Internal Auditor Assistant Placement (Aug 2024)

About RSM

RSM is a multinational network of accounting firms forming the world's sixth-largest accountancy professional services network by revenue. RSM's member firms are independent accounting and advisory businesses, each of which practices in its own right and is unified as part of the network.

Your role

What does the internal audit team do?

• A career in internal audit gives you front-row seats to how organizations operate. They visit clients throughout the year to carry out fieldwork: they look at their existing controls and test their strategies. The team then writes an audit report to document the findings and provide the client with management actions to address any improvement areas that they have identified.
• The team helps clients across the public and private sectors, so you could be working with local and central government, NHS Trusts, and educational organizations, as well as charities, banks, and other corporate organizations. The varied client list will give you a great foundation to build your business knowledge.

Training & development

Join the internal audit team on a 12-month paid placement as part of your sandwich degree course and discover what it’s really like to work in business. Gain hands-on experience, build a network of contacts, and get advice from expert mentors.

Compensatiom & benefits

RSM offers competitive salaries, benefits, and a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team. Benefits include:

• Annual salary range of GBP 26,000 to GBP 28,000
• Mentorship and guidance
• Time-off plans
• Gain hands-on industry experience
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning & development programs

Career progression

At RSM, you’ll discover a culture that nurtures individuality and an environment where everyone is supported to reach their potential. If you perform well, you could be given the opportunity to join one of the Graduate training programmes that will help you kick-start your business career. With RSM, you’ll always be moving forward.

Work-life balance

RSM works hard to create an environment where its people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of the firm and clients. The company supports all its people to work flexibly, and to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; They believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.

Culture & vibe

RSM wants to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true selves to work. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That’s why they’re working together to ensure the firm’s principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.

About you

What RSM looks for:

• Internal auditors spend a lot of time working independently so RSM is on the lookout for enthusiastic self-starters who are quick to learn and always up for a challenge. That said, you’ll always be fully supported during the audits – you’ll have a dedicated line manager and core team to learn from and be supported by.
• You’ll be working on a wide variety of projects, so it’s important that you’re adaptable and highly organized.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential as you’ll be communicating at all levels, often explaining complex information both in meetings and in written reports.

You will need:

• 96 UCAS points across 3 A Levels or an equivalent level 3 qualification, or 104 UCAS points across 4 Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers or Irish Leaving Certificate (Higher Level)
• A predicted or obtained honours degree.
• For all roles outside of Central London, RSM requires successful candidates to have a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle by the time they come to the end of their 6-month settling-in period with RSM.
• For London roles access to a car is desirable but not essential.

Please note, that RSM does not accept General Studies, AS levels, or the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).

How to apply

To apply for this position, just click the "Apply on employer site" button below, which navigates you to the careers page where you can apply based on the desired location of the programme.

Recruitment process:

• Please note, for those who perform well throughout the assessment process, should your first preference be unavailable, you could potentially be offered a role in another location or department. This would always be discussed with you in this instance.
• RSM will only take one application into consideration per recruitment cycle. RSM does not accept multiple applications for different vacancies.

Sources

The following sites were used in researching this page:

• rsmuk.com
• youtube.com