Benefit from major investment in your training and development. Enjoy immense variety. And develop into a true business adviser.
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Assurance
What we do
Our Assurance practice is brand-defining. As market leaders, we’re constantly pioneering and driving our audit business forward. Our experts analyse every aspect of clients’ activities, then advise them on whether what they’re doing is sustainable, profitable and legal. It’s critical work that underpins investor confidence. So it adds real value to each client’s business.
We audit more of the FTSE 100 than any other firm, as well as thousands of other organisations. Whoever they are, we get to know them, investigate what they do and how they do it and find out what they plan to do in the future. Then we work out what risks they face, if those risks are being addressed and the impact on the accounts. So we need to be just as good at interviewing and strategic thinking as we are with numbers.
What you'll do
You’ll have hands-on work straightaway. Joining a team working at a client site, you’ll interview key contacts, verify the accuracy of data and raise any discrepancies or queries. You'll also compile reports on everything from suppliers to bank records, and from company cars to personnel.
It’s investigative work that often involves one-to-one meetings with financial controllers and finance directors, and you’ll need to be tenacious and resilient to do it well. And as finance is at the centre of every organisation, you'll learn constantly about how businesses operate.
As you gain experience, we’ll give you more responsibility for planning and executing audits as well as coaching junior colleagues.
Our culture
A huge diversity of clients. The chance to scrutinise how successful businesses work. They’re reasons enough to work in Assurance. But it's the team element that really makes a difference - and which convinces so many people to make audit their 'home'. Everyone's input is valued - it's how we manage to deliver the quality of service that means clients return to us again and again.
We also enjoy what we do and we do it well. We celebrate at the end of every client audit - usually because we've performed above expectations, and delighted another client.
Training & development
You'll spend the first stage of your career focusing on audit, learning about our business and developing key skills. You’ll devote over 35% of your first year and 15% of the second to formal development - building your business, personal and technical skills and studying for the ACA professional qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales (ICAEW) or the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). These studies are rigorous and demanding - but we'll be right behind you, giving you full financial support and access to first-class tuition.
What’s more, you'll continually apply the knowledge you pick up at college to your work - reinforcing your learning and giving you an edge in the exam hall.
After your initial training, you'll have the chance to broaden your experience. You might decide to investigate other areas of Assurance, different clients, project work or even another part of the firm.
Whatever you do, you'll take on more responsibility - maybe supervising team members of your own. There's a good chance that by then, you'll also be in the final stages of your professional qualification - so study will still feature. When you qualify, you'll be a well-rounded business adviser, enjoying a real career head-start.
About you
So what does it take to cut it in audit? Well, you'll need to be committed to delivering outstanding results for our clients, good with detail and highly numerate. Shrewd judgement, and people and teamwork skills are equally crucial.
You'll also need a 2.1 in any discipline plus 300 UCAS points (or equivalent).
Take advantage of simply the best all-round business education in Assurance.