Corporate assistant Review
at Forvis Mazars
Placement (10 Months+)
Tax
Leeds
Review Submitted: January 2024
Overall Rating
5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Flexible work from home and the office. Working with people across different offices via teams and also within the office based team to provide advisory tax support to clients and tax return preparation (which is great for building knowledge of tax).
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, originally you may feel scared if you're doing a placement year and have never worked for an accounting firm before. But the support available is vast and a few weeks in you'll just log on and get on with your work as if you've been there for a while already. If you ever need support there's always someone available to ask.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt how to use accounting software and develop my communication skills. Develop my financial literacy and learning how to correspond with clients. Learnt how to file return and a deeper understanding of how tax is applied and how this changes due to residency position.
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A lot, Weekly meetings with my manager who really looked out for me. And also office chit chats with my colleague who was closer to me in seniority which meant you feel more comfortable asking questions.
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?
It's nice, each team sits in their own little section but the overall office and people there are nice. Everyone's just doing their own thing and even if you're in a separate team, they still look out for new joiners.
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
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
If I had the chance to redo my placement year I would choose Mazars and specialist tax again. I've learnt more about tax and accounting in my short time here than 2 years at university. The culture of the firm and support adds to this, you're always going to have someone to talk to if you're finding stuff difficult and just in general everyone in the office is nice so it's just a good place to work.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Forvis Mazars
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Forvis Mazars to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Forvis Mazars
Look into the sector you're applying to and specifically the qualification, it may differ from what you want to do but if you discuss this before applying you'll be able to change the qualification/ sector as required. Also, go on linked in and speak to graduates already within the firm as they know what it's like to be a grad and work in specific sectors so they're the best people to ask.
