- Graduation certificate from the highest level of grade school education
- Excellent school grades
- Reliability and an ability to work independently and in an accurate and precise manner
- Ambition and motivation to constantly improve personal performance
- Trustworthy character
- Openness, curiosity and an interest in new topics
- Interest in business-related matters
- Enjoyment of working in a high-performance culture
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good communication skills
- Excellent written and spoken German language skills
- Pleasure in the use of foreign languages (a basic knowledge of English is a prerequisite) and working in an international environment
- Commercial apprenticeship in the Services and Administration sector (e.g. internal services such as HR, Marketing, Communications or in the Back Office of the Audit and Tax service lines)
- Commercial apprenticeship in the Fiduciary sector
- Duration: three years
- M-track vocational school (including vocational diploma): two school days per week during years 1-3
- E-track vocational school (excluding vocational diploma): two school days per week during years 1-2, one school day per week during year 3
- KV Zürich Business School
- Swiss Association of Commercial Employees (Kaufmännischer Verband Schweiz, La Société suisse des employés de commerce)
- New basic commercial training scheme (Neue Kaufmännische Grundbildung, Formation commerciale de base CFC)
- Assignment to various KPMG divisions and business lines (depending on the training course: Fiduciary, Tax, Audit, Human Resources, Marketing and Communications) ensures that the training is both thorough and varied and provides an understanding of business-related matters
In order to support our ambitious business strategy, when selecting candidates, preference is given to trainees who choose the M-track.
Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence “Kauffrau/Kaufmann” (“Employé(e) de commerce”)
