Private Tax Advisor Review

As an apprentice in the private tax team i help onboarding clients and general admin work, whilst also helping create tax analysis papers and steps papers for clients to review and implement. I am also involved in the submission of tax returns.

I have learnt better sills regarding organization as well as skills that have furthered my knowledge and ability to research and understand the tax treatment or applications to specific scenarios. EY has also allowed me to further my confidence with client interactions.

I extremely enjoy the course i'm on as well the team i am surrounded by they are supportive and helpful and the environment and culture of the company is one of the best parts of working at EY

There is a clear structure within the team and this leads to order and good organization within the team, however, if a chain is broken in this link there is a porr structure and work is not passed to lower level workers correctly or often enough.

The support and use of the buddy and counselor system within EY is in my case amazing and extremely helpful when trying to navigate work and the job. I think counselors need to be people you work with directly day to day as i'm aware some people don't have the same experience as me.

Adequate help and resources are provided. The systems in place work very well but in my opinion the courses to teach you exam contents should always be done in person as this is way more engaging and helpful for the students to learn and actively ask questions.

It gives me a wider view and knowledge for tax and accounting practices but naturally some of the exams i have done have no use in my field of tax but this is helpful to uns.derstand accounting practice

There is a vast amount of options for extra curriculars at EY, which i take advantage of playing cricket, football and running as well as emails surrounding societies that host all the networking events. I think it could be more shown within the office and on systems the networking events which we can attend in the area. However, i believe EY does this to a very good standard already

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I would and have suggested working at EY to friends previously and this is mainly because fo the culture of the company and how they treat there staff. This has always been important for me when choosing a job and the options offered at EY for possible sabbaticals or secondments is amazing.

When applying always try to remain calm in interviews and or tests and try to be as confident as possible and just be yourself, people will appreciate you trying to get involved as it's a sign you'll work well within a team setting. Also do as much research about the company your interviewer etc, make sure to have some questions to ask in an interview and be pro active.