STEM Grad and Student careers at KPMG in Ireland

You'll get exposure to businesses across industries like financial services, tech, healthcare, and manufacturing — helping you understand how different organisations manage their IT risks.    

Assess reliability of systems that support financial reporting giving you insight in to both technical and business process.

You'll help review how companies protect their systems and data — including access controls, change management, and incident response — even if you don’t have a technical background yet.

You’ll use tools like Excel, Power BI, or SQL to analyse data and support audit testing, helping identify trends, anomalies, or control weaknesses.

Through training and on-the-job experience, you’ll build knowledge of frameworks which are key to understanding how organisations stay compliant and secure.

Work on complex projects like aviation leasing and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) transactions, blending financial modelling with cutting-edge technology and automation.

Explore emerging technologies such as AI, automation frameworks, and advanced analytics to deliver smarter, faster, and more accurate solutions for clients.

Gain specialised training in financial modelling (Excel, VBA), programming (SQL, Python), and data visualisation tools, plus on-the-job learning from industry experts.

Contribute to areas like AI governance, IT assurance, and digital resilience, including designing compliance frameworks for major financial and government institutions.

Join initiatives like the Consulting AI League, where you’ll develop real-world AI skills, tackle creative challenges, and shape the future of professional services.

Work on projects that transform industries—think AI-driven solutions, digital health modernization, and sustainability strategies that make a global impact.

From data analytics to tech strategy and operational excellence, STEM backgrounds open doors to diverse roles across finance, healthcare, utilities, and cutting-edge sectors.

Help deliver national broadband, modernize healthcare systems, and build storm resilience for critical infrastructure—your ideas create real-world change.

Harness AI, machine learning, and next-gen platforms like Microsoft Copilot to solve complex challenges and deliver smarter, faster solutions.

No two days are the same—collaborate with brilliant minds, tackle big problems, and keep learning in a culture that values curiosity and innovation.

Dive into client, industry, and market research — applying analytical skills to uncover trends that drive real business decisions.

Examine & analyse client documentation, spotting inefficiencies and designing smarter, evidence‑based improvements.

Work hands‑on with KPMG’s proprietary tools and frameworks, continuously refining them like iterative code to solve evolving challenges.

KPMG Construction Advisory are actively growing with exciting projects both here in Ireland and in mainland Europe. These exciting projects range from Data & Energy Centre developments, prestigious Workplace fit out projects for FDI, tech and fintech clients along with large scale commercial, residential, infrastructure and hospitality developments. 

In ethical hacking exercises, you’ll simulate real-world attacks to uncover vulnerabilities before malicious actors do. Through vulnerability assessments, you’ll evaluate systems and applications to identify and prioritize security weaknesses.

Digital forensics investigations involve analysing breaches and tracing cyber incidents to understand how they occurred and prevent future ones. You’ll also engage in Identity and Access Management (IAM), ensuring that only the right individuals have access to the right resources at the right times. 

On the strategic side, cybersecurity governance and risk management will allow you to shape policies, compliance frameworks, and long-term security strategies. 

With the growing reliance on cloud platforms, cloud security will be a critical area where you will help secure data, applications, and services hosted in environments like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Each of these domains offers a unique opportunity to apply your technical skills, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in a fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape.

By using data analytics, automation and AI to help organisations reimagine how tax functions operate. 

Like Python, Alteryx, Co Pilot Studio and Power Automate through project rotations across transformation, analytics and enablement. 

Such as digital tax reporting, ERP optimisation, e audits and compliance automation while earning industry recognised certifications. 

By building dashboards, deploying robotics, exploring GenAI responsibly and contributing to global platforms like KPMG Digital Gateway and Tax Connect.