Rating

8.8/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • Assistant Personal Tax Advisor - Takeon requirements to engage clients - Preparing tax advice for clients - Analysing team performance (billing, time spent on projects) - Large variety of projects from some simple to large, international, multi service line projects

    8/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Working toward chartered accountant status many internal courses to advance tax knowledge, which have been held all around the country. I have increased my knowledge in the persoanl tax arena.

    9/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • EY are an excellent company to work for and the team I am in are fantastic, the expectations I had of a big 4 firm have been excelled at EY. There is work life balance and a really good company culture.

    10/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by EY?
  • Recognition of my performances are high, regular feedback cycles allow constructive feedback and recognition on a regular basis. The team are actively including me on projects, which is brilliant to see.

    10/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • The support, programme and internal processed related to the school leaver programme are very well put together. There is a dedicated team that can be contacted if you have an related questions.

    9/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • College courses Regular emails Revision programmes Online resources

    9/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • Allow for flexible working to encourage learning Lots of support materials Team are very supportive

    10/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • Living in the city is always going to be costly, to be brutally honest the salary does meet the costs of living, but it is very tight. For the city that I am based in compared to the salaries in the same position in other areas I feel it is rather low.

    5/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • Lots of opportunities outside of work, socials, internal charity events. The EY Foundation do loads of activities. There are 'Families' to allow you to network with similar people.

    9/10

  • 9. Would you recommend EY to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • Great company culture and support with loads of opportunities. There is so much variance in client work that you can be exposed to so may different tax concepts, whether that be international or national tax.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to EY?
  • Be yourself, EY don't recruit based on qualification, they recruit based on how you come across as a person, will you fit into the culture and do you have good social skills in order to communicate well with clients and colleagues around the world. The process is very competitive but you can't expect anything less from a big 4 firm. Do your research and be yourself!


Details

School Leaver Programme

Accounting, Finance

North West

May 2018


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