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I would say my third year. That is when I was doing more of a senior role on my teams and got into coaching first years and interns. Once I started coaching, it started to make sense to me .
Agreed
I'm a senior and I'm lucky to find the client site some days
It wasn’t until the start of my third busy season where I’d say I fully “got it”. It was around that time where I finally could understand (and also explain) the “why” and not just blindly do the task without understanding the concepts.
On the other hand I’m a manager and some days I still think “huh??” about some stuff lol
Always ask why. If someone is coaching you, ask why you're doing that and not just what you need to do. It will speed up this growth significantly and to me is probably the best thing I can see from a first year associate.
When I became a second year, I felt like I was understanding a lot more of what I was doing, and was able to coach the new associates. Now in a senior role and I feel like the job has unclicked itself for me. I’m doubting everything I know and finding it much harder to coach new people.
Everyday I'm finding out the things I understand so far are only a part of the job. There are levels. People first try to understand the basics of audit procedures and accounting rules, but then there is project management and relationships, there is calculated risk and economics. Even senior people I think often don't see the bigger picture or the secrets to success
Define click?.... In appearance or in fact? At least 3 years unless you work on one engagement, work 100% in one industry, or if your engagement team is always the same
Took me about 3 months. Not saying I was at the point where all of a sudden I could do anything under the sun, but that is when I could look at an account balance and make a testing approach up instead of just plugging numbers in PY WPs.
8 months. I remember reading a WP for a new client and everything finally made sense!
7 months. Honestly doesn’t click till you have to assist or teach someone else
Took me an entire year
As soon as you stop copying prior year and ask yourself what you’re auditing and why you’re auditing it, it’ll go much faster
About to be senior and still waiting for it to click