Internship Programme, Advisory Consulting - London (July 2026)

At S&W, we help our clients thrive by simplifying the complex, illuminating new paths, and shaping solutions that make a difference. As one of the UK’s top 10 fastest-growing accountancy firms, we have been a trusted partner since 1881—helping businesses and individuals meet challenges and seize opportunities across generations.

Built on expertise and driven by ambition, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including tax and accountancy, advisory and assurance, corporate finance, and restructuring. We are defined by our purpose—to help navigate challenges, unlock potential, and achieve the extraordinary.

Introduction to the Advisory Consulting team at S&W

Advisory Consulting is our management consulting team that sit as part of our wider consulting practice that includes risk advisory, regulatory consulting, data and technology and cyber. The Advisory Consulting team is a small but rapidly growing group of 10 people across Bristol and London.

Being a dynamic and collaborative team, we give our people an opportunity to receive hands-on coaching and client exposure from day one. You will gain early responsibility, working closely with experienced consultants and stakeholders across various levels of seniority, across a diverse range of projects. Our client base spans many industries and we will be able to offer you a variety of experiences across clients. We support clients across sectors such as energy, infrastructure, retail and private- equity-backed businesses – helping them navigate complex transformation, remediation and turnaround challenges, or deliver strategic change and seize growth opportunities.

What will you be doing?

We provide strategies, advice and action plans to solve problems – whether a business is looking to grow, be more profitable, or if it has run into trading difficulties and needs turnaround support. You will obtain a breadth of professional experience and in-depth knowledge across a range of situations, including transformation and turnaround. This role will involve helping our clients to decide and then achieve their strategic objectives, whilst developing technical, business and commercial skills that will complement your career. We work with senior people in interesting and wide-ranging businesses, enabling you to build an incredible network and your own commercial acumen and expertise. You will also contribute directly to a range of deliverables such as strategic roadmaps, client workshops, business model analysis and dashboards which will be received by external stakeholders.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Utilising data sources to research industry trends, comparable companies, and benchmark client performance
• Preparing financial analysis and support business plan modelling and options analysis
• Assisting with writing client reports and running client workshops
• Prioritisation and time management to achieve deadlines

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Be available from 29th June – 7th August 2026
• Be in your penultimate year of university
• On course for at least a predicted 2:2 degree, in any discipline
• A Level: Minimum 112 UCAS points in top three A Levels (or equivalent), excluding General Studies
• GCSE: Minimum Grade 5 (or equivalent), in English Language and Maths respectively

We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences are the cornerstone of our success. At S&W, you'll find an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is evident in our active employee resource groups and ongoing initiatives. We’re dedicated to creating a workplace where you can thrive and reach your full potential.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the application process. Please don’t hesitate to discuss your needs with your recruiter.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION

When you click on the ‘I’m interested’ button you’ll be taken to your profile page. We’re in the process of updating it but in the meantime:

• We can only accept one application to any of our programmes in a recruitment season. If you are unsuccessful, you will need to wait until the next September when we re-open applications for the following year.
• Under the ‘Experience’ section, if you do not have any experience please enter ‘N/A’ into the ‘Title’ text box and choose a random end and start date
• Under the ‘Education’ section you do NOT need to include all your education details as we’ll ask for this separately once you’ve completed your profile. All you need to do is fill in the ‘Institution’ (aka University) question which is mandatory. If you have more than one degree please include your latest one.
• Under the ‘Resume’ (aka CV) section, it is mandatory for you to upload a document, however, it will not be formally reviewed.
• The ‘Message to Hiring Manager’ text box is NOT mandatory and will not be formally reviewed.