Graduate, Tax, Reward and Employment, Bristol (ACA), Autumn 2024

We help our clients stay ahead of changes that impact their businesses, navigating complexity and risk. We deliver deep tax technical, people and legal expertise, while providing the critical context to make informed and compliant decisions. With clients ranging from multinational organisations and public sector bodies to entrepreneurs and family businesses, the work we do is diverse.
People and Organisation (P&O)
In People and Organisation (P&O) we help some of the leading UK and international employers make the most of their biggest asset - their people. You could find yourself:
- working on projects helping business leaders define their HR strategy
- advising clients on how to improve the effectiveness of their workforce
- helping senior executives understand their global personal tax obligations
- helping to implement cutting-edge technology in the HR space.
We work on projects across all sectors of the economy, providing vital support to clients. And whatever you work on, you'll learn about employment tax risk, employment cost reduction and employer social responsibility.

Programme

Our graduate training programme is underpinned by a development framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge. You'll learn from hands-on coaching and an outstanding variety of work, picking up business, personal and technical skills you can use across the network, and throughout your career.

What you'll do

As a graduate in the Reward and Employment team, you'll draw on your problem-solving skills to advise clients in this complex and challenging area. Specific responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

- advising and working closely with clients on all aspects of reward strategy, from design through to detailed implementation for executives and the wider workforce
- reviewing company executive compensation disclosure, governance and reporting against the requirements to support with compliance
- researching and preparing reports, guidance and advice for HR contacts, remuneration committees, tax, finance and payroll departments and employees. These reports and guidance will be centered around legal, tax and regulatory guidelines of pay, benchmarking, and specific elements of the remuneration packages such as bonus and share incentives etc
- providing research and data on market practice in various aspects of pay to support companies' decisions. These may include executive pay benchmarking, incentive plan design, global operation, taxation and accounting.

What you'll gain

You'll spend the first stage of your career learning about our business and developing key skills. For many roles, this will involve building your business, personal and technical skills by studying to become a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) or the Chartered Accountants of Ireland (CAI).

What you'll need

You'll need to have achieved or be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

When to apply

Once you have submitted your application you'll have seven days to complete the online test, this is the first stage of our recruitment process.

Assessment centres for this role will take place between 18 December 2023 - 28 January 2024 or 19 February - 4 March 2024 . We expect to be able to give you at least a week's notice to attend.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment.