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RACHAEL DAVIES SIOBHAN WALSH
Firm: Horwarth Clark Whitehill Firm: Cowan & Partners
Worldwide staff: 545 UK staff: 26
Worldwide turnover: £46.3m UK turnover: £1.3m
Location: London Location: Edinburgh
Qualified: 2008 Year of training contract: third
Job title: Qualified audit supervisor Job title: CA trainee
Website: www.horwathcw.com Website: www.cowanand
partners.co.uk
STRESS OR STROLL… other times, so long as I would also benefit those who firm stand out for me the
What’s your work hard during the day, work better earlier in the most and this is what makes
working day like? I can leave at a reasonable morning, or in the evening. me look forward to each
Rachael: It’s very much hour which is great. Siobhan: The stairs can be working day.
dependent on the time of quite exhausting. Siobhan: The working
year and client deadlines. GETTING THERE… hours and the social life.
My busy period is from April How’s the commute AFTER A HARD DAY… In the last few months in
to October so the pressure into work? How do you unwind? particular, we’ve had lots
eases just in time for Rachael: I have a five-minute Rachael: In the winter of events!
Christmas. However, I enjoy walk to the train station, I go to the gym and hit the
being busy and I wouldn’t followed by a 15-minute treadmill and in the summer MAGIC MOMENT…
want it any other way. train journey followed by a I pound the pavements. I What’s been your
Siobhan: It depends on the 15-minute brisk walk to the also like to destress with high point so far?
time of year – January is office. I can take in the sights friends over a glass of wine. Rachael: Qualifying with
very busy in my office. At of London, walking along the Siobhan: I’ve recently joined first-time passes. It’s an
South Bank. a gym, which is a good way amazing feeling when you
Siobhan: I’m lucky to live to unwind. I also enjoy a realise the hard work and
very close to my office glass of wine with friends tears were worth it!
– it’s a 15 to 20- after a hard day. Siobhan: When I received
minute walk but I’m good feedback on my work
often tempted to UP THE LADDER… from senior members of
drive! Why did you make this staff and clients.
career choice?
YOU’RE IN Rachael: My head teacher ...AND YOUR MOST
CHARGE… was a chartered accountant EMBARRASSING?
I’ve
What at secondary school and he Rachael: Forgetting my
joined would you really inspired me. He spoke shoes on more than one
a gym,
change fondly of his experience in occasion! (I wear my
which is
in the and the vast amount of trainers to walk in to work).
a good
office? knowledge he acquired I now keep a back-up pair
Rachael: during these times. under my desk.
way to
I would Siobhan: Good question! Siobhan: I failed to
unwind. I implement I didn’t do an accountancy notice an error in our tax
also enjoy a
flexi time so degree but have lots of software and wrongly
glass of wine
that people can friends and family who informed a client that he
with friends
work around are CAs. was due a large tax refund.
appointments Luckily I realised and
after a hard day”
etc, without it BEST PERK OF contacted the client before
SIOBHAN WALSH
impacting on THE JOB SO FAR? he planned how to spend
their work. It Rachael: The people in the the money!
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