Analyst Review

I work with a large scale testing client of Accenture's as a PMO Lead. I have an amazing level of trust in which I'm enabled to co-run an internal initiative, allowing me to really develop my skills on the job as I go. I work with a variety of teams, some onshore (UK Based) and offshore (India Based). Communicating with them daily on work being delivered is a key part of the day. I also work in a variety of other initiatives/programmes under Accenture, such as several communications groups - these all strive to power the people and inspire collaboration and communication between those that work for Accenture via regular meetings, newsletters and recognition initiatives.

I've been allowed, since the beginning of the apprenticeship, to fully develop my skills wherever needed. This could be via Accenture's support for certifications (ex. CCNA/Cloud MAG - Azure/Google/AWS), or internal training that is regularly updated to support me as I work. Since joining I've developed key communication skills, worked with new and exciting tools that I now use daily, been able to study towards gaining a certification (AWS) and have successfully completed a variety of internal training courses.

I really enjoy my program. So far, we've been supported throughout it, whether that be via the Accenture Apprentice team or my general colleagues that offer their support. I'm able to develop myself here. I can grow my skills easily - it's actually recommended by Accenture directly. I'm able to carefully balance work life vs. uni studies efficiently. Overall, the apprenticeship has really grown my skills and myself personally into a hard working, ready to learn person.

The apprenticeship offered to me is well structured. We're aware of university schedules (ex. Term Times/Exams/Deadlines) as these are regularly communicated. We can successfully balance work vs. uni due to the allocation of study hours/days during the week. Usually, it works out at 1 day per week being solely allocated to study, attend university or complete assignments. This is a big help as we can set aside a whole day away from work responsibilities to focus on our apprenticeship degree.

We have a dedicated team of manager level above people that work with us daily. They ensure we have a voice to talk to regarding positives, negatives and any issues we may have. If we do have an issue we're able to contact this team, and they'll escalate it to the uni to get our problems resolved as soon as possible. They're constantly communicating with us to ensure we're having a good experience.

University of East London has a dedicated point of contact for us to communicate with for the overall entire apprenticeship, and we have module leaders to communicate with regarding the individual courses we undertake. When working on a module we're able to chat whenever we'd like with the module leaders to ensure we're all working up to speed with what we should be, and we can discuss any issues with anything with them too.

The degree itself offers new opportunities to test, develop and fine tune skills we use daily at Accenture. One of the modules we have undertaken is IT Professional Skills - this helps us understand what is required of us to work professionally and efficiently at work whilst representing a large company such as Accenture. Additionally, the other modules we do have either minor or major impacts on our day to day job responsibilities which really helps us out.

I work with several extra-curricular/side of desk teams within Accenture. Several of them are responsible for key communications within our internal teams. One enables the team to collaborate for great ways to get our internal teams collaborating regularly, and also allows us to grow our networks whilst working. Additionally, these teams allow us to work with employees much higher levels than us (ex. Managing Directors) to bring in new and exciting content that other employees enjoy.

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The company really emphasises on self growth, either via the qualifications they promote you studying and completing or via the work client opportunities you are offered when you first start out. I'm hardly reffered to as an apprentice, rather an analyst. This means that I'm regarded as a full employee and I get treated as such, enabling me to get stuck in with a variety of roles. They're really trusting from the get go, even with little to no experience.

I'd recommend that if you were to apply, read up on Accenture's website. Read their core values - it's at the heart of our company. Think of new and innovative technology that Accenture is involved in, some that it might not be involved in. Knowledge of this will definitely benefit you when you reach the face to face/virtual discussions with the recruiting team. Ensure your CV is up to date with any and all extra curricular things you've been involved in/previous job roles/etc.