Rating
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
- 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
- 4. How valued do you feel by Grant Thornton?
- 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
- 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
- 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
- 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
- 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
- 9. Would you recommend Grant Thornton to a friend?
- 9b. Why?
- 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Grant Thornton?
Audit Associate - Daily tasks include going out to clients auditing the financial statements, carrying out testing on the balances within the financial statements, reporting to management, completing our audit programme, reporting procedures.
I have obtained my AAT qualification and I am now working towards my ACCA to become a chartered certified accountant. I attend college to study for my exams, as well as training courses on various software we use and keeping up to date with accounting standards.
I thoroughly enjoy my role at Grant Thornton and want to pursue my career here.
Feel valued for the work that I do - have received bonus and managers have shown their appreciation verbally. We also complete job appraisals which the manager makes comments on what they think you did well etc
Very organised structure. Lots of support for studying, regular meetings with line manager and also have appraisal annually and an interim appraisal.
Excellent support from my training provider - offers additional help and tutoring if I need it.
Good support from my manager but not much support from HR
It meets what I require whilst training
Yes lots of external activities that are available such as sports, social etc.
Yes
Great employer, pushes you to succeed in your career and opportunities for promotion are available.
Ensure you are prepared and be honest.
Details
Level 3 Apprenticeship
Accounting, Finance
North West
February 2014