Flying Start 2 Review

Liasing with the client over Connect system Obtaining a balance for an FSLI Getting full coverage of the balance and splitting it up into a population to perform testing on Obtaining audit evidence from the client Documenting this evidence on PwC's Aura system Performing testing over the audit evidence and ensuring no exceptions are noted Liaising with wider business unit teams Sending emails and having daily catch ups with my seniors about work performed

Excel skills have been developed such as the regular use of vlookups and split cell formulas working on new audit areas and in a new team has allowed me to perform different types of audit testing that I had no prior experience of working over Learning to use google form and the response sheets creating various graphs and trackers developed my communication skills when speaking in catch ups or in the bi- weekly huddle meetings

I thoroughly enjoyed this placement as I was kept extremely busy and was given fantastic audit areas to work on which I can refer to in the future. The support I had from my team was terrific also, whenever I asked a question in a timely manner they were always on hand to respond to my queries The culture that was created by my team made the working environment an enjoyable one to work in

Everyone within the company is assigned a career coach and especially at such a junior grade I find this extremely helpful. Monthly catch ups allow me to communicate any issues. We have one weeks block worth of training at the start of placement which is useful however to consume a vast amount of information in such a short space of time is tricky especially considering our last placement ended 9 months ago. Having said that audit is definitely a learn on the job and support is always available from your seniors should you not understand anything

My senior associate and manager are always happy to help and support me with feedback on work I produce as mentioned earlier the career coach scheme is fantastic and the catch ups are not limited to monthly if there was ever an issue i would feel comfortable going to the career coach everyone understands i am junior and have less experience than most so the attitude towards supporting me is fantastic guidance with problems is also good as it allows me to learn and not make the same mistake twice when i am supported well

There is always the option to talk to our tutors if they wish to have a catch up, as well as them marking our essays to give us comments which has been useful this placement They are probably only suited to support us when we feel we cant contact anyone in the firm about our problems and I feel this would be a very rare scenario. once we are back at uni they will support us during usual lectures and seminars

I'm not sure it does, going into my final placement all I've had is 2 3 month placement blocks compared to others at the firm who are at the same grade as me who will have been there the whole year having been through the experience I do honestly wonder if a whole placement year out would be better logistically the current structure causes so much hassle in terms of accomodation with very little support

given the current pandemic there was limited opportunities nevertheless I thought the social team did a great job activities included the weekly score predictor the among us social was very topical as well given the popularity of the new game for the xmas social this was done over zoom in which we enjoyed a performance from an illusionist as well as fun festive sporcle weekly quizzes and a christmas quiz there were also yoga and hit classes to participate in

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Fantastic company full of fantastic people. Support is amazing, the social opportunities are amazing also great way to meet new people always the opportunity for promotion the diverse range of people if amazing big 4 company means it is very well respected opportunity to work on some fantastic clients set up a career option to transfer departments can complete your acca and become a full qualified apartment exams are all paid for and integrated into working

For applications to the flying start scheme there is an assessment centre in which there is a group size as well as a team activity Ensure you prepare well and research the questions you are told to answer be vocal within the team activity but not too overpowering try to showcase your wide range of skills as much as you can Onboarding is very straightforward, the team at PwC are extremely helpful and answer all queries