Big 4 audit Vs middle office
Hi, I'm a second year Economics student at a respected uni in the UK. I currently hold offers for barclays finance (middle office) 9 weeks and 38k and KPMG outside of London but decent city in audit 4 weeks and 18.5k. Of course Barclays salary looks a lot more appealing and it's a longer internship so I could learn more but atm I'm concerned with which would be better for later making a shift into financial advisory or wealth management for graduate roles? I was unable to receive an offer at firms within the sector I want to work in so now I have to pick from what I have. Thanks
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Ja pierdole man, take MM, I would personally highly advise against audit
I would suggest you to take the middle office position instead of audit unless the audit position is transaction related or EY FSO (Like TAS, FDD). But if you do want to work in audit in a long term , pursue your cpa, or work as corporate accounting, then the audit path maybe right for you. This is just my 2 cents.
Do you not think that the client facing experience (at least on paper) you get in audit would be more useful than the middle office work?
I don’t think so. Because in banking audit department is considered as back office/supporting role. Audit will be a revenue generating section on in Accounting Firm, outside of accounting firms all audit/accounting stuff are considered as supporting function.
Get the Barclays name on your resume....then apply for better internships in the spring for 2021 summer.
Would KPMG not be a better name on the resume with regards to accounting work? Not what I want to work in but it's surely more respected than Barclays. Plus the client facing skills that you develop in audit which middle office lacks
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