Accounts Assitant Review

In my current role I look after Business Management side of our team, which includes ensuring right costs are billed to us, making sure we stay within our budget, communicate business related events to the whole of CC CFO. My role also requires me to act responsibly and analytically in the event of stress or pressure and embrace change.

I have improved on existing skills, please see below: Technical Skills  Computer literate (Certificate of knowledge in Windows, MS Word, MS Excel) with 87% pass rate   Personal Skills  Problem Solving skills   Communication skills both verbal & listening  Good time organizer  Able to work under pressure to meet set deadlines  Excellent inter personal skills 

I am enjoying the program I am on, as everyone in work are happy to support me in my day to day work. There are also a lot of things to do outside of work such as regular team outings, events organized by working groups in Group Finance and rounder's as well as many other activities you can get involved in

As we were first apprentices in Group Finance, I personally think it lacked a proper structure as when I first joined the team - Robotics I felt that I was not given enough work and training. However, at the moment in my new team there is a proper structure as I had good training and a lot of work.

My employer has been very supportive both of me and the program. If there are any personal issues there are people who can support us. Moreover, UBS supports us with skills we might want to develop by financing courses we can attend. Moreover, UBS has UBS University, an online platform where you can take different courses.

Our training provider is Kaplan Financial. They have really good study materials which you can use to teach yourself all the knowledge required to pass exams. Teaching quality was also good, however, we would finish 1 book in just 2-3 hours which wasn't enough time for us to process all the information being taught.

Training we have been receiving through our training provider has been helpful in my day to day role, as we were taught a lot of excel functions that are widely used in work. Moreover, learning how accruals and reversals work has been helpful as in my current role I look at monthly cost movements.

Yes, there are a lot of extra curricular activities you can get involved in. In Group Finance we have dedicated working groups that are in place to organize events, get the teams together and create more friendly working environment. There are workings groups for education, volunteering, communications which are sponsored by senior people in the organization.

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Because UBS is a multinational company with a lot of job opportunities and capacity for progression. Moreover, UBS supports its apprentices with their education, day to day role, any challenges in or outside of work. In addition, UBS offers safe and friendly working environment for all of its employees around the world.

I would suggest to have as many practice interviews as possible before your actual interview. Moreover, I would recommend that you have basic business awareness as there might be questions around that. Spend a few hours learning everything you can about the company—from as many sources as you can. Good luck !