Financial Services Assistant Graduate; ACA or IIA

Overview

The role will be part of our large and growing financial services internal audit team, where you will undertake internal audits on behalf of our clients. You will work closely with senior managers, directors and partners throughout the planning and delivery of the audit work and from day one will have exposure to the planning, testing and reporting stages of each piece of work.

We have a varied client base, for which we deliver work either ad-hoc or as part of an annual cycle. We visit our clients to undertake fieldwork which results in documenting controls, testing strategies and our findings. Reports are then written to provide the client with the observations, recommendations for action and overall opinion. You ll be advising clients on how they can better manage their strategic, financial, operational and regulatory risks as well as helping to identify efficiencies which will help add value to the client s internal processes.

This allows you direct access to senior stakeholders at our clients from early on in your career as you represent RSM as a trusted advisor.

Often, you will travel straight from home to your clients, which can be up to 1 hour 30 minutes away, with the option, depending on the needs of the business and our clients, when not working at client sites to work in your nearest RSM office or from home as appropriate.

RSM s graduate programme in financial services is infinitely varied, interesting and rewarding. No client is the same so you ll be constantly challenged. Alongside hands-on experience, you ll benefit from on-the-job training from more senior members of the team and gain access to our internal training courses that will help you develop in the role. With our support, you ll become a true trusted adviser to your clients in the future.

For all roles outside of Central London, we require successful candidates to have a full UK driving licence 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.

When you join this team, you ll work towards your professional qualifications by completing a 4-year graduate apprenticeship programme. This consists of the CIA qualification (Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors) for the first two years, followed by the CMIIA for the remaining two years.

We do offer a limited number of vacancies to study towards the ACA qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW), or your Chartered Accountancy (CA) qualification with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) or with Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI). Please note, only graduates with 112 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) will be eligible for this and are subject to availability.

Study options will be discussed with you during the assessment process.

Members of the financial services team spend a lot of time working independently, so we re on the lookout for enthusiastic self-starters who are quick to learn and always up for a challenge. You ll be working on a wide variety of projects, so it s important that you re adaptable, highly organised and have great attention to detail. 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.

At RSM, we don t just look for good exam results. We think passion, personality and originality are just as important.

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/obtained honours degree.

As one of the world s largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions -- we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day.

If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you.

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