My daily tasks were usually assigned by the seniors on my team and I would interact with my team daily about the agenda for the day My responsibilities would change daily such as moving trial balances forward to the next period receiving and interpret
I worked each day understanding auditing and how it works through online sessions and inperson events giving a foundation to the audit process and work conducted later in the internship I worked on two audits within teams that helped to advise and give
worked on vfm and fs read council minutes etc
I regularly assisted on many tasks such as preparing documents of evidence as well as attending many meetings with the client I also went to the client site and worked with their employees
Learn and develop a wide variety of skills whilst also undertaking some actual work with assistance and training from senior members of staff The work done covers a wide variety of areas relying largely on excel and financial knowledge
After some training I helped audit teams work to carry out their engagements This typically involved attending meetings working on Excel spreadsheets and doing other tasks to help the teams out
Using EYs own dedicated audit platform to perform tasks which contribute to the overall audit Some examples being reviewing financial statements using EY references for the client collating information sent by the client such as meeting minutes limit
Excel Financial statements Team communication Catch up meeting
Helping the staff with tasks to start and assess the auditing process
Excel to do cash testing payroll cost of sales share based payments
Work shadowing
Helping with admin and take delegated from managers and those of senior positions
Working in cash and reconciliations filling out spreadsheets
Working with team members in my engagement to make sure various aspects were tested and checked such as revenue invoices and expenses
Really busy but the team respected my time still Mix of admin calls coffees and client meetings
Shadowing in meetings typing meeting minutes networking with established individuals vouching values in Excel Completing elearning
Worked over on Client site in Aberdeen worked on large oil jobs like TotalEnergies helping out with 2Q24
Assisting an audit team on an EY client I helped with the half year review limited assurance opinion and reviewing the clients controls and processes to prepare for the end of year audit
Was put on an actual client and was involved with every task On ground work with lots of client interaction and working on real tasks Responsible for a large number of activities
Helped the team to file taxes for their clients by filing client documents and assessing the risk Also took into account their financials
