12-month Placement, Audit - Dublin July 2023

Looking to start a career that's wide-ranging, varied and rewarding? Find the right opportunities and experience for you at Evelyn Partners.

We believe that the best learning experiences are immersive from Day One.

Think client meetings, tackling real-life challenges, responsibility, and exciting work across a wide range of sectors, on a structured training programme.

Of course, we won't throw you in at the deep end - you will get all the support and supervision you need. As part of the UK and Ireland's leading integrated wealth management and professional services group, you will learn from some of the industry's thought leaders. Together, our experts manage around £55 billion of assets for 172,000 clients - and growing.

Individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities, businesses: we're dedicated to supporting them all, through the power of good advice.

Our Assurance & Business Services Team

Many businesses need to reassure investors and other stakeholders on their financial performance, even where a full audit isn't necessary, appropriate, or required by law. We provide wide-reaching financial advisory services to international clients across a number of industries and a diverse client base, ranging from small businesses and family enterprise start-ups to non-profit organisations.

As part of our Assurance & Business Services team you could be working directly with managing and financial directors, checking that numbers stack up with fact. This means providing advice and solutions that really make a difference.

You'll also build valuable client experience, developing the knowledge and skills needed to be an effective auditor and trusted business adviser.

As part of our Audit team your responsibilities will include:

• Working as part of a team to undertake a variety of audit and accountancy tasks
• Developing an understanding of our client's and their businesses
• Understanding from your manager the scope of tasks allocated and objectives to be achieved
• Keeping seniors and managers fully informed of any issues and problems, ensuring work is completed to a level agreed with the manager and recording clearly and concisely the work done
• Becoming familiar with our audit and accounting software
• Resolving queries whether of an audit or accountancy nature
• Prioritising tasks whilst monitoring time against budget
• Supporting more qualified staff on more complex client situations
• Assisting with admin support as and when required

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be proficient in Excel and have an interest in learning new applications
• Have a high level of attention to detail
• Know how to deal with problems that arise, knowing when to involve others, ability to think ahead and anticipate events
• Have the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
• Be able to build and maintain good relationships with clients
• Have the ability to work in small teams and develop a good relationship with all partners
• Have a high level of general commercial awareness

Successful applicants will meet the following requirements:

• Open to penultimate year University students
• Must be on course for at least a predicted 2:2 honours degree in any discipline
• 112 UCAS points (or equivalent) in your top three A-levels (excluding General Studies)
• GCSE English Language and Maths (or equivalent) at a minimum of grade 5