Commercial Audit Placement Student Review
at Grant Thornton
Placement (10 Months+)
Audit, Accounting
Leeds
Review Submitted: September 2023
Overall Rating
4.2 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Used various sampling techniques and calls with clients to assess the validity of the financial statements they produce. The work is based on excel - so you will be pretty proficient by the end of the placement. Travel often to client sites which keeps the role interesting and builds your confidence communicating with clients and I had 5 away jobs where we were accommodated in hotels due to their offices being far from Leeds.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, had one on one calls with clients within the first 2 weeks. This is daunting but really pushed me to understand the work and I could always add my colleagues into the calls if I felt i needed support answering the clients questions. You will be in charge of various sections of the audit (payroll, stock etc) by the end of month 2.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Excel
Confidence when working in new environments and when working in new teams
Understand financial statements and companies house documents
Confidence when working in new environments and when working in new teams
Understand financial statements and companies house documents
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?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
3 day intro to accounting training course - overwhelming amount of content
Great mentor programme in place
Had a training record which contained feedback from managers on each client
Great mentor programme in place
Had a training record which contained feedback from managers on each client
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Positive, hard-working, motivating, balanced, youthful (15 new starters in my intake 18yrs-25yrs)
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed it more and more throughout the placement and as you get to know the work and your colleagues better. Seeing myself get better throughout the placement was a great motivator. As they trusted you to work on more challenging sections of the audit this made the work more fulfilling. There were multiple balls/dinners/socials which were great.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Grant Thornton
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Grant Thornton to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Grant Thornton
Look on the GT website for CLEARR values/ethos etc. They will definitely crop up during the application process. Be chatty and speak up during the team challenge within the assessment centre. Contact former placement students or other new colleagues on linked in as everyone I spoke to was very friendly and helpful. If your looking for an accountancy/finance based placement I would definitely recommend Grant Thornton.
