Have you secured an offer already? Indicating a preference does not guarantee the sector you want.

Was from EY 2 years ago, so some info might be outdated. There are 4 depts:
FSO-Banks
NRG-Oil and Gas
DTC-Diversified Telco
HPI-Property Developers, Rental Income, Transportation

FSO is most different from the other 3 depts because they specialise in auditing banks. FSO people always say "i hate audit loans (asset)", then other depts say "i also hate audit loans (liability)", but it is actually totally different thing.

FSO teams also tend to be very big, so those new auditors also tend to specialise into only one tiny part of the audit, where only manager would get more exposure into the whole audit.

FSO peak time is also different, almost all clients are December year end so peak is tight, then after peak I heard some take really long leave (one month) utilising their leave in lieu of overtime.

Also heard some FSO people saying banks are so big and so competent that misstatements auditor detect become not material making audit pointless.

FSO audits Maybank. NRG audits Shell. HPI audits Hap Seng, KLCC, DRB, SP Setia, Top Glove, AirAsia. DTC although suppose to audit telco, but most of the largest telcos are audited by PwC.

that's why the rotation between each audit is important so you get expose to other areas every now and then. TS, in future if you got stuck on permanent role/area, voice out to your supervisor.

Welcome. Left because want work life balance

Hi, may I know how long after interview you receive an offer from them?

so which one you end up choosing? I hope you picked financial services, because you can think for your future, you may have more chances to move to a bank or build your career in the banking industry where you have a chance. or you could also have your next step in corporate finance or any other department in the investment banking line.

not many ppl have audit experience in financial services because there are very little banks and only audited by the big 4, if you choose to move to other firms, your such audit experience would definitely give you good edge.

not saying others industries are not good, but i just find that experience auditing banks are harder to come by.

Telco, etc are not as bad too actually, but just that our telco industry here is very saturated and highly competitive.

Which branch you work for now ?

HI dsl,
I have not received.

May I know where are you based now? No worries, so long you can get good audit experience that would suffice.
Any thoughts of venturing into investment banking line? like doing corporate finance, etc....

But my suggestion is, get about 2-3 years of audit experience before moving on.

Well audit trained guys are quite sought after in the IBs to be honest.