Working with clients in order to audit financial statements involved looking at financial statements and documents to prepare evidence in order to form a conclusion
learning about audit policies and helping the teams in preparation of audit reports
On a daytoday basis I shadowed the Tax team and was able to get involved in helping with work and projects The work was varied and interesting as I was able to see how projects developed and the different types of work the team would get involved in I
Working with the Audit department at the Birmingham office aiding with client work delivery in a vast array of areas
I was an intern for four weeks working in the Northern Tax team with work opportunities across direct indirect and corporate tax I was able to get involved with projects and technical work within the team as well as having the opportunity to network w
I was placed in the Private Business Private Client Department within Tax for my internship which advises clients on tax implications of actions and helps them pay the correct amount of tax and options to pay minimum amount legally required As an int
Assisted in preparing the documentation for auditing tax for several companies
I completed individual tasks Taking part in the interns Dragons Den challenge in which helped out a Social Enterprise and followed a brief that they provided regarding areas they were looking to improve Completed tasks for the team including use o
Performing general admin tasks Helping extract data and infer from larger data sets Research key aspects of clients needs Communicate with others in your project
Document evidence gathering from clients and completed related EGAs Collating checking and analysing spreadsheet data Complete firms community job for social enterprises
Given work including but not limited to working on reports for clients research for PwC pensions and helping with admin tasks
As an intern you have the chance to get involved in a wide range of tasks You can ask to get involved in specific work the team is doing that you find particularly interesting and the team will also assign you work to do This may be to attend a meeting
To complete the evidence gathering tasks for the audit
I was allocated to an audit team working on live client work Day to day I would be involved in a variety of tasks such as preparing audit notes sitting in on client meetings and taking minutes as well as having the opportunity to spend a day on the cli
Daytoday activities varied
Such an action packed 4 weeks fully immersive and enabled a clearer understanding of the world of Audit in such a short space of time Able to make great connections and learn a great deal but have lots of fun at the same time Would highly recommend in
First week was all training The final 3 weeks consisted of work which was given by members of the team as well as some extra training Shadowed calls and answering emails
First week training Remaining 3 weeks working with your team on a client Assigned various pieces of work and spent time on client site Liasing with team asking for feedback Also intern SE project to get an insight on consulting
Supported the tax department with any work required such as research rolling contracts forward and updating local and master files I was able to work with people from every department including the indirect large corporate research and development and
First hours of the day involve a feedback call with the team where tasks are assigned and any questions from the previous day are asked and answered Then as an intern an associate or manager would explain the task that you would need to complete and you