At Johnston Carmichael, our people drive our success and our graduates are no exception. As part of Scotland’s largest independent accountancy and business advisory firm, we offer hands on client experience and full support to help you achieve your potential and responsibility from day one. With over 19,000 clients across a range of diverse sectors, there’s always going to be an exciting challenge to push you out of your comfort zone, if that’s what you want. Our JC Aspire programme of learning opportunities allows you to get exactly where you want to be.

We are currently recruiting for a variety of graduate positions throughout both our Scottish and Newcastle offices in a range of our business lines including Audit, Tax, Business Advisory and Restructuring – to find out more about our business lines please click HERE.

Our three-year Graduate training programme offers experience, responsibility, and support from the start. We will give you full study support towards an ICAS or ACCA qualification and give you a training contract to balance your work and studies.

As well as completing your professional qualifications you will develop your interpersonal and commercial skills. This is through our induction experience, soft skills training programme (designed especially for our Early Careers colleagues), training on offer through our JC Aspire programme and our partnership with Moore global as well as networking events.

About you: 
You will be a recent Graduate with (or working towards) a first class or 2:1 honours degree in any subject.
Alongside this you will have a growth mindset and a passion for learning. You will demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail and take pride in your work. Good time management, problem solving skills and the ability to make sound judgements are essential along with a can-do approach.
To learn more about our recruitment process click here

Why JC?

Johnston Carmichael helps to build success stories that change lives – whether it’s our clients, our communities, or most importantly, our people, who now number over 900 across the UK.

We work with individuals and businesses all over the country and our expertise covers almost every industry sector. We’re also an independent member firm of Moore Global Network Limited, a global accounting and advisory network of over 37,000 advisers across more than 114 countries.

Everything we do at Johnston Carmichael is underpinned by our four core values – Doing The Right Thing, Standing In Other People’s Shoes, Leading Our Future and Remaining Relevant. We’ve created a range of ways to support our people to make sure every voice is heard, including our People and Culture Forum, and we encourage each of our sharp minds to be leaders of their work and learning. You can read more about our culture and values here.
In the last 10 years we’ve raised more than £450,000 for charity and continuously evolved our commitment to sustainable business practices. We are Gold sponsors of the Kiltwalk and also partner with Netball Scotland and England Netball, creating an enduring impact on the ground in our communities.