Undergraduate Assurance Intern FY23/24-Guernsey, Channel Islands

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Intern

The Channel Islands Summer Internship is a three week paid work experience programme that will fully immerse you in life at EY. As part of a high performing team you will be working with our clients and we will team you up with people who started their careers off just like you. Impress us, and you could start the process to secure yourself a graduate contract.

Focussing on communication, team building, networking and learning about what we do, and what is important to people at EY is all part of your commitment to the Internship.

Joining us as part of a cohort is never quite as daunting as joining on your own so having other individuals on the programme who you can work with, give each other encouragement and celebrate success with is key.

Job purpose:

As an Intern within Assurance, you will be a fundamental part of a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with our Associates and clients delivering efficient and effective assurance services.

How will an internship with EY expose you to business and clients?

You will:-

• Assist in the preparation of accurate assurance documentation for review
• Assist in nominated audit area(s) and/or delivery and completion of smaller clients
• Gain an in depth understanding of the audit process from your peers
• Complete work allocated to you by team members within agreed deadlines
• Gain understanding of client/business issues, e.g. by using the firm’s knowledge resources
• Gather and assist in analysis of data, and perform low level audit testing to support the team

How will an internship with EY help develop your people skills?

You will:-

• Develop an effective working relationship with your assigned teams
• Seek opportunities to expand your knowledge
• Keep the team up to date with your progress/issues
• Be proactive about your own learning and development
• Seek feedback on your personal performance and areas for improvement

How will an internship with EY help you to increase your employability?

• Organisational and time management skills
• Questioning and listening skills
• Good writing skills
• IT skills
• Strong communication skills
• Team working skills

Benchmarking

• A-Levels/Highers or equivalent
• Studying towards a degree
• Local to the Channel Islands or a close family connection to the Islands
• Ability to take part in our online strengths based competency testing as part of our assessment process

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