2026 Specialised Assurance Services Graduate Programme - Dublin

Bring your talent. Learn new skills. Make a positive impact.

At PwC Ireland, we uncover hidden talents, build lifelong relationships, and turn challenges into opportunities. We redefine possibilities for our clients and communities, empowering you to make a meaningful impact that extends far beyond our firm.

From your first day, you’ll be immersed in a collaborative and inclusive culture where your ideas lead to real-world solutions. Our graduate programme supports your growth at every stage, combining hands-on experience with structured learning, professional qualifications, and mentorship.

Who We’re Looking For

• Curious and Eager to Learn: You thrive in environments of innovation, embrace challenges, and are motivated to develop solutions that make a difference.
• Strong Academic Background: You hold (or are on track to achieve) at least a 2.1 degree (or equivalent), equipped with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Growth-Oriented: You are ready to refine your talents through feedback, coaching, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Collaborative and Proactive: You excel in teamwork, communicate effectively, and take initiative when it counts.
• Inclusive and Open-Minded: You value diverse perspectives, actively working across industries and teams to drive impactful change.

Role Overview:

Join a team that helps market-leading organisations - from financial services and tech to retail and pharma - tackle complex challenges and make smarter decisions. You’ll uncover hidden risks, ensure systems and processes are accurate, and identify opportunities that drive real impact. From capital markets and regulatory change to data complexity and business model transformation, you’ll advise on issues that shape the future of business. Working with cutting-edge tools and collaborating with experts across disciplines, you’ll build trust, drive innovation, and make a difference from day one.

Our capabilities lie across four areas within Specialised Assurance Services and various teams within these areas are open to applications. Please review the detail below and when completing your application form, tell us which team/s you’d like to be considered for within the open-ended motivation section of the application. The graduate programme does not include a formal rotation across teams, final placements will be determined based on your background, skills and business needs.

Our capabilities lie across:

1. Data Analytics, Modelling and Artificial Intelligence
2. Internal Audit, Risk and Regulation and Transparency
3. Information Technology Risk
4. Accounting, ESG & Capital Markets Advice 

Data Analytics, Modelling and Artificial Intelligence

Digital Audit- Data Assurance 

As graduate in this team, you will work on acquiring and validating large datasets from client systems, building analytics that support audit testing, and providing assurance over models and complex calculations that feed into financial statements. You’ll work alongside audit teams to design bespoke and data driven solutions. You’ll be part of a team who are constantly innovating and exploring new ways of using data to provide strategic insights, redefining digital collaboration, and revolutionising the audit.

A role in the Data Assurance team will place you at the forefront of ‘Next Generation Audit’ in PwC, which represents a pivotal step forward in enhancing our capabilities, driving innovation within our teams, and redefining the PwC audit experience for our auditors and clients.

Data and Artificial Intelligence 

Start your career where data meets innovation. As part of our Data & AI team, you’ll deliver analytics, financial models and reports that answer real client questions, while building scalable data products and automations clients can run themselves. You’ll review data pipelines, models and AI use cases to ensure accuracy and compliance, helping to implement trustworthy AI aligned with regulations such as the EU AI Act. Working across industries, you’ll use cloud platforms, visualisation tools and machine learning to transform data into decisions and create real impact.

Risk Modelling

As a graduate in our Risk Modelling team, you’ll work and learn from experienced professionals to deliver best in class quantitative modelling solutions to our clients.  You’ll be hands on and gain significant experience in building, validating and implementing statistical models, programming tools/languages (such as SAS, Python) and deepen your understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape in this area.

Internal Audit, Risk and Regulation and Transparency

Internal Audit, Governance, Risk and Control

Launch your career helping organisations strengthen their risk and control environments. In our IAGRC team, you’ll work with clients to map processes, test key controls, and recommend practical improvements that make a real difference. You’ll gain a 360‑degree view of how businesses operate - covering strategic, operational, regulatory, financial and technology risks - while helping design frameworks, policies and tools that make control environments more effective and efficient. It’s an opportunity to combine analytical thinking with problem-solving, and to build expertise that’s valued across every industry.

Trust and Transparency

As a graduate in Trust & Transparency, you could be learning about your clients’ businesses as you assess the processes and controls that underpin their commercial relationships, data and performance measures.  This helps them meet regulatory and contractual standards. You’ll apply technology, accounting and regulatory skills to increase clarity, strengthen bargaining positions and build long‑term, trusted partnerships.  You will work across a range of industries, including, financial services and IT.  Building relationships with clients is a key focus for this team.

Information Technology Risk

Digital Audit

 Our Digital Audit service offering provides specialised support to external financial audit teams within the firm. This work blends traditional audit with cutting-edge technology and is suited to for graduates who want to work at the intersection of technology, data, and audit. Team members interact regularly with various client contacts from finance directors, IT leads and controllers to investigate issues, present findings and recommend improvements.

The work involves:

• Collaborating with external financial audit teams and when relevant, cybersecurity specialists to agree on an audit approach that is focussed and efficient;
• Assessing clients’ technology systems used to support their financial reporting and the controls they have in place to ensure data integrity and system resilience;
• Understanding how data is processed and reported, and highlight IT risks and highlight opportunities for improvement to our clients;
• Assessing IT controls, system configurations, and data accuracy across critical systems and processes
• Responding to identified risks within IT environment that may impact client financial reporting; and
• The application of artificial intelligence platforms to streamline auditing processes and improve efficiency.

It’s a chance to be at the forefront of NextGen auditing in PwC.

Outside of Digital audit, our team helps clients assess risks related to digital transformation, cybersecurity, cloud migration, and automation. When working on these engagements, you will support enhancements to governance and risk management and help clients prioritise remediation and cybersecurity investments that strengthen their resilience.

Accounting, ESG & Capital Markets Advice

Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services (CMAAS)  

Start your career supporting clients through some of their most complex accounting and reporting challenges - from implementing new standards to managing transaction accounting for IPOs and capital raises. You’ll prepare technical analyses, assist with financial statements and disclosures, and leverage PwC’s innovative tools to deliver efficient, high-quality reporting across both financial and ESG requirements. It’s an opportunity to build deep technical expertise while helping organisations navigate change with confidence.

Asset & Wealth Management Other Assurance Services

Step into a role where your work shapes trust in the asset management industry. As part of our team, you’ll deliver critical non-audit assurance and advisory services for leading Asset & Wealth Management clients - covering regulatory audits of client assets, accounting advice, and solvency declarations. You’ll collaborate with specialist regulatory and ESG experts, partner with client operations and service providers, and produce clear, influential reports for senior management and regulators. This is your chance to gain deep technical expertise, work on high-profile projects, and build a career at the intersection of finance, regulation, and innovation.

Our commitment to you!

At PwC, we recognise that every graduate's journey is unique, and we're committed to supporting your professional growth with benefits that align with your lifestyle and aspirations. Our flexible benefits plan enables you to customise your package, ensuring it meets your individual needs. Whether you're looking to enhance your skills, maintain a healthy work-life balance, or prepare for the future, we provide the tools and resources to help you succeed.

If you require reasonable accommodations during the application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact us.

Application deadline: 22nd October at 2pm

Grow your career with PwC Ireland.

PwC Ireland is committed to creating an environment that promotes equality and dignity at work. Working together in an inclusive environment enables us to harness the collective and complementary skills, knowledge, background, and networks of our people.