Trainee Tax Advisor Review

My role varies on a day to day basis providing different challenges in order to fulfill clients needs between working on tax audits (to ensure prior year compliance) and tax compliance (to collate workings and provide a tax return).

I experience a large amount of client communication and my professional writing, as a result, has improved significantly alongside more general team communication and developing a greater eye for the finer details in work.

The programme comes with many challenges, however, working with the team that I do, work is often enjoyable and while there are moments of challenge, on the whole it is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

The programme has been running for a number of years now and is well run but sometimes could do with more support in regards to the external training - as we are leaving Covid behind, there could be more in person events/training.

Support comes in various forms such as Apprenticeship coaches, Buddies and Counselors who are all valuable assets in development and support if necessary.

Training has recently taken place online and while support is offered, it can often be difficult to reach out without meeting the tutor in person and it is hard for the tutor to understand what the class struggles with if there is only online interaction.

As a broadstroke approach to accounting, the qualification is not specialised in tax and does not help me to perform better. However, there are a lot of opportunities in future career prospects that open doors due to the qualification so in the long-term there are benefits.

There are irregular socials held for teams and informal clubs (such as our tax 5-a-side) which allow for less structured networking opportunities and relaxation outside the work environment.

Yes

EY offers a broad range of opportunities to get involved in different lines of work (be that consulting, tax, audits, etc.) and everyone has something at EY that will no doubt interest them and will be, if nothing else, an invaluable learning experience.

Be yourself! As boring and standard as it is as an answer, during the process, you will have the opportunity to speak to partners and senior members of the team where you can showcase why you think you should be the one they chose.