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Application for Employment
Dear Sir or Madam,
With this letter, I would like to express my interest in
working for KPMG as Senior Associate / Senior Team
member. I am currently working for State Agency on
Alternative
and
Renewable
Energy
Sources
in
department of Investment and Project Management. I
was delighted when I found an opportunity to continue
my professional career in your company. Since my major
study at the university was economics, I started to look
closely to such subject as investment and financing
within the energy industry. The investment-theoretical
assessment of wind energy arrangement through the
EEG (renewable energy law) and topical market changes
became a central theme to my bachelor dissertation.
The present work in area of Investment and Project
Management enables to me to deepen my already
acquired knowledge in area Management control system
as well as Risk Assessment. Because it interests me the
analytic approach very much, I plan in this area to act
also further professionally. By practical experiences in
your enterprise I expect an other step to come in the
direction of the professional aims aimed by me and
bring a good contributions to KPMG.

Please, list courses/certificates/qualifications you


have undertaken, including the dates of
attendance and the grades attained
The present work in department of Investment and
Project Management of State Agency deepens my
practice skills in creation and development of business
relations with foreign companies and international

financing institutions. The assistance in preparing


(drafting?)
of
required
materials
for
execution
(implementation?)
of
renewable
energy
projects
includes also to one of my main responsibilities.
Besides, I may have a chance to apply my already
acquired knowledge from the training period in the
German foreign trade chamber (06/2014-12/2014) in
your enterprise and make some good contributions.
Apart from this, I also possess knowledge in the
development of target market analysis on the topic of
energy
efficiency
in
the
industry,
project
management,
event
management,
as
well
as
organization of the professional conferences. After my
Internship, I was employed in German group of company
IWG Isolier Wendt GmbH (12/2014 11/2015) in the field
of industry isolation for energy efficiency. My
responsibilities includes the identification of potential
customers, preliminary negotiation and technical
clarification with the aim to develop production of the
company in Caucasus region. Moreover, I had an
excellent knowledge of several foreign languages as
well as professional MS Office skills, SAP, ERP (TERP 10).
For the moment I am visiting (making?) ACCA
qualification to improve my already acquired knowledge
in the field of financial accounting. It is extremely
essential to have professionals specialized in planning
and management who can apply their knowledge and
expertise in analysis, reporting and verification of Deal
Advisory projects. You can find my qualifications and
skills in the enclosed resume. I would be glad about a
positive feedback. Thank you for the time you have
taken to review my application.
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Participates and leads certain procedures related to due diligence, restructuring and other
financial advisory engagements and audit.

Participation in different stages of M&A/Financing/ Valuation and other Deal Advisory projects

Data collection on target companies/potential investors, market research conducting;

Assistance in drafting deliverable documents (business plans, information memoranda, etc.);

Assistance in financial modeling;

Be in charge of all required procedures during execution of assigned tasks on engagements;

To participate, where necessary, in meetings and discussions with employees from other units
of the Employer

To draft plan and agree with engagement leader assigned tasks engagement milestones

About us KPMG is a Big Four company, a global network of professional firms


providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services, operating in 155 countries and
having more than 173,000 people working in member firms around the
world. Our purpose and aspiration is to turn knowledge into value for the
benefit of our clients, our people, and the worlds capital markets
Job
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Job Description

Audit - is an independent verification of the financial statements for the


reliability of the information in. Audit involves certain processes and
procedures designed to verify if true and fair financial statements posted
on the company, reflects the results of its operations. Audit also assumes
a certain level of understanding of issues and analysis. We should be able
to provide our customers the necessary consultation on the rules and the
underlying information in the financial statements and help them
understand the current requirements.

What is the work of the auditor?

As usual, audit is a series of works, which includes research, consultation,


information exchange and verification, analysis and reporting. Auditors
begin a project with forming a comprehensive picture of the client's
business through research, meetings and travel to client sites. At the
meetings with financial directors and senior managers discussed aspects
of strategy and operational aspects of audit, then the auditor will review
and analysis that includes:
Taking part in different stages of Audit projects
Carrying out financial analysis of companys historic results and
projections, conducting industry research
Preparing and delivering financial models
Confirmation of an accurate and complete list of vendors
Study of the inventory methods used by the client
Conducting a test of inventory
Testing of existing processes and controls

The next stage - drawing up the report, which reflects the results of the
work you do, accented major issues and makes recommendations.
An internship at KPMG provides a unique opportunity for graduates and
students about to graduate to prove themselves in a real business
environment at an international company, realize their potential through
work on specific projects, and get an inside look at the company.
Interns that receive positive feedback on completion of their
internship are offered full-time positions in the audit department.

What is needed to join KPMG:


Be a graduate or last-year student; have an interest in accounting
and audit
Knowledge of audit theory is an advantage
Readiness for intensive work and learning
Good analytical ability and strong people skills
Be able to take business trips
Opportunity to work full time
Wish to learn and develop professionally and desire to become part
of a team of professionals

Fluent Azerbaijani
Confident English (to work with IFRS)
Russian language is an advantage

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