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I would prepare personal tax returns for clients during Autumn and Winter. During Spring and Summer i would be keeping in contact with clients and providing advice work where appropriate.

I was responsible for completing audit fieldwork alongside large teams for large single entities and groups. Upon reaching year 2 I was also responsible for audit planning and completion as well as completing fieldwork under a manager. this role involved...

An audit tests different balances that are included in the financial statements of company, to ensure that the numbers used aren't false. I am normally booked to an audit of a particular company for 2 weeks, and in that time I work with the team to test...

My role is Audit trainee and on a day to day basis I partake in various tests on various sections of the APT file this ranges from fixed assets all the way through to things like subsequent events. I get hybrid working and some days come into the office a...

Perform testing on different areas of the financial statements of entities in order to conduct an audit of companies and their subsidiaries.

My role involves a lot of communication with my internal team and getting allocated work and completing it, however I am feeling a lot more independent now as I understand the work more, I feel like I can communicate with the members of the engagement tea...

Working in a team to audit financial statements and testing balances. Also, attending stocktakes and observing stock procedures and writing reports on this.

As an audit trainee, I work mostly on lower risk areas of financial statements ( PPE, payroll). I tick lots of samples and request samples too. I communicate with audited entities about information that we require.

I am in the Business Services and Outsourcing (BSO) team where clients reach out to BDO for managing their accounts so they can focus on other parts of their business. My job involves tasks such as bookkeeping, payment runs and management accounts, with t...

I am assigned different sections from financial statements and I must test the balances to see whether the amounts stated are correct. I check the amounts by conversing with the client, who will then have to provide evidence of the amounts. This can be do...

I am involved in auditing financial statements. I therefore agree companies balances to supporting documentation and calculations to ensure that the financial statements give a true and fair reflection of the companies financial position. I many work in c...

Auditing financial statement, interacting with the audit engagement team and the management of client regularly. Completing testing and requesting support to different areas. Agreeing support to different areas and following up with queries. Assisting ot...

IT audit. Supporting the audit team by assessing the audited entity's IT/cyber control environment by enquiry, evidence collection, assessing access administration, change management, data processing management and their cyber environment. If we pass the...

Daily tasks on a generic day would be to test accuracy of transactions and require supporting documentation to back up these, document the results and investigate and query any discrepancies. Daily i will talk to my team of colleagues who is on the job wi...

Providing business with monthly management account information and dealing with their day to day finance and compliance needs

As an audit trainee, we are involved in auditing jobs. We work in teams and have support to learn on where we need it. BDO has an inclusive culture which is more relaxed than the big 4. The managers and seniors are there to help trainees grow and are happ...

I work in a team depending on the job I am allocated. I have been at the company for just over a year and have been promoted to a semi-senior. Daily activities include calculations, inspecting documents, applying accounting knowledge and interacting with...

As an auditor, my average day involves going out to visit a client, understanding their business (from business processes to financial statements) and performing work on their processes/financial statements to understand the reliability of the information...

auditing balances in financial statements. selecting samples and obtaining supporting evidence for transactions. assessing whether transactions have been correctly accounted for.

Auditing of financial statements for a range of entities