It involved sessions introducing various areas of the company including audit tax and advisory There was also time spent working on a project as part of a group aswell as a mentoring session where we got the chance to speak to professionals working at
The insight showed me what some of the services do day by day and it gave me an insight of what it is actually like I would of loved if they gave us examples we could complete on what someone in tax advisoryaudit would do
As an audit trainee my role comprised mainly of assisting managers on auditing more simplistic financial statement areas both in setting up the testing and conducting the agreement of supporting evidence My role was also client facing so I was involved
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My role is to assist with the progress of audits mainly focussing on execution I will be assigned FSAs that are my responsibility for completing in time with agreed deadlines
Audit testing and sampling
Very independent tasks will be delegated by senior members of staff and you are expected to complete them in a timely manner to adhere to the deadline for the client Regularly checked in on by your project manager or counsellor
As part of the Risk and Advisory team I undertake a range of activities including internal audits These involve travelling to client sites and leading meetings to obtain the necessary information to deliver impactful findings and recommendations to impr
Conversing with the audited entity on various matters to be able to complete sections of the financial statement delegated to you Working both individual and as part of a team to achieve the objective of performing the audit within the given time span U
During my year I have moved across different jobs where I am responsible for auditing certain financial areas This will involve speaking to the audited entity and gaining supporting documentation for what the entity are reporting The execution phase wil
My overall day to day involves auditing a audited entity through performing audit tests in the likes of cashPPErevenueDebtors etc whilst communicating with my team as well as the client
I assist audit teams in testing business039 financial accounting records for their financial year I work across various areas of a business039 finances from fixed assets stocks other assets and liabilities as well as profit and loss areas such as
You usually work on the same client for a few weeks you get assigned different financial areas to work on this depends on day to day on where you are up too in the audit or what information has been recieved from the client Regular team meetings Meeti
There was a lot of variety in terms of the work I was assigned There was administrative work in terms of filling and processing forms and requests and drafting emails to clients but also a lot of exposure to projects that my colleagues were working with
I was shadowing someone every week and completing tasks such as summarising whats included in a company policy updating and working on testing sheets I also attended team meetings and client meetings where I would write notes One of the meetings I att
Initially you would begin with a team brief of what everyones allocation is during the week Check whether there are people within the team with low capacity or high capacity of work and distribute work effectively to where nobody feels too rundown Dis
Testing the accuracy of financial statement of various businesses
I am a DRAS intern and a typical day to day at BDO involved attending meetings with my manager and planning out my whole day effectively I also would be assigned various controls and testing to carry out for clients Therefore I would go through the nec
My role involved reviewing and checking that the information on the invoices and other supporting documents was matching with the clients transactions I had to ensure that the transactions were authorised and legitimate I have also been working on samp