Tax Industrial Placement

Program: 12 month Placement

Role: Business Tax Placement Programme

Department: Business Tax

At Tilney Smith & Williamson we recruit high calibre people with the skills, knowledge and commitment to meet the demands of the business. The one year placement is a structured training programme combining practical experience with numerous opportunities to increase your skill set. You'll be getting involved in the same sort of work as our trainees, which could mean attending meetings with partners, visiting clients, getting involved in research and everything in between. It's a great opportunity for us to see if you have what it takes to become one of our future business advisors.

What will I be doing?

Our business tax team provides tax and consulting services to a wide range of companies, from large multinational groups to owner-managed businesses. Our tax advice is designed to meet our client's agreed commercial objectives considering all relevant taxes, not only corporation tax. We provide practical advice, regularly negotiating with HM Revenue & Customs, with members of our team sitting on a number of leading professional and industry committees.

Working closely with our senior tax professionals, you'll feel yourself improving day by day as they teach you the intricacies of their trade. One moment you could be helping a small business ensure they are tax compliant; the next, you could be learning the complex, but fascinating cross-border considerations of international tax. We believe that hands-on experience is key to creating well-rounded trusted business advisers this means you'll be doing real work from the outset.

The Business Tax Placement enables the student to increase their understanding of working within a professional organisation and gain valuable experience whilst applying the theory from their degree into practice.

Your one year placement will provide you with plenty of opportunities to experience the type of work that our graduates carry out on a day to day basis; you could be attending meetings with partners or assisting with research projects. There will be a wide variety of work for you to do, and an opportunity for you to be a real part of the department you join.

Duties of a Business Tax Placement Student are as follows:

Assisting with the preparation of corporation tax computations and returns including drafting client communication

* Assist with research assignments and drafting technical documentation
* Assisting other group members in professional work and providing support where required
* Supporting more qualified staff on more complex client situations
* Acquire and build relationship with your own clients and begin to supervise new trainees after approximately one year
* Support with the preparation and attendance at client meetings
* Be able to deliver first class client service and work effectively as part of a team

To be successful in this role you will:

* Have a high level of attention to detail
* Organisation of workload to ensure an efficient and timely service
* Know how to deal with problems that arise, knowing when to involve the others, ability to think ahead and anticipate events
* Demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
* Be able to build and maintain good relationships with clients
* Ability to work in small teams and develop a good relationship with all partners
* Be flexible and willingness to help others
* Have a high level of general commercial awareness

Academic requirements:

* Open to penultimate year University students
* Must be on course for at least a predicted 2:2 honours degree in any discipline
* 112 UCAS points (or equivalent) in your top three A-levels (excluding General Studies)
* GCSE English Language and Maths (or equivalent) at a minimum of grade 5