During the internship I prepared and reviewed SelfAssessment Tax Returns I sat in two client meetings I assisted with various activities
It involved working with the FS Advisory team on a number of different projects such as Skilled Person Reviews and Review and Recommend
We were encouraged to come to the office as much as possible and we would get tasks by associates and managers including tax packs computations and engagement letters We would be walked through the tasks each time and had deadlines to complete them In
I was an intern in the Audit department for 6 weeks Following an inductiontraining week we started work on clients and over the 6 weeks joined a number of different audit teams working on different clients Each day the work was different and covered
In my role I was involved with the planning execution and completion of an audit of companies This meant checking various items of a balance sheet to check for assertions such as existence completeness reliability etc As well as this I also comple
The online insight was 5 days long We were given an insight into the four different streams of accountancy that BDO offers Audit Business and Service Outsourcing Advisory and Tax They had speakers and graduated from each stream talk about their expe
Everyday wed start with a morning check in that went through the timetable of the day Then the basic layout of the day wed have 23 sessions with BDO managerspartners where theyd talk to us about a specific sector or area in the company Then wed ha
We were given links to different meeting on Teams to join where we would learn about the different streams that BDO have to offer We also had some workshops such as how to use LinkedIn We also had a group project to submit
The each day consisted of different sessions which ranged from personal branding to more information about the different streams offered at BDO
There were sessions on the various sectors in BDO tips for building Linkedin pages a project tips and hints on applying mentoring sessions etc
It involved listening to presentations and talks with BDO employees working on a case study and having buddy and mentor meetings
We were given an introduction to audit business amp outsourcing tax and advisory services Additionally we attended talks on developing soft skills such as personal branding
There were a number of different interactive teams calls for us to join each call went into detail about different parts of the business We also had some mentor sessions which were very helpful
Insight week where we had talks on all different areas of accountancy They also helped with LinkedIn and personal branding training
Hearing talks from different people within the business plus additional training sessions
It was a good experience as it gave a me a better insight on certain departments within the financial industry Members of the BDO company would talk about their experience o the specific departments
Sessions with many different BDO employees explaining their job roles within the specific line of service alongside more social session with opportunities to ask current BDO employees both professional and personal questions
Very interesting to hear about the different professions and services they offer
We learned about the company we also got the chance to meet the people we met at BDO
Interactive sessions and networking ones
