corporate assistant Review

My role consists of calculating the tax liability of our corporate clients, as well as providing tax advice to corporate clients based on their needs. In the day to day this involves some client relationship management, accounting software use, research on the latest tax legislation, and a whole lot of organisation.

I have learnt so much since starting here. I had no background in accountancy ( I studied psychology), I know feel like I know a lot. Same goes with Tax, it's crazy how much depth there is to it that we are not aware of before we start working in the field.

My programme is challenging but it is also very rewarding. I feel I have been able to truly be challenged and put in a position where I am allowed to prove myself more every day. There is a good culture and we are allowed to work from home a few days a week.

The organisation of the programme is the only place where it could be better, we are not really aware of all the admin stuff we have to do and it ends up just falling on us. There is an early careers team that work very hard, but when considering all the little tasks you have to do to confirm menial things, some things slip through the net.

I receive loads, the employer is very understanding and does as much as they can to help you on the professional side of the formation. We have a certain amount of study days a year and they will be fine if we want to work just core hours when we have exams.

The training provider is good when you get to actually go in class, if you are not in class, you are given recordings and told to learn everything on your own. When this is the case they have absolutely no idea what is going and honestly it's a faff.

It's essential, there really isn't much to say about this, learning the ropes of accountancy is necessary in order to so anything in the job. It would be really tough to do the job without that. I would say that the exams and training feel oriented towards auditors and not other lines of accountancy.

There are a lot of social activities that I would say have made being here a breeze. When I first joined for example we were all set up in a hotel and had a big party, this allowed me to meet a lot of people across the country with who I work on a daily basis.

Yes

Because they are a nice bunch, the job is challenging sometimes but rewarding, management is understanding, the work life balance is good. I feel like there is good opportunity for development. The work is genuinely interesting, you can get involved in so many different types of work which allows for development where you want to.

I think that overall Mazars is doing well in terms of training and early careers development. One area which could be improved is working with the tuition provider so we can actually have in class learning for most of the exams instead of only a couple out of all 16.