What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Auditor (Part 2)

Insights and stories to help you decide whether an audit career is right for you

My audit career exposed me to an international environment, all the way to Europe. | Photo provided by the author.

I’ve stopped doing external audits and left my Big 4 audit job a while ago. Thus, I can finally write an objective review and reflection on my audit experience. But this is not intended to promote or discourage an audit career for you.

Instead, I wanted to share the key insights and stories that shaped my audit experience and identity as an auditor. After reading these insights and stories, you can decide whether an audit career is a good fit for you. I felt that audit is an easily misunderstood profession, so I wrote this to give you a glimpse of what it means to be an auditor.

The people who will benefit from reading this are recent graduates or career shifters who aim to enter a consulting or audit firm but are still indecisive about which service line.

I combined my insights and stories from a decade of audit experience in three countries (Philippines, Singapore, and Belgium). I hope you will learn a thing or two from my audit journey.

The next phase of this audit journey consists of my return from an epic seven-month assignment in Singapore and the move to Europe during the pandemic. I invite you to read Part 1 of this entire adventure before reading the next…