Assurance and consulting intern Excel PowerPoints internal meetings client meetings
I worked with the a range of members of the team at various levels of seniority on both admin and client facing work
Learning through courses and away days about indirect tax Individual and group projects Client work such as product file reviews
I was an intern with the Private Tax team in Edinburgh
Helping out team with internal development and projects within my capabilities
I attended regular catchup meetings with the client and the team I created and files various pieces of audit evidence I was provided with the evidence via canvas created support documents and uploaded them to canvas I created many forms
I worked on proofing financial documents as well as walkthroughs of control and regulatory procedures
Shadowing people doing excel spreadsheets
Auditing in the government and public sector
Involved admin work such as compiling client data when received on intern EY software Sat in on client calls managed to do a client site visit Present findings to team leads
Working within the team to facilitate the audit process including client calls reconciling data and creating workpapers
Assisting senior staff with basic audit tasks such as checking and monitoring client accounts and details
Private Tax Funds advisory and compliance Fund structuring and partnerships advice and distributions for investors for compliance
Talking to members of my team about clients and how we can help their tax issues and help them deal with HMRC too
Assurance intern involved casting accounts ensuring that the financial statements are consistent throughout It also involves having internal meetings with your team to inform them how youre getting on and the stage of work you are at It can also involv
Worked on different engagements getting an insight into and learning about auditing
Admin eg spreadsheets Tax returns mapping Case study planning and presentation
Reviewing documents Going through DD forms Read through legal documents Assisting level 1s with any work they needed completing
Supporting indirect tax team learning about VAT writing emails research
updating excel spreadsheets joining meetings learning from seniors on the job
