Internship Review at Grant Thornton

The Role

Role Description

Basically a 1st year audit graduate.
Main tasks:
Audit testing, sections like bank or fixed assets.
Involves speaking to clients and using voyager package.
Then after finished your section, help your manager with other bits of the sections they are doing. Could be Fixed Assets one day, or Stock another day.

Other things would be checking accounts ensuring spelling, calculations and figures all tie back.

1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Great opportunity to learn about the firm and how an audit works in practice.

2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Felt included and each member of staff made an effort to introduce themselves and chat to you. Plenty of opportunities to put your views across and social events enabled you to get to know your work mates better.

3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Really had a good line manager, was kept up to date with everything that was planned for me. Also each audit manager was very helpful. Each had different styles but they all give me advice and help to improve both my technical knowledge and knowledge of the GT clients.

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

To be honest, you can run out of things to do, but if you ask around the office then you will find something to do. This can be a bit of a awkward because I didn't want to feel like I was annoying others in the office when they were doing work. The other staff were always helpful though, they understood your situation and made an effort to find you something to do.

5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Given the opportunity to do some audit testing, speak to the client, submitting your own time sheet etc Always made to feel like your part of audit team. I would say you have similar responsibilites to that of a 1st year graduate.

6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

I can honestly say the experience was a real eye opener. I learned a loads about the whole audit process. It was explained to me how the audit is set up, then by conducting the testing and fieldwork you get an insight into what the audit function actually involves. I worked on a property company, electrical engineering company, a mining company as well as a call centre. Each of these businesses was different and had variety of risks attached to them. So for example Fixed assets was a big risk in a property firm, where as stock was a important component of risk in an engineering firm. From this I was able to develop an understanding of how each of these risks were handled. This helps my study because my technical knowledge improved greatly meaning I have a better understanding of accounting as a whole. Also by giving me an chance to learn about what to expect when I start my graduate job, means that I will be so much better prepared than those who have not done an internship.
Furthermotre, GT offers a presentation skills course which is a good chance to improve your skills and provides ideas about techniques which you could use to make your presentations better and more interesting. This has helped with my uni presentations.

The Organisation

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Good atmosphere between employees. Good bit of banter.

8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Excellent. Given timetable at the start of internship detailing all my jobs. Was in the actual office about 3 days out of 6 weeks. Was always out at a clients.

9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Presentations skills course, insight day to learn about different service lines and appraisal which helped highlight areas for personal development.

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

• National Travel
• Company Parties/Events

11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Overall impression was good, looking forward to starting my graduate position

Other Information

12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Not too bad, various social events organised, could have played on staff football team etc. Bradenham was a great chance to meet and socialise with interns from all over UK. Most people made an effort to get involved.

13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Glasgow's pretty cheap.

14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Football team etc CSR day.

Review 71/86 for Grant Thornton

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