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ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ graduate gains key role with KPMG in Jordan


ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ Leicester (ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ) graduate Mohammad Eyas Qawasmeh has secured an impressive first role as an external auditor with KPMG in Jordan.

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After graduating from ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ’s Accounting and Finance MSc with distinction in September 2021, Mohammad became one of the top students at ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ that year.

Aged just 24, he has now clinched a permanent auditing job in Amman, Jordan, with the global network of professional firms providing audit, tax and advisory services known as KPMG.

Originally from Jordan, Mohammad joined ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ for a year to take his Master’s after previously gaining a BSc in Accounting in his home country.

“It was thanks to ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ that I have gained this role with KPMG, which is among the top four accounting companies in the world,” Mohammad said.

“I chose ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ as it has one of the best business schools around and I feel very privileged to have attended a university with such a great, supportive environment.

“I gained a lot of knowledge and skills while at ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ, and the university’s friendly and diverse environment has been good preparation for me for this international role.”

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He added that he was really enjoying working at KPMG. “My role involves carrying out audits for KPMG’s clients all over the world, giving me a lot of variety and some travel to clients inside and outside Jordan,” he said.

“I have been very lucky to get a job with such a prestigious company - and in my home country too.”

Mohammad, whose family are in Jordan, lived in Leicester for a year while completing his studies during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Regrettably, I was not able to join as many extra-curricular activities as I would have liked while at ÉëÒ÷Ö®Íõ as we had a period of lockdown, but I still managed to keep in touch with the many new friends that I made,” he said.

A keen chess player, Mohammad also enjoys boxing in his spare time and tries to fit in his outside interests around his busy schedule at KPMG.

He added: “Now that I am back in Jordan, I also have the chance to catch up with friends and family here.”

Posted on Thursday 27 April 2023

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