IT External Audit Intern Review

Item: IT External Audit Intern at Forvis Mazars
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Forvis Mazars

Internship (1 Month+)

Information Technology, Audit

London

Review Submitted: July 2024

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Worked in the audit technology assurance team to evaluate our clients' IT controls. I learnt about identifying risks associated with change management, user access control, segregation of duties, segregation of environments and logical security testing. Furthermore, I also learnt how to complete change management work papers and gather evidence during a client call.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

This depended on the role, some interns from other teams were given client work right off the bat. However, IT external audit felt a little disorganised at first but we were given client work eventually.

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?

I've honed my communication skills by effectively conveying complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences. This includes writing clear and concise audit reports and presenting findings to clients in a professional manner.
Developed strong critical thinking skills to objectively evaluate client responses and supporting documentation. Enhanced my ability to perform a thorough risk assessment through effective questioning and analysis of client controls.
In terms of new job-specific skills, I learnt how to complete change management work papers for clients.

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?

My manager was very supportive, knowledgeable and very approachable. [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the Higherin Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions]