Corporate assistant - Audit Review
by Forvis Mazars
Rating
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Skills
2.5
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Responsibilities
1.0
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Support & Guidance
3.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
1.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvis Mazars
- 7. Would you recommend Forvis Mazars to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Forvis Mazars
Overview
Day to day activities are monotonous and involve heavy amounts of copying and pasting with lack of variety. These tasks become repetitive and are not a true reflection of a challenging, stimulating workload. Occasional stock takes and client site visits spark some sort of variety, however the day to day workload remains the same with copying and pasting being at the forefront of a corporate assistants duties.
Skills
I have enhanced my excel skills as well as my confidence and communication skills. Engaging with clients and using online platforms to obtain relevant audit documents has allowed me to enhance my verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
I was given very little responsibility throughout my placement. As a corporate assistant there is no autonomy given to trainees to have their own workload to manage or maintain. Tasks are assigned last minute and client bookings are constantly changed, leaving no room for planning or prioritising your own workload. This is not a true reflection of what it is like to be assigned a workload in a corporate environment. Sometimes tasks are assigned from different offices as well as completely different service lines that follow no structure whatsoever.
Support & Guidance
Guidance and support was provided from the firm at the start. Some staff members were supportive.
Culture
Company culture and general atmosphere was fun and inclusive. Lots of socials/events were run throughout the year to provide a nice work life balance.
Your Impressions
I did not enjoy my placement. The work was monotonous and became extremely repetitive whereby I was not achieving anything from copying and pasting on a daily basis. This placement is not a true representation of what it is like to work within a corporate environment. Not enough emphasis is placed on the structure of the placement and needs to be looked into to improve the experience for other placement students going forward.
No
Forvis Mazars is an excellent company, however the placement pathway needs to be looked into as I have not felt it is a true reflection of the working world.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Audit
South East
June 2024
