Tax Compliance Academy | Corporate Tax | Associate
Employer Location Birmingham, United Kingdom Salary Competitive Closing date 8 Jan 2026 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band Contract type Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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About the role
Our Tax Compliance Academy is a two-year structured development programme designed to launch your career in corporate tax. You'll join a cohort of peers in a fast-paced environment, gaining a strong foundation in corporate tax while developing transferable skills to become a trusted Corporate Tax Compliance professional.
At the end of the programme, you'll continue your career journey at PwC, equipped with the expertise and confidence to thrive in one of the world's leading professional services firms.
Locations & Working Pattern:
1. Cardiff
2. Belfast
3. Manchester
4. Birmingham
5. Watford
This is an office-based role (5 days per week), especially during the initial months when training and collaboration are most intensive. While remote working isn't supported at the start, we value flexibility and inclusion and are open to discussions about individual circumstances.
Applications close at midnight on 12th December, though we review submissions on a rolling basis and may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
Key Responsibilities
6. Alongside the wider team and your peers you will prepare corporate tax calculations and tax returns for a variety of clients. All companies must pay corporation tax on their profits - you'll help our clients calculate what they should pay and prepare the necessary documentation.
7. Focused training sessions including on the job shadowing, learning and coaching. You will attend a series of structured technical training sessions that will build your Tax technical knowledge and skills required to prepare Tax computations.
8. Gain a strong foundation of corporate tax knowledge and transferable skills
9. Learn about PwC, the services we offer and our PwC values and culture.
As you continue to grow and develop your expertise, PwC supports your journey toward further professional development. You will have the chance to pursue additional tax and/or accountancy qualifications, each serving as a stepping stone to greater heights in your career. Places on the Academy are aimed at individuals who have developed the skills detailed below through work experience. Prospective applicants are likely to be career changers or individuals who have not followed a traditional career path who can bring these valuable skills and experience to PwC. This experience does not need to be from a professional services or tax setting but you should clearly indicate within your personal statement at the top of your CV how you have developed the skills we require.
Skills and experience we're looking for
10. No previous Tax experience or qualifications are required to apply for the Tax Compliance Academy. We're looking for individuals who have developed relevant skills through previous work experience - which may or may not be in a professional services setting.
11. You're quick to adapt and can easily adjust to new environments
12. You can take ownership of your own personal development
13. You're able to plan and prioritise multiple projects and deliver to deadlines
14. You're comfortable working both independently and as part of a team - collaborating and creating positive team spirit
15. You can build strong relationships quickly and adapt your communication style for different situations and audiences
16. You have strong literacy and numeracy skills
17. You have experience using platforms such as Excel, Word, or equivalent software / systems
Recruitment process
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we will aim to respond to you within 2 weeks of applying. The recruitment process is as follows:
18. Submit your CV
19. If your initial application is successful, you will be invited complete an video assessment, and then online assessments
20. If you pass the online assessments, you will be invited to a final face-to-face interview with members of the Tax Compliance team.
21. If you are successful at this final interview stage, you will be offered a place on the Tax Compliance Academy and you will join PwC in March 2025.
The recruitment process is designed to assess your suitability against the required skills for the role as detailed in this job description. More information on what to expect during the recruitment process will be provided in due course.
What you'll receive from us
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.
Company
In order to be the leading professional services firm it's important we have the right values, culture and behaviours embedded throughout our organisation, so our work reflects our purpose and we can successfully deliver our strategy.
Our set the expectations for the way we interact with each other, our clients, and in the communities in which we operate. These values, and the behaviours that they require from us, are relevant to all our people regardless of grade.
They support a culture that empowers our people to be the best they can be, through challenging experiences and encouraging our people to speak up to make the firm a better place. We want all our people to understand and embrace the culture and personally feel part of the legacy this will create for our future employees.
We’re a hugely diverse business, bound together by our purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and the communities in which we operate. We believe we can make the biggest impact when our purpose is embedded within everything we do.
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