Audit associate trainee Review

My experience involved communicating with clients to receive deliverables to document for the external audits our team carries out. I completed 7/15 exams for my ICAEW ACA professional qualification. I was in charge of documenting and completing parts of the financial statements, running through walkthroughs and carrying out stock counts.

Communication with different levels of people, confidence in talking to clients. I also learnt how to manage my time well in order to complete tasks promptly and efficiently. I developed my understanding of certain businesses and applied my studies towards my ACA exams in my client work. How to proficiently work excel and other software for data analytics.

I really enjoyed working with the various teams whilst working from home, the work was varied in terms of the clients I was working on and the work that was to be carried out. During busy season 3 out of 11 months the hours worked were really long but this was reflected in the overtime pay. It was intense but definitely helped me grow.

Very organised, we were treated as graduates and were in the same cohort. We were given similar work if not, the same as graduates and therefore the level of difficulty was on the same level. Regular emails were sent in order to keep us up to date about exams, policies and a live timetable of the year ahead.

The company culture is very open, the colleagues are always helpful and love to work collaboratively. There is a culture of providing feedback after each client/work carried out and therefore giving us the ability to act on it and improve immediately. PwC has a relaxed culture and therefore the jobs are not strictly corporate and provides room for people to be their relaxed self

Quite a bit, as soon as you start you are put into training for the exams which is encouraging. Having completed 7 out of the 15 exams it has definitely helped me narrow down where I would like to finish the rest of the exams to become qualified. The culture has diven me towards this choice.

Yes the placement was paid for 11 months During stock counts where you were to drive further than your office miles, you were reimbursed. IT equipment was delivered to you when required.

Yes because the teams and clients you are placed on are from all over the UK. Sometimes you have a chance to speak to the PwC offices in Poland and India, collaboratively carrying out client work. There was a partners lunch that was offered to the associates where you have the opportunity to meet the partners and directors.

Yes

The benefits are competitive and you have choices on the benefits you wish to chose for the year, this can be changed yearly. There is a feedback platform where you can earn points to buy giftcards, feedback can be given by anyone with or without points. There is a culture of constant feedback and therefore there is an opportunity to grow. You can take holidays off in order to study for your exams, tuition for the exams takes place during the working day, PwC pay for this too. If you do not pass exams you have the ability to resit

Research the culture and current news articles on PwC and their growth. You do not need to have a finance related degree to apply! This is a misconception, it should be made aware training is given on the job and therefore everyone is starting on the same level! Be yourself! PwC is known for its diversity