That minorities face a greater risk of career barriers is a problem that has been discussed and studied for a long time. A concept which is continuously used to describe the problems minoritoes face is the so-called glass ceiling effect. It describes how minorities are prevented to reach top positions in particular in an organization because of their gender, sexuality or ethnicity. As there are only about 2.5% of the accountants in Sweden that belongs to the ethnic minority, a interest was brough to our attention to investigate the ethnic minorities career advancement from a different perspective; How do auditors reason regarding career advancement in relation to ethnicity. The purpose of the study is to create a deeper understanding of how the auditors construct career advancement in relation to ethnicity. We have used theories about diversity, socialization, organizational culture, identity theory, intersectionality, social networking and mentoring to achieve the purpose of the study. The empirical data were collected through a qualitative approach in which semi-structured telephone interviews and questionnaires via email were conducted with 13 experienced accountants with a foreign background. The auditors were considered to have valuable experiences and perceptions of how their career advancement have worked out for them. This study has contributed to a deeper understanding of how auditors with foreign background in Sweden construct career advancement in relation to ethnicity. Since previous research has focused on minority structures in organizations and not how auditors constructs career advancement in relation to ethnicity, this study may be considered to have contributed to fill a research gap. The conclusion of this study is that the authorized public accountants have different opinions about how they design career advancement. A suggestion for further research is to investigate the phenomenon surrounding the accounting assistants’ perspectives that are of foreign origin.