Early careers

A career with us offers a welcoming culture supporting work-life balance and opportunities to grow.

At Audit Wales, we all share a belief that public money should be spent wisely, making the people of Wales’s lives the best they can be.

We offer a welcoming culture that supports work–life balance, strong training, and opportunities to grow your career. You’ll join a supportive team where collaboration helps everyone succeed, and the programme provides the skills and experiences you need to make an impact and develop professionally.

What does an early career with Audit Wales look like?

We offer three different training programmes, all with a unique blend of learning opportunities.

  1. Our Accountancy programmes
  2. Our Data Science programme

You’ll gain valuable on-the-job skills, growing your own abilities, whilst studying for a qualification in either Accountancy or Data Science.

Alongside studying for your qualification, you’ll build strong working relationships and receive full learning and development support.

Our Accountancy programmes

  • A 4-year structured programme for those with a degree.
  • A structured 5-year programme for those without a degree.
  • ACA (Associate Chartered Accountant) qualification.
  • Hands on audit experience across accounts and performance audit.
  • ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Level 3 qualification.
  • First class accountancy training with an external provider, with exam pass rates above the national average.
  • Tuition delivered through a block release programme of study.
More on the accountancy programmes

Our Data Science programme

  • A 40-month fixed term contract.
  • BSc in Data Science qualification as part of a level 6 apprenticeship.
  • Day release to Cardiff Metropolitan University.
  • On-the-job and off-the-job training.
  • Work with a variety of teams from across the business.
More on the data science programme

Benefits and rewards

  • Competitive starting salary with annual incremental progression.
  • Fully paid accountancy training with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
  • Fully paid study leave.
  • 33 days annual leave (plus public holidays).
  • Access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
  • Flexible working with a mix of home and office-based work. A minimum of two days a week in the office after induction is complete.
  • Employee networks.
See our staff benefits

What the accountancy programme offers

By joining our programme, you’ll be able to blend hands-on audit experience with training towards the ACA qualification and the ILM Level 3 leadership award. We’re committed to helping you build expertise and confidence with practical learning and professional support every step of the way. You’ll gain meaningful experience in both financial and performance audit, making a tangible difference to the people of Wales.

Your career as an auditor begins from day one. Alongside your professional training, you’ll work as part of our audit teams, gaining practical experience with clients – whether that’s at their offices, online from home, or from one of our own offices. We look for resourceful and resilient individuals who thrive on variety.

Our training programme offers exposure to a diverse range of clients, including Welsh Government and sponsored bodies, health boards, local authorities, and the Fire and Rescue Service.

Read more about our accountancy programme

What the data science programme offers

The Data Science programme is a 40-month programme, giving you the opportunity to support the data analytics work programme at Audit Wales while studying for a degree in data science as part of a level 6 apprenticeship.

You’ll gain valuable on-the-job skills, growing your own abilities as you help the team bring an innovative and passionate approach to data science, whilst studying for a Data Science BSc.

You don’t need experience, just an aptitude, commitment and enthusiasm. You bring your passion, and we will teach you the data science tools, techniques and skills to become a qualified data scientist.

Read more about our data science programme