Nothing is more fulfilling to a young and aspiring professional than the feeling that you are learning something new and growing professionally. That is the feeling I got over the past two weeks on my second audit mandate.
My first audit mandate last month served as an opportunity to break the ice and get a basic understanding of what audit is. My second mandate, on the other hand, gave me the opportunity to learn about a lot of technical audit and accounting issues. It also allowed me to develop a great deal of business common sense through my interaction with the client and my colleagues. Man, Sam and Humaira, the professionals already on the team, treated me as a friend, which made it easy for me to ask them questions and learn from their experience. They also helped my development by delegating challenging tasks to me, which forced me to step out of my comfort zone and learn something new. Sink or swim!.
After coming back from this client I can boldly say that I’ve learnt more in two weeks of audit than what I learned during my entire last academic semester.
