Audit Assistant

1 month ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom RSM Full time
Audit Assistant (ICAS) Edinburgh - Graduate - August 2024

External audit - get the career youwant at RSM

Our external audit graduateapprenticeship programme will give you all the skills and support you need tounlock a future that’s packed with opportunities and new experiences. You’llenjoy a fast-tracked business career that recognises your potential and rewardsyour ambition.

When you join our team, you’ll enjoy apowerful combination of on-the-job learning and structured training – not tomention an impressive client list to work with. You’ll discover a culture thatnurtures individuality and an environment where everyone is supported to reachtheir potential. With us, you’ll always be moving forward.

What does our external audit team do?

Our team carries out a detailed,risk-based review of a company’s financial records and control environment toform an opinion on whether the financial statements prepared by the directorsare true and fair.

A robust audit challenges the financialoperations of a company and improves the internal workings of the auditedbusiness. This is critical in today’s business world as the financialstatements are one of only a small number of documents that a company willplace into the public domain, and a quality audit gives confidence in what isdelivered to all stakeholders.

What can you expect?

At RSM, you’ll be a key member of ourteam from day one. You’ll get involved in client work very quickly, initiallyworking as part of a larger team before taking on individual responsibility forprojects. The depth of services and clients you’ll be exposed to will help youkick-start your career. You could be working with a wide variety oforganisations, including large listed financial institutions, national retailchains, and high-profile charities, as well as some of our internationalclients that operate throughout the UK and beyond.

RSM’s graduate apprenticeship in externalaudit will give you access to top quality career development. Alongsidehands-on experience, you’ll benefit from on-the-job training from more seniormembers of the team and gain access to our internal training courses that willhelp you develop in the role. With our support, you’ll become a true trustedadviser to your clients in the future.

When you join this team, you’ll worktowards the ACA qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Englandand Wales (ICAEW), or your Chartered Accountancy (CA) qualification with theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) or with CharteredAccountants Ireland (CAI).

What we look for

We’re on the lookout for enthusiasticself-starters who are always up for a challenge. Audit is a technicallydemanding discipline, so we look for students who are quick to grasp newsubjects. It’s important you also have confidence with numbers and greatattention to detail. You’ll often need to explain complex financialinformation, so you’ll need excellent written and verbal communication skills.What separates us from our competitors is the financial acumen we demonstrateand we expect that right from the start from our people.

If that sounds like you, we know you’llenjoy being part of our team.

Flexible working

At RSM we work hard to create anenvironment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, theircareer, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support allour people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilitiesalongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving aninspiring and fulfilling working environment.

Our recruitment process

Please note, for those who perform wellthroughout our assessment process, should your first preference be unavailable,you could potentially be offered a role in another location or department. Thiswould always be discussed with you in this instance.

RSM will only take one applicationinto consideration per recruitment cycle. We do not accept multipleapplications to different vacancies.

Entry requirements

At RSM, wedon't just look for good exam results. We think passion, personality andoriginality are just as important.

You will need:

112 UCAS (new tariff) across 3 A Levels or an equivalent level 3 qualification or 104 UCAS (new tariff) across 4 Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers. Please note, RSM does not accept General Studies, AS levels or the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). A predicted or obtained honours degree.

UCASchanged their points system so under the old tariff it would be 280 or 260points respectively.

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