KPMG

The insight day consisted of 2 days in office, being presented with various panels, workshops and networking sessions, both generalist and designated for Tax & Law students only. On the third day, we were tasked with the Launchpad assessment centre which...

Informative and interactive sessions where we learnt about working at KPMG, what audit entails, the day to day life of an auditor and progression within the firm

This involved work shadowing, learning about what Audit is. There was a large focus on networking with people in certain groups. For example, I was in the social mobility group so we heard from speakers and then conducted presentations and workshops based...

-Meeting fresh graduates and senior executives of KPMG -Introduction to the various initiatives the firm does as part of its CSR -Job Shadowing opportunity

As the insight programme wasn't long, the focus was to ensure every second counts. On day one, candidates were given talks by panelists, growing importance of ESG and technology and gave a non-assessed pitch on a fictious problem. Day 2 involved another t...

1st day: A great overview of KPMG's culture, aims, achievements, divisions and general information about the work of the company. 2nd day: Work shadowing and getting to know audit in a bit more detail - the staff were always very happy to help and it was...

Each of the insight days were fairly different. The first insight day was full of group exercises and networking sessions. The second day was full of networking opportunities and the shadowing a KPMG employee. Then the final day was an assessment centre t...

The insight programme involved talks from partners at KPMG Manchester or close offices about their roles at the firms and how they got to the position they are in. We had group activities to apply the learning we had made about KPMG’s values and present o...

During my role I work along side team members to help on client projects. They guide me on what tasks I need to complete on a day to day basis, everyday is different. Working with various clients brings a great variety of work. I started to join client me...

Management consultant - addressing key client issues and aiding in aspects of day to day business to ensure clients can improve something within their business or save money

Audit of FTSE 100 companies. Testing of revenue figures, journals etc.. Applying professional scepticism to identify any misstatements or acts of fraud.

Assisting a variety of different teams within financial services in completing and giving a reasonable opinion. This ranges from admin tasks, carrying out test work, creating workpapers, looking at financial statements and engaging with clients.

My role is to work with colleagues to complete audits and pass my exams - as the exam periods are in blocks day to day it is mostly working on tasks in excel or documenting work sent from the client etc.

On a day to day basis I do a variety of tasks including programming, deployments, managing cloud infrastructure and attending/running project activities and meetings. This can include writing python scripts, dealing with AWS resources, writing SQL stored...

On a daily basis, my role consists of participating in a stand-up session in the morning, to establish what work/tickets need prioritising; making primarily front-end commits to the appropriate repository; ensuring that I am keeping on top of administrati...

The KPMG Women in Technology insight program was a comprehensive three-day experience. Each day was packed with valuable sessions, including leadership panels and learning about employee networks, diversity and inclusion, ESG, and KPMG's values. We also e...

The insight programme involved an introduction to various facets of KPMG's technology division, from cyber security and software engineering to project management and digital transformation. It also consisted of informative skill-based sessions (commercia...

The first day was filled with talks about KPMG and the various capabilities The second day involved learning about the various networks and an opportunity to ask a member of the capability we applied to any questions, as well as coaching on KPMG values Th...

3 days that consisted of 2 being virtual and one being on-site. We had the opportunity to learn lots about KPMG, stemming from their values to their societies and departments. We got to meet other students on the on-site day and meet current employees to...

Completed specific tasks and data entry for my team within the audit department. Summarised minutes, attended meetings and worked together with others to complete tasks. Also engaged in an ESG project with other interns across different divisions across t...