with a question and answer session.
Those concerned with the recruitment day (interviewers and first and second year students) have an immediate round table meeting to discuss the people who were seen that day and initial decisions are taken.
Candidates are advised.
PRICE BAILEY LLP
Causeway House
1 Dane Street
Bishop's Stortford
CM23 3BT
Tel: 01279 755888
Fax: 01279 755417
HR Director: Nadia Khan
nadia.khan@pricebailey.co.uk
Interview and Assessment
Deadline for applications: 16 December 2011
Successful applicants are invited to assessment days which include aptitude tests, presentations to the group and interviews
Successful candidates who accept our offer of employment begin one month induction programme in July 2012
REEVES & CO. LLP
37 St Margaret’s Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 2TU
Tel: 01227 768231
Ms Kelly Roberts
hr@reeves.co
Sharron Swann
Sharron.Swann@reeves.co
Interview and Assessment
CV/Application sift
Completion of online tests
Assessment Centre
Second Interview
SHIPLEYS LLP
10 Orange Street
Haymarket
London
WC2H 7DQ
Tel: 020 7312 0000
Fax: 020 7312 0022
Stephen Joberns
stephen.joberns@shipleys.com
Interview and Assessment
Initial assessment of graduates is undertaken by SWAT UK. The graduates that are put forward by SWAT are then asked to attend an assessment day at Shipleys LLP where they will be interviewed by at least one manager and one partner. The assessment days also comprise various aspects of role play focusing on business issues that they might be expected to encounter as a trainee at Shipleys.