Higher Apprentice, Tax

Location: Saint Peter Port, Guernsey

Line of Service

Tax

Industry/Sector

FS X-Sector

Specialism

General Tax Consulting

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

Those in tax compliance at PwC will focus on validating clients' compliance with tax laws and regulations. You will review and analyse financial data, prepare and file tax returns, and assist businesses in meeting their tax obligations while minimising risks of non-compliance.

Role: Associate (Higher Apprentice)

Location: Guernsey

Line of Service: Tax

Grade: Associate

Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5

PwC Channel Islands Overview

At PwC CI, we help you build, accelerate, and sustain momentum in a world that never stops moving. With our tech-forward and people-empowered network, we provide expert assurance, tax and advisory services to turn challenges into opportunities. Leveraging deep expertise and advanced capabilities, we ensure you’re ready for any future, helping you act boldly and achieve real results.

Programme

Our training programme is underpinned by a development framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge. You'll learn from hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up business, personal and technical skills you can use across the network, and throughout your career.

What you’ll do

We are looking for ambitious, creative thinkers, who want to get their career off to a great start, working in an environment that will challenge and reward you as you progress.

As we solve both local and international tax challenges for our clients you will have the opportunity to expand your local tax knowledge whilst also learning from the specialised skills of over 20,000 tax practitioners in the global PwC network, this enabling you to provide comprehensive tax solutions for individuals and businesses amidst a rapidly changing global tax landscape.

Our services span all aspects of tax problem-solving, including tax compliance, serving a diverse clientele, including multinationals, UK companies, private enterprises, and individuals; we deliver tailored solutions combining industry insight with technical expertise. As a leading voice in tax policy discussions, staying at the forefront of trends and regulations.

You will also have a number of opportunities to work with other lines of service within the business, assisting in the reviews of tax aspects for assurance purposes, or working with our advisory colleagues to provide tax input into matters such as regulatory reviews, liquidations or data systems, ensuring seamless delivery for clients from one PwC team.

During our three-year programme you will also study for a relevant qualification such as a Chartered Accounting Qualification or Chartered Tax exams. There are a number of different qualification routes which we can explore with you. You’ll have a lot of support from your team, career coach and buddy to help you achieve this as well as appointed learning and development representatives. It’s the variety and opportunity we offer that allows you to develop a broad range of effective business skills and enables our people to excel across the breadth of work we offer, both on the training schemes and further on in your career.

When not studying, you will have the opportunity to work in the offices, as well as attending client meetings, including those off island as needed. You will also be encouraged to attend suitable industry events to further develop your knowledge and expand both your personal and business network.

We seek to ensure that opportunities for learning continue throughout your career and as such there may be opportunities for travel to partake in global PwC tax academies.

Who is this vacancy for and what you’ll need

It doesn't matter who you are or what your schooling background is. As you'll no doubt have gathered by now, we believe diversity is our strength.

You'll need to have achieved or be on track to achieve 96 UCAS points or above in one sitting. Your A Levels, or equivalent qualifications can be in any subject.

Do you need a Work Permit?

Due to immigration restrictions in Jersey and Guernsey the Channel Islands firm is unable to consider trainee candidates who require work permits.

When to apply

To avoid disappointment, we recommend applying as early as you can as applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest.

The skills we look for in our people

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, Evolved PwC Professional.

The Evolved PwC Professional focuses on two core behaviours: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive outcomes. Trusted Leadership is underpinned by core behaviours that Inspire, Empower and Evolve, and Distinctive outcomes is underpinned by behaviours that Champion, Build and Deliver.

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://pwc.to/2vY6KZm.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required

Degrees/Field of Study preferred

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Accounting Practices