Audit Associate Review

My role is to assist within the completion of an audit. I work in National Markets, and tend to work on various different clients throughout the year. My days are filled with various audit tasks, and never tend to be the same each day. In addition to this I help with commitees and further develop my knowledge by completing training courses.

I have learnt/developed the below new skills; Communication Networking Time management Professional behaviour Commtment to quality Technical skills - such as using excel

I do enjoy my programme. At times it can be extremely challenging especially when it comes to doing exams alongside working. I have also found that the culture can be quite demanding, although I am an apprentice and my grade is fairly low, I am expected to do a large bit of work.

In terms of work it is very well organised. However I do not receive regular contact from apprentice management. In addition to that, our professional accreditation team are very slow and last minute with communications. This can be very frustrating at times as it can conflict with work.

I receive a fair amount of support from KPMG and they show appreciation for us regularly.

BPP are very good at communicating and they provide a great amount of support when it comes to exam times. In addition, I have regular catchups with my training provider to check in on how I'm doing.

I think the AAT qualifications do help, however I think the ICAS qualifications will be of more benefit.

Yes. There are lots of extra-curricular acctivities, even more so now due to everyone working and networking from home.

Yes

They are a really good company with lots of opportuities and a really great support bubble. There are so many different people at KPMG to connect with who all believe in the same values which creates a really good environment.

Just be honest and open to learning. When applying make sure you highlight what is important to you and how you think you will benefit from an apprenticeship at KPMG.