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Experience a Day with KPMG Audit & Assurance

Location: United States
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Work with our Audit & Assurance team to deliver KPMG expertise to our clients.

Welcome to the Experience a Day with KPMG Audit & Assurance Job SImulation! We believe your unique experiences and perspectives belong here and we’re excited to help you thrive and make your mark on your career journey. With this program, get ready to gain a unique insight into what a day is like working at KPMG in our Audit & Assurance practice. Each of the tasks will help set you up for success at the firm to gain an advantage as you start your career.

KPMG is one of the Big Four professional services firms that supports our clients in audit, tax, advisory and more. Throughout this program, you will experience the work of our CPA professionals and discover how we make a meaningful difference for our clients, people and the communities we serve.

Regardless of your career path, this program will equip you with valuable skills such as communication, Excel functions, internal control testing, substantive testing and more while navigating each task with guidance from our people.

By the end of this program, you will understand that KPMG is an environment where learning is continuous.

So what’s in it for you?

Complete this program at your own pace and within your own schedule.Learn about the different skills our CPA professionals need to succeed in their roles.Discover if KPMG is the right company for you while completing tasks and hearing from our people on how they got to where they are now.Boost your experience by adding the Experience a Day with KPMG Audit & Assurance Program to your resume to stand out in the job market.

Kick-start your career in Audit & Assurance and join the program today!

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • The Importance of a CPA: How to Launch Your Career
    Learn from KPMG employees on the benefits of being a CPA and how KPMG can support you to obtain your CPA designation

    • Licensing
    • KPMG Opportunities
  • Understand a Trial Balance and Apply Excel Skills
    Utilize a trial balance and create a revenue leadsheet using Excel functions

    • Excel
    • Data Analytics
    • Financial Review
  • Identify Process Risk Points in the Revenue Process
    Draft an email to the Senior Accountant on the audit engagement to raise any concerns of the design and implementation of the revenue control

    • Data Analytics
    • Communication
    • Critical Thinking
    • Internal Controls
  • Investigating Unusual Trends in Revenue
    Using Power BI’s trend analysis, identify months that need further investigation

    • Data Analytics
    • Field Research
    • Business Intelligence Tools
  • Storytelling and Positioning Recommendations
    Practice communicating your audit findings with the Senior Manager of your engagement

    • Communication
    • Report Writing
  • Finish Line

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  • 07 Core Competencies
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Occupation Description

Employment Trends

The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.

Top Employers

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    Education Levels

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    Annual Earnings

    Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.

    Technical Skills

    A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.

      Core Competencies

      The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.

        Job Titles

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          Mary Martin Hall, 101

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          Mary Martin Hall, 3rd Floor

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          Career Service Hours

          Day of the week
          Daily Hours Exploration Drop-In Hours
          M Monday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          T Tuesday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          W Wednesday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
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          F Friday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

          Career Counseling Appointments
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          For help scheduling an appointment, email explore@auburn.edu or call 334-844-7277.

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          Location: 136 Foy Hall
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          No appointment needed – drop in anytime during operating hours.

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          334-844-4744
          Email
          career@auburn.edu
          Address

          Career Discovery and Success
          Exploration Center
          Mary Martin Hall, 101

          Operations Team
          Mary Martin Hall, 3rd Floor

          Campus Career Closet, Career Strategy
          & Employer Relations
          Foy Hall, 136
          Auburn, AL 38649

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