Internal Audit Undergraduate Review

In my role, each day is different depending on the audit you are assisting on. That means you could be listening to calls from customers to see how advisors are acting or reviewing policies and procedures from one day to another. The main responsibility of the role each month is to prepare to report for the Board of Management.

I have developed a plethora of existing skills, mainly including my time management skills and organisation skills. Another useful skill I have developed is my presentation skills from the workshop put on for us by the Learning and Development team. I have also learned new skills such as networking skills and Tableau skills which will be very useful to take forward into my career.

I have been given responsibility in my role to complete different parts of work myself and was responsible for feeding this back to the lead auditor. Additionally, I was given responsibility to create the report for the Board of Management and ensure this was delivered on time. However, due to being an undergraduate, I was mainly learning from the lead auditor and so there is not as much opportunity to be given responsibilities.

I was given large amounts of support and guidance by my team and my line manager. For the first six months, I received monthly probation meetings where I was given feedback on my performance and any areas in which I could improve and I found this very useful. In addition, all of my team would be constantly available to answer any questions or concerns I would have and I am very grateful for this.

The company culture and atmosphere is very good at VWFS. This is because all staff are kind and friendly which makes you feel very welcome when you first join the company. In addition to this, the senior management are happy to talk to any staff, no matter the position you hold which is a very nice thing to have.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement because I have enjoyed getting to know my team and as I've moved through the year become more confident in my ability as an internal auditor. I have really enjoyed being able to learn so much while being in a relaxed work space where there is a feeling of togetherness.

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I would definitely advise anyone to apply to this company as you will gain a great amount from it. I would advise to be yourself in any interviews or assessment centres as this is what they are looking for and want to see how you are as a person as well as you professionally.