Corporate Assistant Review

On a day-to-day basis, I am involved in the audits of Local government authorities and NHS trusts. I undertake substantive procedures on different areas on the file including income and expenditure, cash flow and leases.

Yes - since starting as a school leaver, with no prior background in accounting, I have been fully emersed in the audit world. Having attended training programmes run by my employer to improve our technical knowledge on things like IFRS,IAS standards and how to use them alongside audit work. Also inter-personal skills

I really enjoy my programme, the team that i'm in and the layout of exams. I have always felt supported by my team with everything.

I feel as though the programme is well organised, with all training, exams and various other dates mapped out for me, for the whole 4 year duration of my programme. However, I feel like the early careers team are reluctant to offer support to some people that do not find it as easy to follow.

I receive a lot of support from my immediate team e.g line manager, buddys etc... in all aspects of my job e.g exams, apprenticeship admin and the technical side of work. However early careers do not offer good support for a lot of people regarding exams and wellbeing

Lots - my training provider is BPP, they provide all courses, learning resources e.g coursebook and question bank. The tutors are happy to help us leading upto the exam and even offer support once their paid work has finished.

I feel as though without my qualifications, I would not be able to understand a lot of the things that I do on a day to day basis.

Yes, I am involved in the aspire committee, which allows a small number of selected individuals to collectively discuss issues and drive change. We meet every 6 weeks, with quarterly in person meetings with the Head of audit in the UK. There are also various social events, e.g professional balls.

Yes

Support, qualification and culture

n/a