Flying Start Degree Programme - FS3 London Review

My day to day role involves auditing client's accounts for a range of different reporting regulations. I usually spend time with my team of 8 in the morning at either the PwC office or the client office, where we regroup on how the work is going and look at any queries. Any remaining queries are worked with the client.

There is a 2 week training period at the beginning of each of the 3 placements with assessments to help with our audit work and get used to PwC systems. There are also weekly calls around my specialist area - insurance with external guest speakers. The work itself is very demanding so we learn a lot through help from our seniors.

The work is often very challenging with different team members allowing you to take on harder tasks, encouraging development. It can often be difficult however the team always help pull you through and offer support. The company culture has definitely shifted to a greater focus on wellbeing and social activities post-covid making an inclusive environment

The programme is very clearly set out with time spent at university studying and placements arranged in year 2, 3 and 4 with only one university subject to study while on placement. We can reach out for help at both the university and while on placement through our career coach. Programme co-ordinators often check in too.

The team, seniors and managers as well as peers are always around to answer questions, or work through an issue together. We are also given a buddy for quick questions and a friendly office face. Our career coach also ensures oru feedback is received on time and answers all of our admin questions.

My training provider is the university of Nottingham and our training is run jsut like any other university course; attending regular lectures, seminars and small group sessions. You can email your personal tutor at any time with any issues or to discuss exam results as well as your individual lecturers.

As the training includes both a degree and ACA professional accounting qualification from ICAEW it offers both insight into the practical work we do on placements and after university, but also provides the academic background into the topics. For example, we learn the basics of accounting for our degree but then can use this in our audit work.

There are many different social groups to get involved with including sports, wellness, year group representatives as well as the actual social groups that organise regular events throughout the year. You also have lots of social events wiht your year group from other universities to make friends with more colleagues.

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PwC is a well established brand with some excellent clients and great structure, allowing you to be exposed to challenging opportunities. The clear structure means you are always provided with appropriate level work so that the learning at each stage can be maximised. PwC also create a large community or professionals with great contacts

I would make sure that you truly understand the work we do and PwC's values as this is at the core of PwC. Often people have no experience in audit so it's your personal brand and soft skillset used in other areas/experience that will make you stand out.