In FY15, Deloitte committed to invest over £30 million in additional funding to create a further 338 jobs in Belfast over the next five years. The new jobs will inject over £11.4 million annually in salaries into the local economy and bring the total number employed by Deloitte in Northern Ireland to more than 700. While many of the jobs will be in technology, this has given a platform for the growth of other service areas such as human capital, including total rewards and actuarial consulting, tax, finance and audit.

Deloitte works closely with the two main universities in Northern Ireland — we have a close partnership with the actuarial degree course offered by Queen’s University, offering careers and work experience to students. We are now developing alternative recruitment models that include our Belfast Brightstart programme to attract and grow talent from school leavers through to graduates. We have also partnered with Ulster University to develop an elite programme that provides a degree alongside building a career within Deloitte. The firm’s academy model has now delivered 4 cohorts and over 60 new analysts into the business.

Deloitte wants to contribute to NI's economic growth and prosperity and at the same time help our people to develop skills that are in demand in the marketplace. Not only are we investing in growing our business in Belfast, we are also working with Belfast City Council to realise several regeneration initiatives across the city, helping stimulate both economic growth and employment, alongside our community investment programme, which is helping the development of pupils in secondary education living within disadvantaged areas of the city.