Flying start 2 Accountant Review
at PwC
Degree Apprenticeship
Accounting
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: March 2021
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!
4.5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
I was a trainee accountant so my job was to ensure a companies FS are correct to the best of our knowledge. During my placement I performed tests on sections of the financial statements to ensure figures were correct and gathered evidence to support these figures. We also had to recalculate to ensure their estimations were accurate
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
5/5
I really enjoyed my placement this year, we worked from home so only could communicate with our teams and clients via online, which I believe PwC created the perfect environment for as we used programmes such as google teams to communicate within teams and for all coaching, queries and communications.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
I have developed Excel skills during this placement such as learning and using formulas such as VLOOKUP's and creating pivot tables. I developed communication and organisational skills when organising calls with the client and asking them for information and explanations of how they have came to certain decisions and the reasoning behind them.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
The programme is well structured with 2 training weeks to understand how to use our laptops and an internal website called Aura. These are followed with 2 admin days to explain everything we need to know about work such as charging time and claiming expenses as well as meeting all our peers.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
I received a lot of support at PwC. We has a career coach which we could go to with any issues or questions and they were more than happy to help. Within the audit team we received support from all senior members as they always made sure to ensure we understood the tasks we were performing and why we performed these tasks.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
PwC provided ICAEW detailed workbooks and question banks for us to complete for our ICAEW qualifications which we complete at uni. PwC had colleagues who came into our uni lectures to explain what it would be like on placement and what we could expect to do do during this time.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
5/5
I believe the modules we studied at Newcastle university gave us background knowledge for the work we performed on placement. This helped me perform better as I understood the basics to an audit and what kind of information we needed to collect from the client and why we needed this information
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
5/5
Yes PwC normally host lots of events after work during non-COVID times however there were still socials we could attend online. During my experience my team finished an audit so we had a social expensed by PwC, during this we had make your own cocktails which helped us feel rewarded for the work we had been doing
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
Yes
Why?
I would recommend PwC to a friend for their great support network, and I believe it is a great company to work to learn new things and developing work skills as everyone is so friendly and eager to give advice. I believe the work hours can be tough but it is very rewarding.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?
I would explain to whoever wanted to join that the working hours can be tough especially during busy season so to speak to a chartered accountant first to understand if this is something you would be comfortable with. I would also suggest them to get stuck into all social events to get to know people in the office and develop your network
