Apprentice Tax Accountant Review

by Cummins

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

8.4/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Assist with tax compliance and reporting tasks. Range of corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing. Work on patent box and research and development claims, VAT returns and many different smaller tasks

9/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Lots - building relationships (with individuals, organisations and collaborating to achieve results as part of a team). Gained business insight, and have an appreciation of different organisations and environment. Communication skills (Bing able to communicate unclear, appropriate manner, which suits different individuals and situations). Leadership skills, ethics, and integrity skills, problem-solving and decision-making skills

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

Greatly, I love that I can implement what I am learning in college. I would like to work and connect more frequently with more people at similar stages in their career to me but that is just the nature of the role I have.

8/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

Pretty well, as I am the only one doing my apprenticeship from my workplace I have to organise quite a lot myself

8/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

All the support I need is available

10/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Lots of excellent support from kaplan

10/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

Massively, can implement stuff straight away

10/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

Not really, but I am not that fussed, I do lots of these things outside of work

2/10

9a. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

Great place to work, flexible and understanding.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Cummins?

It is a great place to work, be prepared to work hard and learn a lot