Introduction - Who am I

Welcome to my blog! 

Here I will be posting weekly on various topics relating to one of my college modules "Digital Economy". 

Let's start with the basics!

Who am I? 

Such a simple and mundane question, yet so much more than meets the eye. When I think of who am I, I inevitably think that I am a caring, enthusiastic, honest, independent, clumsy, strong yet sensitive human being. I don't necessarily think of myself as a soon-to-be business graduate, an auditor, an accountant or a barista, because this is not who I am, or at least this is NOT ALL I am or can be.

To the question what am I? 

Well, to this question I can only answer as of today. As of today, I am a full-time college student, making my way through my last year of a four years business course at SETU in Waterford. I work part-time as a barista in a cafe. I love baking and cooking. I like coffee and I like reading. I love travelling and visiting new places and I love meeting new people.

But enough about me, let's get into my experience working with information systems!

As part of my degree at SETU, I have undergone a six month internship with PwC working in their assurance department in their Waterford office.

Spencer Dock, Dublin PwC headquarters

In my first Digital Economy class, we talked about the vast variety of information systems out there that businesses use to run their every day to day work. At PwC, I used many different information systems such as Aura Platinum, iPower, Connect, and Confirmations.com, just to name some.

Throughout my time at PwC, I was heavily trained to use all of these platforms. At PwC, all these systems were used on a daily basis to store large amount of data and confidential client information. 

• iPower 

Allocate the hours spent working with a specific client, together with a concise description of the work we had done for them on that specific day. 

• Aura Platinum 

Document all of our audit findings and evidence gathered throughout the audit. 

Watch the video below to learn more about this platform.

• Connect 

Communicate with the client and ask them to provide  the documentation we needed in order to document our work. 

This is what the platform looks like.

Watch this video to learn about all the benefits of using Connect when auditing.

• Confirmations.com 

Ask third parties to send bank statements and legal letters or other relevant documentation.

...and that is all for my first blog post!

I hope you enjoyed getting to know me and found the small insight on the information systems interesting. 

Share the blog with someone who would like to learn about my experience with PwC!

Here is a link to their summer internships programme if you were interested to join after reading this post! You will not regret it!

Have a good week, and I hope to see you back next week for more content!

Here is a picture of my coworkers and I after a 30 km cycle!!

PwC Waterford employees' summer event