School Leaver Personal Tax Trainee (ATT/CTA) - Peterborough - September 2025
Right now, we’re looking for school leavers wanting to start their career in personal tax as a trainee, studying towards the ATT/CTA qualification.
This will be offered under a Level 7 apprenticeship and will take three and a half years to complete.
Application windows:
We are live for applications from:
* 1 February 2025 – 30 April 2025
Please note due to high popularity for these positions, applications may close earlier than stated. We wouldn't want you to lose out, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.
The Tax Services Group (TSG) is a national team operating across our nine UK offices. The team delivers exceptional quality compliance and advisory services to a wide range of high net worth private clients.
About your role
Qualifying is not just about passing your exams; gaining valuable work experience is so important.
Personal tax professionals help individuals to pay the right amount of tax to keep them compliant. Work dealing with tax returns and the reporting of tax to the Revenue authorities such as HMRC is called tax compliance.
You'll work in a friendly and progressive team, involved in tasks such as preparing and filing tax returns, carrying out manual reconciliation of tax liabilities, and liaising with clients over the phone or in person. The client base is varied and includes clients who are both domestic and international, guaranteeing an exciting and complex portfolio.
You'll receive excellent training and support for your studies. We use first-class tuition centres and organise our own off-site trainee programmes. You’ll get to meet and socialise with trainees across all offices.
What you'll need
* A minimum of 120 UCAS points in your A Levels (or equivalent), and
* A minimum of 6 (or B) in GCSE Maths and English Language (or equivalent).
About the qualification
We offer a three and a half-year ATT/CTA training contract under a Level 7 apprenticeship, with a view to becoming a chartered tax adviser.
Studying as an apprentice won’t impact the time it takes you to complete the qualification, it just means that there's a defined study pathway in place to ensure you have the best chance to succeed.
What we’ll offer you
Because you do the best job you can for our clients and your colleagues, we do everything we can for you. We provide a mixture of core and flexible benefits, all designed to save you money and make your life a little easier.
Core benefits
* Annual leave allowance, which increases in line with length of service,
* A 35-hour working week with flexibility around our core hours of 10am-4pm,
* A contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 5% of salary on a matched basis with you from the date you join),
* Life assurance cover based on 4 x annual salary,
* Working from home allowance of £25 a month,
* Our Profit-Sharing Plan, enabling you to share in the firm’s profits (usually c.£1,000), and
* Paid overtime or time off in lieu.
* Our agile working policy gives you the option to work from home for up to three days per week,
* Access to health assessments and GP support, cancer screenings, and our BUPA health cash plan,
* Critical illness cover, dental, and travel insurance,
* We’ve got a Techscheme, Cyclescheme and a Gymflex scheme,
* A Workplace ISA,
* Paid travel expenses when working at offices other than your contracted office, and
* Generous referral bonuses if you help bring in new clients or colleagues.
We’re also committed to being a fully inclusive employer and have a huge focus on equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I).
Who we are
Saffery is a partner-led and people-focused firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers. Since 1855, we’ve built long-term relationships with our diverse, high-profile clients, across varied and specialised sectors. As a proud member of Nexia, a worldwide network of trusted member firms, we’ve got access to local insight on a global scale.
We pride ourselves on our informal and inclusive culture, building an environment where people can be themselves and enjoy challenging, interesting, rewarding careers.
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