PKF offers you a world of opportunity to expand your horizons and travel the world with an international network that spans 150 countries.
Our international secondment programme gives you the opportunity to work in a PKF Global office overseas. Discover a new way of working and how other international firms operate and build your network of contacts.
We offer a range of options, from three month desk swaps to strategic one year placements. These take place across the majority of our departments including audit, tax.
Where can I go
As a member of the PKF Global network, we offer our people the opportunity to experience international secondments in the offices of other member firms in places such as New York, California, Brisbane and Sydney.
In recent years our employees have enjoyed secondments to Australia and America. Our secondment programme is growing so there is plenty of opportunity to find a placement that fits your goals.
Our secondment programme is available to employees after completing professional qualification.
Inbound Secondee
“Working with PKF has been a very rewarding experience for me. Coming from Pakistan, I was thoroughly supported by the firm in transiting into my new role. I have had the opportunity to work with different clients in a whole range of industries, enabling me to apply the knowledge that I had acquired from my accounting studies. The global footprint of PKF’s clients means that I have had the chance to work with clients spread across the world and across the UK. This opportunity has allowed me to grow both professionally and personally.”
Saad Edhy, Manager, Business Services
Outbound Secondee
“My secondment to Sydney enabled me to have some amazing experiences; exploring a new country and meeting some great people, a number of which I am still friends with four years later, whilst also developing professionally. I’ll never forget my weekend travels during my secondment and three weeks exploring the east coast of Australia and New Zealand afterwards.”
Thomas Sheehan, Director, Business Services
Inbound Secondee
Completing an inbound secondment has enabled me develop my skills and knowledge in a completely different country and environment. It has allowed me to develop my knowledge of a different global market and the accounting issues surrounding them.
I have been put out of my comfort zone and have had to adapt to a new set of work colleagues, working practices and culture which has improved me both professionally and personally. It has also benefited my PKF colleagues by enabling me to share my knowledge and skills that I had developed from a different global market and another PKF firm.
Ben Seymour, Financial Control Manager, Accounts
Audit Seniors: Melbourne secondment
From July – November 2022, three of our Audit Seniors were welcomed by PKF Melbourne for a four-month Audit & Assurance secondment. We sat down with Eleanor, Miriam and Matt to find out all about their time overseas.
“The whole of PKF Melbourne were so incredibly warm and inviting. The Audit team went above and beyond to make us feel welcome and to help with the settling in process.”
“Being able to immerse yourself in another culture while making professional connections with another PKF office is invaluable.”
Inbound secondee: From Brisbane to London
Jessica Hermann, inbound secondee from Brisbane, Australia, joined us in January 2023 as an assignment leader for a six-month secondment.
“The secondment so far has given me a chance to learn how the UK does their auditing compared to Australia, make new friends and explore England and Europe. I thought an opportunity like this was too good to be true, but so far it has been amazing!”
10 month secondment: From Sydney to London
At the beginning of 2023, we welcomed Alex Schipp from PKF Sydney for a 10 month secondment in our Corporate Tax team. With Alex due to return home soon, we caught up with him to talk about his time in London.