A Day in the Life at Bentleys

This would involve me downloading a client’s prefill report from the ATO portal and going through each section to see if there’s anything I must look at, while simultaneously looking at the work papers given to me by the client and working through each document and inputting the details into the tax return.

As the day winds down, I update my manager on my progress and get brief feedback to fine-tune my work. This helps set clear expectations for the following day. I then complete my daily timesheet and begin to wrap up my tasks.

As a graduate, learning and developing your knowledge and skills is essentially your main goal when you start. Typically this is when I get assistance from my fellow team members, with their knowledge and experience, they help me with different tasks. Their help and teaching are essential for helping me with my progress.

Workflow meeting. On every second Monday, we will be having a workflow meeting with the team and code partner to catch up and plan ahead for the following fortnight to do task. We also discuss about the team productivity and overall job progress.

My name is Liya Lu, I joined MCDB Melbourne in August 2023 right after I graduated from the University of Melbourne in July 2023. I studied Accounting and Finance and started my career here as a graduate accountant. Now I would love to share a normal day of my work with you.

My name is Jamie Sim and I will be graduating from Monash University in June 2024 with a Commerce degree majoring in Accounting and Finance. I started with MCDB Melbourne as an audit intern in November of 2023 and was eventually offered to join the team as a graduate auditor. Below is my normal day in a life working in the audit team with MCDB.

Being a part of a business services team, I have the opportunity to work on a wide range of accounting tasks. Typically, this includes preparing client work papers and job set up for senior accountants, tax returns, and compiling client information.

I provide an outline of the Jobs I intend to prioritize that day to my supervisor and manager, this gives me an opportunity to provide any updates on the current tasks, be briefed on any new client engagements or receive any new information that has come in relating to my current workflow.