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
Worked alongside individuals in different tax divisions such as corporate employment and indirect tax Joined client meetings and helped complete client work
I did general audit work and was coached by members of my team I joined 3 engagements and worked a mix of from the office client site and home
Various administrative tasks risk management documentation completion client meeting digital learning
Working with a team to learn about audit by working in a team of 5 lots of excel and working in a team
On a day to day basis I got to interact with seniors and clients I was assigned work and was working on it with the help of my buddy and Manager
Mixture of client meetings working on pitches for new work and origination business development activities
Shadowing people preparing work papers facilitating file reviews
Basic audit tasks communicating with clients
