What was your first role you did when you started your career in accounting and how did you get it?

Hi Jathusa, thanks for your question! I'm currently in my first role in accountancy, which is as an Audit Associate here at EY. Before joining, I had no prior accountancy knowledge and hadn't studied it at school. When I joined, I had a week long book keeping course to get me up to speed, so that I understood the basics of accounting.

I am due to become part qualified this year due to the number of exams I will have sat by October, which is when I will become a Part Qualified (PQ) Senior; the next role after this would be becoming a fully qualified senior when my role would be Audit Senior. If you have any other questions please feel free to reach out!

Thankyou for your response.

My next question, does EY give opportunities I.e. roles to recent accounting graduates who have no experience in the field?

Hi Jathusha,

You can join EY as a graduate from University and will study towards your ACA. They expect you to have no prior accounting knowledge so a degree in accounting will help you with the studying. I don't know loads about this path as I joined straight from school as an apprentice. You can read about the graduate programmers here: www.ey.com/uk/graduates