Audit associate Review

-Completing workpapers -emailing the audited entities and taking calls with them one-to-one -documenting audit evidence -daily interactions with my team members -taking ownerships of my own workload

-excel skills -communication skills -presentation skills -how to document audit evidence sufficiently and effectively -learnt to maintain professional scepticism

The programme can be interesting at times but also very repetitive and monotonous. However, I have learnt so much through this programme and it opens doors to so many pathways in your career.

My programme is very well structured from the firm and the training provider.

My employer gives me a lot of support however there has been times where I haven't felt fully supported and felt that certain aspects have been unorganised or not communicated properly.

The training provider gives a whole lot of support from emailing us to ensure we are doing ok, to providing us with access to forums so we can ask questions, and also providing us with a lot of resources / question practice.

The qualification helps to understand why we have to do the work we do and how to do it. It provides us with accounting knowledge which is applicable to a company.

Yes - there are a lot of social aspects of this job. For example, I recently went on a ski trip with the firm. There are also monthly department socials, apprentice socials, summer balls etc. I recently had a dodgeball tournament social as well and there are also port clubs to get involved with such as netball.

Yes

KPMG can provide you with the tools and skills / knowledge to build a great career. Working for KPMG opens up many avenues and doors for the future.

-To prepare well for the assessment centre -To be confident -To be interested in the company and the job