Apprentice Accountant Review

At the moment I am helping out the administrators of a business so I am involved in the day to day running of the business in questions such as making payments to suppliers. I speak to many suppliers in the phone but also interact with colleagues regularly.

I am learning new skills quite often but perhaps more importantly I am taking accountancy exams as well as doing day to day work which will set me up for the future.

KPMG being a large firm has been great for meeting plenty of people and building relationships with them. The work isn't bad at all and I get plenty of support.

Yes, as I learn more skills I think I become a more valuable asset and have much more responsibility. I sometimes help out with higher level projects too which is also good.

The induction and training were organised so that we were ready for our start. In the KPMG360 programme I rotate around the business so we're set to dates for when we should move again.

I receive enough help from the training provider, I am first taught, then given materials to teach with, a forum to ask questions and also an email to ask specific questions to.

The teams I am in respect that I need to learn and revise so are happy for me to learn provided I give them notice of a few weeks. However, other than the actual lessons/ online tuition we aren't given study days unless we use up our holiday.

KPMG pay for expenses for travelling anywhere except the office (ie to a client). I am living with my parents so I can't give a fair value for whether these support living costs but other apprentices are living in the city with the salary.

There are many social events and clubs that I can join at KPMG and they also support us helping the community by giving us days which we can use.

Yes

Great company with a lot of support to employees, colleagues are extremely helpful and nice. And finally I believe the pay is good in my opinion

Assuming the process is the same any resources they give you read through thoroughly as they may ask about it in the interview. I didn't but many people had done some sort of experience with KPMG before such as an internship (mostly grads though).