Auditor Associate Review
at PwC
School Leaver Programme
Accounting
London
Review Submitted: July 2022
Overall Rating
3.9 /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!
3.5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
3.6/5
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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
Auditor in Banking and Capital markets, meaning I help perform financial statement audits for clients across the banking market. Also have begun ACA ICAEW qualification while on placement.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
3/5
Can be repetitive, long hours, complex work. However, also interesting gaining client insight.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
5/5
Yes, have expanded my accounting knowledge from 0 to a strong level.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
3/5
Well structured, treated like a graduate, occasional lack in placement student specific support/socials/insights.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
4/5
Given career coach to assist with progress through ACA qualification. all employees friendly.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
Outsourced to Kaplan to learn, yet PwC monitor very closely with much support.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Good to understand overarching theory, but day to day specifics do not use much of qualification content
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
3/5
Depends very much from team to team, myself i have had very few socials, others i know many more.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Good springboard into financial services market, especially with qualification.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?
Be yourself, people make this line of work more enjoyable
