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All is well with me here in
Advisory. I have been up and down the breadth of the country, working in
Things are very busy for us
at the moment. I was down in a client completing an IT General Controls Review.
This entailed testing the many systems they have and ensuring that the Audit
Team can take comfort from the controls embedded in these systems.
It was just myself and a
senior on the job for three weeks. That meant that I had to ‘hit the ground
running’ and learn quickly.
Overall the job went well and
we managed to get the file finished on time.
I’ve also been working with a
transport company. We were in as part of the ITGC testing and documentation. I
was on the same job last year, so I was able to take a more active role in the
testing and interviewing of the client.
I’m also finishing up that
Banking job that I spoke about before. We managed to reach the agreed target
(in terms of documents finished) with the client and exceed their expectations.
That involved a few hours over-time but I felt I learnt a huge amount from that
engagement.
I’ve started back to lectures
which has been a serious shock to the system. The ICAI have split lectures
between weekends and weekday evenings. They take place in RCSI at the moment
but will move to the CA House in December. I have found the weekday evenings
are fairly handy as you are in a work mode already. It also means you have a
few more, much-needed, ‘lie-in’s’ at the weekend.
The new associates are
starting next week. We have a night out planned with them for Thursday, which
should be a bit of craic.
I’ve been booked to job where
it will just be myself and a new associate. This will involve a certain amount
of coaching and answering questions. It’s weird to think that only after a year
you have that kind of responsibility. That’s one of the benefits of working in
here, I guess.
All in all, things are going
very well for me in PwC. Work and lectures are keeping me busy and I have some
holidays to look forward to.
Until next time….
