
Tax Graduate - Private Client Services - Guildford
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Description
We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions businesses need to navigate today’s changing world.
We’ll broaden your horizons
Working hard and working
together, our Tax team thrives on keeping busy. They service our clients
around the world with everything from day-to-day compliance with tax
authorities to advice on international tax to transaction support on
mergers and acquisitions. That diversity of work requires a diversity of
talents. Tax attracts specialists for the most technically complex
challenges, versatile thinkers for large clients with varied problems
and brilliant innovators who create tomorrow’s bespoke solutions. The
graduate programme starts you off in compliance, immediately taking on
important responsibilities including preparing corporate tax returns.
You’ll take on more and more challenging work as you develop and will be
able to specialise in a specific tax area or an audit group to really
explore where your talents are most suited.
We’ll help you succeed
The three-year Tax Graduate
Programme is your opportunity to learn our sector inside out, get real
experience on real projects and achieve a recognised professional
qualification. We’ll cover your exam fees and give you the study leave
and extra training you’ll need to pass them while you balance your own
workload. That training isn’t just about passing the exams, you’ll learn
a range of personal, management and client-related skills that will help
you become a full rounded BDO advisor and achieve your full potential.
Programme & Qualification
BDO offer the Chartered Tax
Advisor (CTA) Qualification on the Level 7 apprenticeship programme.
This Apprenticeship is an employer-designed programme which offers a
route to become a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA). A career in tax will
provide you with variety, if you enjoy working with people, the
challenge of problem solving and an ever-changing, dynamic working
environment then a career in tax is for you. The duration of this
programme is 36 months.
Responsibilities
• Assist the Seniors and Managers as part of
a wider team to service their clients
• Take responsibility for all
client matters as directed by the senior and manager
• Carry out ad
hoc requirements as may be reasonably required by the line manager
•
Prepare client tax returns required by the Senior and Manager
•
Active adherence to budget and time pressures, bringing matters to the
attention of the senior or manager
• Preparation of engagement
letters and client acceptance documentation
• Ensure client files
have all relevant documentation on the appropriate section
• Ensure
professional standards are met
• Must demonstrate strong team playing
skills in all client and internal management dealing
• Develop
professional relationships with clients and colleagues within the firm
•
Provide an efficient and proactive service to clients and their internal
management to ensure that their needs are fully met
• Undertake any
training or development co-ordinated by the Tax team
• Willing and
open to take on tasks and challenges provided by their manager
•
Successfully study towards your professional qualification and, where
relevant, corresponding apprenticeship
When you join us
We understand that everyone learns in
different ways and the same environment isn’t always suited to every
task. We’ll help you deliver the best quality output by giving you
choice and flexibility around how, when and where you work. When you
need to work collaboratively, you’ll be able to work closely with
colleagues, whether that’s in our offices, onsite with clients, or one
of our brand-new hubs; when you need to focus, you’ll be able to work
from home or in one of our quiet concentration spaces, using technology
to stay connected with colleagues. We’ll provide the environment,
digital tools and training to enable you to perform at your best,
whatever the task in hand, for yourself, your team, and your clients.
When you join us, we’ll make your growth our priority. If you’re right for us, you’ll thrive in an environment built to help you succeed. We’re looking for someone with:
- A 2:2 degree in any discipline (obtained or predicted)
• Three A-levels or equivalent at A* to C excluding General Studies and Extended Projects (obtained or predicted)
• A 9–4 in Maths and English at GCSE or equivalent (we will also consider qualifications from outside the UK)
We’re in it together
At BDO, we believe that when our
people feel valued and rewarded, their potential is unlimited. We offer
highly competitive starting salaries and review remuneration packages
regularly to ensure that our pay always positively reflects performance.
As well as offering support with tuition and professional
qualifications, we also provide the following core benefits:
- 25 days’ holiday;
• access to a Group Personal Pension Plan, with matched employer contributions;
• Life Assurance cover;
• Income Protection insurance;
That’s not all. We understand that everyone is different, so we offer a range of voluntary benefits to suit every lifestyle. Our flexible benefits platform, Flexcel, means our people can choose from a range of tax efficient options to design a benefit package that best suits them. Through Flexcel, they can:
- buy up to ten days’ extra holiday;
• add on Private Medical, Personal Accident, Dental or Travel Insurance; Home Technology
• enrol in our Bikes to Work scheme;
• enjoy discounts at cinemas, dining out, shopping and gyms through our Employee Discounts arrangement;
• receive an interest free season ticket loan or interest free graduate loan;
• access additional services like our financial wellbeing platform, online GP service or our Employee Assistance Programme
Our firm is distinctive and we want to preserve and build on the strengths of our culture and the characteristics that make us both successful and different. We look for people from all kinds of backgrounds who share these same qualities.

BDO LLP
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