Tax - Tax Reporting School Leaver Apprenticeship - Sutton - September 2027

About the role

School Leaver Apprentice - Corporate Tax Reporting 🚀

Ready to jumpstart your career and become a tax whiz? 🤓 Join our Corporate Tax Reporting team and help businesses crush their tax responsibilities! You'll dive deep into how tax shapes financial success, navigate regulations, and make smart business decisions. Plus, you'll work with awesome clients, snag a fully funded professional qualification, and build the confidence to make a real impact from day one. 🌟

About Your Team:

Our Corporate Tax Reporting squad supports everyone from up-and-coming owner-managed companies to massive multinational giants. 📈 You'll be their go-to for untangling complex tax rules, staying ahead of legislative changes, and thriving in a constantly evolving business world. Get ready to build serious technical and commercial skills!

Hear it from Harvey, our amazing trainee: 'My journey as a school leaver apprentice has been eye-opening and an experience at Forvis Mazars that has enabled me to learn and grow confidently and gain invaluable knowledge within Corporate Tax. The combination of on the job learning, as well as studying for both an accounting and tax qualification, has led to my development increasing faster than I could of ever imagined when I first joined.' #LI-DNP

Sound like you? 🤔

• You love crunching numbers, dissecting data, spotting trends, and solving problems with laser-like accuracy. 🔍
• You're super curious about how businesses tick and how tax impacts their bottom line and big decisions. 💡
• You can chat clearly, build awesome relationships, and break down complicated stuff into easy-to-digest insights. 🗣️
• You're keen to explore how tech like data analytics, automation, and AI is revolutionizing tax. 🤖
• You're adaptable, motivated to learn, and excited to study for a professional qualification while crushing your daily tasks. 💪

What you'll need to apply:

• GCSE Maths and English Language at Grade 4/C (or equivalent). 📚
• Achieved or predicted a minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points from your top three A Levels, BTECs, Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers, or other Level 3 qualifications. 💯
• *Note:* We understand life happens! If exceptional circumstances impacted your grades, we'll totally consider the context you provide. 🤝

What you'll be doing:

• Mastering Tax Reporting: helping businesses understand, calculate, and report their tax obligations spot-on, meeting all requirements and clearly showcasing tax in their financial statements. 📊
• Prepping corporation tax computations, tax returns, and supporting docs using client financial info. 📝
• Diving into accounts, financial statements, and tax data to get the full picture of a client's business and pinpoint key tax reporting needs. 🔎
• Wielding tax software, spreadsheets, and digital tools to organize data, ensure accuracy, catch potential issues, and streamline reporting. 💻
• Researching UK tax law changes and summarizing their impact for clients in a clear, practical, and business-focused way. 📰
• Supporting client chats by gathering info, answering questions, and helping prep reports, emails, and meetings. 📧
• Teaming up with tax, audit, and advisory specialists to tackle bigger client challenges and deliver seamless solutions. 🤝
• Taking on more responsibility as you grow, moving from compliance tasks to managing projects, building client relationships, and contributing to advisory work. 📈

Your Growth & Perks:

No tax expert required! We've got your back with professional study, hands-on client work, and amazing team support to help you build your knowledge. 🧠

• Become a technical guru with funded ACA/CTA study, structured training, and dedicated study leave. 🎓
• Boost your digital skills by learning how tax tech, data, and automation power modern client work. 🚀
• Join a supportive team with a buddy, mentor, and colleagues ready to help you settle in. 🤗
• Put your learning into action with real client projects and see the awesome outcomes you help create. ✨
• Enjoy a balanced mix of study and client work, with structured support, regular check-ins, and practical guidance. ✅

If you're curious, analytical, and always up for a challenge, Tax Reporting is your ticket to building specialist skills, working with real clients, and growing your confidence in a career driven by data, tech, and change! 💡

Our Commitment to You:

At Forvis Mazars, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at our core. ❤️ We celebrate unique backgrounds and experiences because they lead to better client outcomes. We aim to attract, develop, and keep the best talent, embracing everyone regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, or faith. We choose candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience, and support everyone to reach their full potential.

You'll get to grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that truly matters. 🌱

About Forvis Mazars:

We're a leading global professional services network offering audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. In the UK, we have over 3,400 professionals and 190 partners across 14 offices, all united by one goal: shaping a better future. 🌎 Whether you're starting out or looking for your next big move, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and make a difference from day one. We believe different perspectives fuel innovation, so bring your whole self, collaborate with amazing people, and build relationships that help you thrive. You'll belong to a local team, access global opportunities, and make an impact for our clients, communities, and each other. Together, we grow, belong, and impact.

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How to Apply:

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Key responsibilities

• Prepare corporation tax computations, tax returns and supporting schedules using client financial information.
• Analyse accounts, financial statements and tax data to understand how a client’s business operates and identify key tax reporting requirements.
• Use tax software, spreadsheets and digital tools to organise data, check accuracy, spot issues and support efficient reporting processes.
• Research changes in UK tax legislation and help summarise what they mean for clients in a clear, practical and commercially focused way.
• Support client communications by gathering information, responding to queries and contributing to reports, emails and meeting preparation.

Skills