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Audit

Location: United States Experience Type: Forage Experiences

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Work with our audit team to conduct a successful audit for a client.

Are you studying business, economics, math, IT, or life sciences? Are you an innovative thinker and up to new challenges? Auditing is likely much broader than you imagined. From core to finance, from technology enabled to digital, auditing is an exciting professional world built on trust.

PwC’s Audit Job Simulation lets you tackle an audit case to experience our work. It will give you a feel of what it would be like to be part of the Audit, experience our international teams and the atmosphere and give you insights to what awaits you in a career in audit.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 4-5 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Type of Audit
    Limited, regular, none at all? First things first.

    • Risk Analysis
    • Audit Planning
    • Audit Acceptance Procedures
    • Balance Sheet /Income Statement Review
  • Strategic Planning
    Understanding all aspects of the company.

    • Business Analysis Framework
    • Risk Analysis
    • Internal/External Info Sources
    • Risk Minimisation
  • Calculating Materiality
    Materiality counts. Disclosure builds trust.

    • Trivial Threshold
    • Uncorrected Misstatement
  • Assertions on the Financial Statements
    Reconciling ledger accounting.

    • Occurrence/Completeness
    • Analytical Procedures/Case Checks
    • Individual Cases
    • General Ledger/Subledgers
  • Fraudulent Activities
    Watch out. Use your professional scepticism.

    • Fraudulent Activities
    • Professional Scepticism
  • Trade Receivables
    Changes in position. Time to exercise checks.

    • Audit Objectives
    • Audit Procedures
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

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PwC Switzerland
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Contact & Location

Phone
508-213-2489
Email
cpdc@nichols.edu
Address

Fels Student Center, Suite 201
121 Center Road
PO Box 5000
Dudley, MA 01571

CPDC Service Hours

Day of the week
Office Hours Drop-In Hours (no appointment needed)
M Monday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 9:00 am - 11:00 am
T Tuesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
W Wednesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 9:00 am - 11:00 am
TH Thursday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
F Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm  

Career Staff

Liz Horgan
Director
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Beth Gionfriddo
Associate Director
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Mandy Laporte
Career Specialist, Employer Relations and Coaching
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Lisa Provost
Career Development Coordinator
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