Forvis Mazars : who are we?
Forvis Mazars LLP is the UK firm of Forvis Mazars Group. In the UK we
have over 3,300 employees across 14 locations, delivering an outstanding
client experience. Forvis Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent
career progression, offering career paths that help you pursue your
interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential.
We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and
geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow
your skills for lifelong professional development. You can find out more
about our firm here.
Tax at Forvis Mazars
At Forvis Mazars, we're dedicated to helping you build a rewarding
career. We value your expertise, experience, and ambition, encouraging
you to bring your ideas and creativity to our national tax team.
- Experts in the field: You will undertake qualifications to allow you
to build the skills and knowledge to expertly navigate the UK tax
landscape. Your team will support you in your journey to professional
excellence; whether dealing with employment taxes, corporate profits,
international transactions, or personal income.
- Client-focused solutions: Work with a diverse range of clients, from
individuals to large multinationals, providing tailored tax advice. Our
team works with other specialists across different service lines within
Forvis Mazars too, advising on tax, regulations and accounting and how
that impacts the risk and governance of our clients.
- Commitment to excellence: Join a team that prioritises quality and
trust. Our high standards ensure that every piece of advice we provide
supports clients to make the most appropriately informed decisions. We
are experts in managing risk and providing the latest advice, keeping on
top of regulatory changes and developments in society.
About the Corporate Tax Reporting team
The Corporate Tax Reporting team focuses on a broad range of corporate
clients, meeting their tax advisory and compliance needs in an
environment of fast paced economic change, combined with complex and
changing legislation both in the UK and overseas. Our corporate clients
range from listed multinationals, large entrepreneurial businesses and
domestic owner managed businesses.
Hear from a first year tax graduate, Rian Shah:
''Joining the Corporate Tax team has meant I have been able to work
on a wide range of clients and gain valuable experience. The team has
helped me develop my technical skills as well as support me through my
exam period whilst transitioning into working life''.
About the role
The role of a Tax Trainee is to assist in the provision of corporate tax
compliance and advisory services as part of a specialist team to a
portfolio of clients. They are to assist in the preparation of company's
corporation tax computations and returns and to ensure that they show a
true representation of the company's tax position and provide bespoke
advice to clients on their tax affairs. You will be provided an
opportunity to work with colleagues in different tax disciplines during
your time on our graduate programme, resulting in a broad understanding
of the services we can offer our clients.
During your first two years you will:
- Learn how to use Alphatax (the tax software) and processes in order to
prepare a corporation tax computation and return and learn how to
prepare tax numbers for financial statements.
- Develop a thorough understanding of financial statements and the
nature of the clients' business to complete corporation tax computation.
- Be able to obtain relevant information from other departments and
clients whilst building good communication with both.
- Help write reports and produce other client deliverables to assist the
client in explaining issues, risks and solutions in easily
understandable language that they can act on.
- Support the team with client relationships and requests.
By the end of your third year you will:
- Have a structured client portfolio focusing on tax reporting to manage.
- Work on a range of different tax reporting and advisory engagements
across UK tax covering a range of technical areas
- Develop a strong technical knowledge of the UK tax legislation.
- Coach and lead more junior team members on advisory engagements.
- Understand the way in which different corporate entities operate
across a range of sectors.
- Work directly with our clients and begin developing relationships with
those clients to deliver on repeat engagements.
- Begin to manage tax reporting engagements, including planning,
budgeting and project managing different service lines.
- Develop a strong understanding of our control and risk management
procedures.
- Have experience in supporting business development to bring new client
wins to the team and to your portfolio.
You're joining us as a permanent employee, so the three years is only
the beginning of your exceptional career journey.
Who we're looking for
- On track or have obtained an undergraduate degree. Strong academic
performance is important; however, we understand that things don't
always go to plan. Our recruitment process looks at your whole self –
academic achievements as well as other experiences in which you have
grown and developed. You can read about our approach to academics in our
FAQs.
- Deep curiosity to learn new things and is naturally inquisitive;
- The ability to think critically solve problems and share knowledge
with others;
- A commitment to self-development and learning;
- Strong sense of ownership of duties and high levels of responsibility
to deliver on promises;
- Try their best in all they do and always looking for ways to improve;
- Enjoys meeting and engaging with new people with an underlying respect
for individuals, diversity, and integrity;
- Works well under pressure and have a positive ‘can-do' attitude if
faced with challenging situations;
- Excellent time management skills;
- A willingness to travel and adhere to our flexible working environment.
Learning and development
Fully funded professional qualification for this role: Associate
Chartered Accountant (ACA) / Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA)
Additional qualification(s): Level 7 apprenticeship
Our supportive culture includes coaching, mentorship, and one-on-one
guidance. In addition to funding qualifications, we provide time off to
study, and a blended training approach including in person and virtual
learning. You will be allocated a buddy before joining who will support
you to settle into the team and navigate your first year at Forvis
Mazars.
You will also receive comprehensive quality training and development to
excel in your professional career; this includes development in
professional excellence, client excellence, digital excellence, and
technical excellence. Our goal is to support you in reaching your full
potential and become a standout talent. To understand more read our FAQs.
Inclusion and diversity
Being inclusive is core to our culture at Forvis Mazars; we want to
ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond, is fully
supported to be their unique self and provided with a level playing
field. To read more about our approach click here.
Next steps
Roles will be closed as soon as we find the right people, so to avoid
disappointment we encourage you to submit your application as soon as
possible. If you are an international applicant and/or require a visa
please view our FAQs before applying to be aware of deadlines and
important information you need to know before applying.
