ATT Trainee Tax Assistant

Are you looking to build a long-term career in Tax? Then look no further! Start your career today with a level 4 Professional Accounting Taxation Technician Apprenticeship with Maxwells Chartered Accountants, the key to a secure future. In return for your hard work and study in early years, we can promise diverse and fascinating training in a friendly and proactive environment. You will be gaining valuable workplace experience exposing you to a variety of clients and work whilst working towards the qualification.

If these challenges sound like the exciting professional life and recognition you have envisioned for yourself and you fit the following qualification criteria and personal qualities, then we welcome you to get in touch.

Excellent support and training is provided that will help you develop the skills you need to succeed as a professional and to progress until you realise your full potential. The firm provide and fund:

• Tuition/Revision Courses with recognised training providers
• Student Registration Fees and subscriptions
• Books and materials
• Exemption/examination entry fees
• Paid study leave for courses and exams

Qualifications Required

A-C grades at GCSE and A Level or higher would enable you to train towards the ATT Apprenticeship.

Personal requirements

We are looking for the following attributes:

• Self driven and highly motivated to work hard both practically and academically
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to deal with confidential information in a professional manner
• Strong interest in Tax.
• Computer literacy
• Strong attention to detail, analytical, methodical, and numerical.
• Effective time and task management skills
• Well presented, outgoing, socially confident, and emotionally controlled.
• A positive attitude, friendly and personable.

In return you will be offered a two-year training contract to complete your ATT qualification. After this two-year period has been completed, we would hope to move the successful candidates onto a permanent contract of employment and potentially offer CTA study support down the line. 

Terms & Benefits

• The position is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Annual salary review and regular salary reviews whilst training.
• 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to 25 days plus bank holidays after 5 years’ service (and 30 days after 10 years!)
• Opportunity to carry over 1 week’s holiday into the following holiday year.
• Private healthcare plan
• 24-hour external Employee Assistance Programme helpline.
• Contributary pension with death in service benefit
• Introducing clients and staff commission schemes

Pay from £21,000 per annum

Applications (including curriculum vitae) should be made to Clive Hall-Tomkin by emailing jobopp@maxwellsaccountants.co.uk or posting to 4 King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3YF.