Company: Deloitte
Date: 2019-02-08
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Audit Assistant Manager
Pros: Great offices and facilities. Newly built HQ which is pretty special, even for audit staff (it's mainly for clients and their associated key revenue-generating departments, like consulting and advisory).
Access to the best and biggest clients in the world, something you don't get outside Big 4 accounting firms
ACA fully funded
Phone scheme is very cheap
Prestigious name for your CV
Excellent training as far as Graduate schemes go
Good hours outside busy season and ability to work from home
Opportunities to move internally or externally so you're never trapped (after you finish your ACA!)
Job security. Never heard of anyone being fired for anything other than gross misconduct
Cons: Seen as a 'departure lounge' in audit. Most people don't stay beyond their first 4 years. The presumption of this leads to a clear lack of motivation across the department
The pay is poor relative to other FS jobs. It's also the lowest of the Big 4. No proper bonuses. Work twice as hard as someone else and they'll give you £600 in your first year
A LOT of time at the client site - I hated not being able to get into a proper routine / cycle to work / go to the gym