Senior Associate - tax Review

I am a tax advisor at Deloitte. This involves preparing tax advice as well as speaking and meeting with clients. I am now ATT qualified and I will be studying towards ACA next year.

I have learned an enormous amount, both from professional qualifications and on the job training. In addition to the technical skills that I have learned, I have improved my 'soft' skills as well.

I enjoy it very much and I am staying on as a full time employee. I get to work with great people which makes a huge contribution to my enjoyment.

I have worked with a number of different people who have always been respectful of school leavers and treated us the same as graduates. I have also been promoted a couple of times since I joined in 2012.

We are mostly treated the same as the graduates that we take on which I see as a positive. There is also a special training course for school leavers which takes place before we join.

Support is always there if needed, however in most cases this will not be necessary. If I have any small issues I am happy to go to my performance manager.

Support is always there if needed, however in most cases this will not be necessary. If I have any small issues I am happy to go to my performance manager.

The first year pay is not great and would not allow a great standard of living. However there is every opportunity to get a big pay rise after the first year which would put you as the same pay as a graduate.

There are plenty of opportunities outside of work, be that socialising with colleagues or other clubs/activities. I have played basketball with other Deloitte guys before.

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It is a good place to work with great opportunities for progression. If you put the effort in you can get a lot out of it.

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