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Asset Management - Financial Services Audit

  • 15-05-2012 05:13AM
    #1
    sleepingghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    Hi all,

    I'm considering applying for a graduate job in Asset Management - Financial Services Audit in one of the Big 4 accounting firms. I have been doing a bit of research on the net but I'm having difficulty finding information on exactly what the role might be like?

    What day to day responsibility might I have as progress from Junior to Senior level? What types of clients / jobs might I work on?

    Also what type of future job prospects do Asset Management trainees have?

    Is there any big 4 firm considered a "better" place to complete a training contract?

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    chursy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭chursy


    1) Asset management involves you will be mainly auditing investment funds, ( presume its PWC PWC) some practices are more defined then others within FS. Being a fellow KPMG trained accountant, their FS department is not so defined and the advantage is that you have a mix of exposure to various clients, depending on which partner group you get allocated to.

    2) Qualified Big 4 accountants - are any day preferred by most employers to small practice/other industry accountants. just review most job specs that you will know it yourself. Big 4 a famous for providing an exceptional training to their trainees and exposure which helps polishing them.

    3) Future - This is a million dollar question and all depends what you want to do - you can stay in Big 4 with the funds experience ( Audit), decide to move to another department, move to industry ( internal audit/Financial controller), move to Transaction servicer within Big 4... the list endless, again depends on what you want to do and what opportunities are available on the table when you qualify.

    4) Day to DAy responsibilities - First year typicaly - you are an assistant doing a variety of stuff (audit confirmations, ticking and bashing, data entry, totting etc), Second Year ( semi senior), huge jump - get your own sections to audit and may get a chance to do a small client youself depending on your competence and third/fourth years - Full senior - Responsible for teams/clients and again depending on your exposure/experience/competence, clients are decided by the partner managers to be given to you to work on. Be ready to do long hours!


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