SSC Assistant Review

by BDO

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Personal Tax: working on SA100 and producing a tax return for clients Audit: Casting & Consistency to assure quality of audit reports

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • -Time management -Interpersonal Skills -Accountancy Knowledge

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Although we didn't work with clients directly, we had tight SLAs and had to deal with directors and partners around the country. Also, the volume of work increased sensibly with the end of tax season approaching

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received an overwhelming amount of support while working for BDO. From Team Leaders to Managers everybody is friendly, down to heart, and ready to help

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Friendly and family-like

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed it on many levels: personal, professional, as a student...

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend BDO to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BDO

    • Don't be worried to ask for help

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

North West

August 2024

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