SSC Assistant Review

Item: SSC Assistant at BDO
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at BDO

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting

Liverpool

Review Submitted: August 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.

Personal Tax: working on SA100 and producing a tax return for clients
Audit: Casting & Consistency to assure quality of audit reports

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Although we didn't work with clients directly, we had tight SLAs and had to deal with directors and partners around the country. Also, the volume of work increased sensibly with the end of tax season approaching

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?

-Time management
-Interpersonal Skills
-Accountancy Knowledge

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?

I received an overwhelming amount of support while working for BDO. From Team Leaders to Managers everybody is friendly, down to heart, and ready to help