Trainee associate accountant Review

My role is a junior associate working on financial statement audits. On a day to day basis i complete a variety of tasks in different accounts for clients. This includes expense testing and preparation of lead schedules.

I have done a lot of e-learnings and internal induction training courses, i have also completed one certificate level exam.

I am enjoying the programme however I have massive concerns about the long term pass rate and overall sucess of the apprenticeship. This is mainly due to the exams we have to complete and the lack of support and care given to me and my colleagues. Nobody within Ey seems to know much about our apprenticeship programme. This really doesn't fit with Ey's people culture.

It is well organised except from the support from my local office. My counsellor very rarely replies to any emails and no one knows about the exam process we our going through. There is also a complete lack of study support from Ey. The support from kaplan however has been very good.

I receive very little support from my counsellor , she hasnt replied to my emails in over 3 weeks. As mentioned above we get very little support for the exams compared to the graduate employees.

The overall support from Kaplan is very good.

The theory of the college course i have completed is relatable in some ways to my job role.

Nobody has time for extra-curricular activities given the extra hours we are expected to work.

No

I wouldn't recommend this apprenticeship scheme to a friend for a lot of reasons I have already stated.

Only apply if you know exactly what your getting into.