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  • Dealing with Difficult Bosses

    Micromanager? Dictator? Bully? Favouritist? Incompetent? Bad bosses come in many forms and if you don’t address the issue, working for them could have a severe impact on both your job performance and mental wellbeing.
  • Your online reputation – could it be helping or hindering your next career move?

    The way we interact and communicate has fundamentally changed over the past 15 years.  The likes of Google and many social media apps are here to stay and whilst some channels may not last, the monopoly of some such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn means you cannot ignore the...
  • Best Locations for Audit Professionals in 2019

    “Should I stay or should I go to a different location?” used to be a fairly simple question for many audit and accountancy professionals looking for a better work life balance, to find a new challenge or in some instances, gain a step up in their career.
  • The Auditor Dossiers - Profile 3: The Quality Assurance Professional

    Jane’s story provides a valuable case study for identifying personal motivators, finding a passion and then carving out a career in a service that she really cares about. So, let’s find out how she has gone about it…
  • The Auditor Dossiers - Profile 2: The Audit Senior

    Claire was just coming up to the end of her ACA training contract when we first met. I wanted to find out how she had made her initial career decision on graduating and how she had found the experience of working in a smaller, local firm...
  • The Auditor Dossiers - Profile 1: Big Four Audit Director

    AG is your complete audit specialist. External audit is what she does, has always done and even after twenty years of honing her expertise, audit, remains, to this day, her professional passion. As a big four audit director, her technical abilities in audit and financial reporting compliance and...
  • The Auditor Dossiers: Profiles & Interviews

    The Audit Agony Aunt, Carol McLachlan, interviews three different audit professionals at different stages of their careers. Read their candid interviews and advice for newcomers to the profession.
  • How to build your audit career in the UK

    Panos Merziotis, who was working in Cyprus and Greece, and Maria Lantero, who’s originally from Spain, both relocated from mainland Europe to take up positions in Audit at EY UK. Neither have looked back since. So what are their perspectives on settling in a new country with a new firm, and how h...
  • Returning to Audit after a career break

    More and more firms are offering return to work programmes for experienced professionals who either took a career break to raise their children or travelled the world and are now looking for opportunities to combine a rewarding career in a supportive working environment.
  • What Internal Audit does for your Business

    In a time where its function has never been more critical to both business strategy and reputational prowess, internally marketing the value-add of internal audit to the rest of the business is something every organisation should consider doing.
  • Your Career Move from Internal Audit to Forensic Accounting

    Are you considering a career move from Internal Audit to Forensic Accounting? Read about making the move with our article.
  • Importance of Data Analytics within Internal Audit

    As technology develops, those professionals with data analytics experience have as a result found themselves rising through the ranks within the internal audit function.
  • The Journey into Internal Audit: Career Advice You Need to Hear

    Multifaceted and varied, the role of an internal auditor brings with it a range of tasks and challenges on a daily basis.
  • Careers in Corporate Investigations

    If you fancy yourself a Columbo or Poirot type character when it comes to your chosen career, then corporate investigations may be just the ticket.
  • Regulation Jobs

    For candidates wishing to pursue regulation jobs, it goes without saying that keeping abreast of developments in the area, from new guidelines to key events regarding regulation, is highly important.
  • A Career in Technology Audit

    Technology is a hugely important aspect of business in this day and age, with companies investing big money to acquire the latest data, software and hardware.
  • Corporate Auditor Jobs

    Typically corporate auditor jobs are offered in-house within large companies, specifically where the corporation’s EMEA headquarters are located.
  • Audit Advantage: Teamwork

    The best teams are synergistic; that is their whole is greater than the sum of their parts.
  • A Career in Cyber Security

    Closely related to the realm of InfoSec (Information Security), Cyber Security requires much of the same know-how, skills and experience.
  • A Career in Information Security

    Information security is undoubtedly a hot area for the IT savvy among us, and as a dynamic discipline it presents a wealth of options for InfoSec careerists.