It involved meeting with employees from all levels at KPMG from graduate to senior partners There were a lot of career development workshops such as interview skills group work and personal branding Finally we had a work shadowing session where we got
Lots of talks workshops and skills sessions between various parts of the business what the firm does how they operate how each division of the firm is like in practice and what the audit sector in this case specifically entails and how it works at KPMG
From start to finish it has been an amazing experience with kpmg They make you feel wanted and capable The programme has clearly been designed with care to advertise their company as well as stress how much of a privilege it is to work there They lower
Lots of information and talks then assessment centre
Senior employee talks work shadowing skills workshops networking opportunities
Had the chance to meet many other ambitious students We also had various talks gaining useful insights into the firm We were able to network with graduates and employees of all seniority at KPMG We participated in a mock group task and were given many
The insight gave us opportunities to explore tax at KPMG
The insight involved panel Q and As and shadowing employees to get an informed insight
Overall I have developed an overview of the actual daily work of an auditor this involves working with the disclosure workbook agreeing with TB codes reviewing meeting minutes etc Sometimes the work will be carried out at the clients side
I would work alongside other members of the tax and legal team aiding them with the completion of compliance checks I would also assist in the process of performing risk management when screening potential new clients
Attendiing various forums panels and informational sessions by all levels of the firm from senior management to graduates Work shadowing managers at the firm at seeing what an actual day in their life is like
Support varied on a person to person basis I worked primarily with a final year apprentice and a few senior managers however I was involved in meetings and projects with directors and senior directors The insight and support I received was excellent I
My role involves some basic duties such as cross referencing financial statements doing background research conducting different walkthroughs on tax equity and governance
Working with mainly excel to perform different parts of the audit process
Valuing a company of my choice
prepare pitch decks prepare IMs assist with business development
Testing entities for an audit in excel and admin tasks going to the client site
Doing admin tasks audit tasks going to client sites
Shadowing members of the team helping create pitch decks and other documents and market research
I was learning the basic fundamentals of being an auditor This involving comparing financial statements of companies to audited work done by KPMG checking that there were no misstatements and that the information was correct A lot of this work would be
