Our Flying Start pathway is a fast-track, four-year programme designed to accelerate your career in finance by combining academic study with practical, paid experience at PwC. This unique pathway gives you the chance to hit the ground running in your journey to becoming a Chartered Accountant, all while earning a salary.
Developed in collaboration with University College Jersey, you’ll graduate with a BSc (Hons) in Business Accounting from the University of Plymouth. By studying locally, you’ll be just one year away from becoming a fully qualified Chartered Accountant, saving time and money.
What makes this programme a true "Flying Start" is that you’ll complete 80% of your ICAEW exams while studying, gain significant professional experience through placements with PwC, and be only a few steps away from full ICAEW qualification after graduation.
And it’s not all work—you’ll still have summers off to relax, travel, or pursue your personal interests, giving you the best of both worlds: a head start on your career and the flexibility to enjoy life along the way.
Flying Start Pathway
Why the Flying Start Pathway?
- You'll get to study on island
- Work with PwC
- Earn while you learn
You'll get to study on island
All of the teaching and assessment on the four-year Flying Start pathway is delivered locally in a supportive environment. At the end of the journey students achieve an internationally recognised degree. The degree will cover all certificate and professional stage ICAEW exams, such that students only need to sit the advanced stage exams after their degree to fully exam qualify.
Studying on-island brings the benefits of high levels of pastoral care, lower travel and accommodation costs and greater access to specialist tutors and mentors. You will achieve a recognised bachelor’s degree in finance alongside your professional exams, as well as enjoying significant paid work experience in a professional and supportive workplace.
Work with PwC
There's no better place to learn your trade as an accountant than PwC. You’ll join one of PwC’s Audit teams, where you could be working on external audits. Quality is at the heart of how we build trust in society and we bring passionate people together to work inclusively. We recognise Audit as a deep specialism and give our people access to the best opportunities. Our people challenge and are open to challenge themselves as we work to solve important problems for the organisations we audit. They take pride in their work and profession, working together with flexibility, agility and intelligence. They put the team first and are passionate about quality in everything that they do.
Earn while you learn
We offer a competitive financial package to support your time on the degree:
- Paid work placements with a competitive salary, including the choice to work summer holidays.
- Many of the learning materials are provided free of charge.
- ICAEW registration fee.
- Remain eligible for the student finance bursary, as provided by the Government of Jersey.
Benefits
Pay and benefits. Our core financial package includes your base salary and core benefits plus (where applicable) our discretionary bonus plan. You will also receive a benefits allowance if you are a manager, senior manager or director.
Culture
We believe that having people from different backgrounds and with different points of view and talents working together really helps us maximise on the uniqueness of each of our people, which in turn creates the highest value for our clients.
Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people so they can be themselves and feel their best, allowing us to deliver the exceptional service our clients expect.
Contact us
Frankie Dunnell
Senior Talent Acquisition Brand Ambassador, PwC Channel Islands
Tel: +44 7911 722534
