Hybrid Tax Graduate Programme – ACA/CTA, Corporate and Business

at Moore Kingston Smith

• Job title: Tax Graduate Programme – ACA/CTA, Corporate and Business
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: £30,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Tax Graduate Programme at Moore Kingston Smith to earn ACA and CTA qualifications while working on corporate tax with various clients. Gain hands-on experience and essential skills over three years.

Responsibilities

• Start date : 2 September 2026
• Over three years, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop essential skills, and build the foundation for a successful career in corporate tax.
• You’ll work with businesses across a wide range of sectors while earning your ACA and CTA qualifications, to become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor.
• Our clients choose us because we understand them so well, so you’ll get to know our corporate clients and their owners, uncovering the obstacles they face, their preferences and the ways their industries work.
• Key responsibilities of the role for the first 12 months include:
• Managing your time and communicating effectively with those you work as you typically working on around three projects a week, picking up ad-hoc tasks along the way.
• Making a direct impact on your clients’ business with tasks ranging from the annual tax compliance cycle (including a growing portfolio of large, complex international clients), tax audit, and working on bespoke tax advisory projects.
• Understanding a company’s financial statements and information, inputting relevant data into Alphatax, the software used for the preparation of corporation tax returns.
• Receiving training across corporate tax such as transfer pricing, R&D and creative tax.

Requirements

• Our Tax Graduate Programme is open to graduates welcomes applicants from all degree backgrounds - whether you're a recent university graduate, changing careers, or returning to work.
• Have obtained at least 112 UCAS points from three A-Levels, or equivalent qualifications
• Have achieved a 2:1 or above, from a degree in any discipline
• Be permitted to work in the UK, for at least 3-years from the start date of the programme

Benefits

• We recruit on a rolling basis, so would encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
• The Early Talent team are here to support you throughout the recruitment process and on the training contract. In confidence, we can discuss the individual support and adjustments you may need. A few examples of the support we can provide include but are not limited to: providing extra time in our interactive assessment or sharing interview questions ahead of time.
• If successful in securing a place on our training contract, we will organise a confidential call to discuss how we can work with you on the training contract to enable you to perform at your best.