Summer Internship in Audit and Assurance

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Audit Scotland Full time

We are seeking third-year accountancy students to assist us in auditing Scottish public sector annual reports and accounts during our summer period. Positions are available in our Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Our Summer Internship Scheme will run from June to August.

We are Audit Scotland, a body supporting the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission to provide clear, independent and objective assurance on how effectively public money is being managed and spent. Our work covers about £57bn of public spending, almost public sector accounts, and the services and projects that affect all people and communities in Scotland.

Our vision is that public money is well spent to meet the needs of Scotland’s people. To achieve this, we support the Auditor General for Scotland and the Accounts Commission to provide clear, independent and objective assurance on how effectively public money is being managed and spent. Our work covers about £57bn of public spending, almost public sector accounts, and the services and projects that affect all people and communities in Scotland.

To achieve this, we employ around staff in a wide variety of roles, working from our main offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and through other locations across Scotland. We put our organisational values of equality, independence, innovation, integrity and respect at the heart of everything we do.

We offer a rewarding place to work, a supportive and open culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities. Benefits include 42 days of annual leave, an attractive local government pension scheme with 17.6% employer contributions, personal development allowances and flexible working hours. We’ve also been named one of the top 25 workplaces in Scotland and the UK’s tenth best accountancy workplace in the Best Companies awards.

This internship will provide you with a wide variety of work experience that you can use to build your professional development and enhance your skills. This will help you stand out when looking for career opportunities upon graduation.

Key requirements include being a third-year accountancy student on track for an honours degree, having a minimum of National 5 Grade C or GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in both Maths and English, strong written communication skills, a good understanding of financial accounting modules completed at university, and having completed at least one auditing module at university by the end of your third year.

A competitive salary and holiday entitlement are included as part of this internship. Advanced training on our systems and software will also be provided to help you feel comfortable upon arrival.

This internship will give you valuable work experience with fantastic benefits, including the potential to fast track to the assessment centre stage of our graduate trainee scheme upon successful completion of the internship.

What’s in it for you?

A summer internship with Audit Scotland will give you the opportunity to enhance teamworking and communication skills through client interaction and working across different audit teams. Travel opportunities will also be available through working across a range of audit clients and sectors.

We value the unique perspective a diverse workforce brings to what we do. Therefore, we’re keen to increase representation in our workforce and support progression of minority ethnic groups. We are also a proud disability confident employer.



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