Top four accountancy firms to create more than 1,000 jobs

THE top four accountancy firms — Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC — are set to create more than 1,000 jobs over the coming year following Ernst & Young’s announcement it is to recruit 300 employees.

Yesterday, Ernst & Young said it is hiring more than 300 people on an all-island basis over the next 12 months, in what it said is a response to growing client demand for the firm’s existing and newly launched business consultancy and accountancy services. Recruitment will take place across Ernst & Young’s offices in the Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Belfast.

The firm also launched three new dedicated business units covering healthcare, transport, cleantech sectors — with specialist recruitment taking place across all three new units as well as further recruitment to enhance the firm’s Aviation sector team.