Graduate Private Client Tax Associate - 2027 Intake

Ballards TAX | AUDIT | CONSULTANCY

Graduate Private Client Tax Associate - 2027

Understand people. Solve tax problems. Build your career.
Location Worcester / Birmingham
Programme Three-year Graduate Programme
Qualification Fully funded professional tax training contract

If you’re curious about how tax shapes important financial decisions, Private Client Tax gives you the chance to build specialist knowledge while working directly with people.

At Ballards, you’ll work with real clients from day one, learning how personal tax affects individuals, families, business owners and trusts. You’ll build the technical and relationship skills to support personal tax compliance, understand Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax, and contribute to advisory work, all while working towards your professional tax qualification.

What you’ll do
• Work on live Private Client Tax matters for a varied portfolio of clients, including individuals and trusts.
• Learn how to prepare personal Self Assessment tax returns and the supporting information and computations behind them.
• Build your knowledge of areas including Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax, with support from experienced colleagues.
• Work directly with clients, helping to gather information, respond to queries and build professional relationships from the start.
• Support senior colleagues with compliance and advisory work, developing the technical judgement and client skills needed to become a trusted tax adviser.

What you’ll get
• Fully funded professional tax training and study support
• Real client experience from day one
• Mentoring, feedback and structured career development
• Flexible hybrid working
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension, life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Enhanced family leave

Who we’re looking for
You don’t need previous tax experience. We’re looking for graduates who are curious, analytical, comfortable working with people and ready to learn.
You’ll be working towards, or have recently achieved, a minimum 2:1 degree in any discipline. You’ll bring strong attention to detail, good communication skills and the confidence to ask questions, work accurately and take ownership of your development.

It’s about who you become along the way.

You’ll join a supportive, collaborative environment where your ideas are valued, your development is guided and your responsibility grows with you.

Ready to move your career forward?
If you want a graduate role where you can gain real-world experience, become professionally qualified and build specialist expertise that helps people navigate important financial decisions, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply for the Ballards Graduate Private Client Tax Programme 2027.