Join us in an increasingly agile Tax world and build your career advising clients on complex rules and making informed decisions with significant impacts.
In addition to our ‘Core Tax’ roles, there are a number of alternative Tax programmes that you can join, where you’ll be aligned to an individual team from day one:
Accounting Services
As part of our Compliance Services (CS) team, Accounting Services provide outsourced accounting services to national and multinational corporations with a focus on helping them remain compliant and providing insights into their operations.
Accounting Services has a varied and prestigious client base and works with various specialists in their own field which, combined with the importance placed on continuous technical training and personal development, provides an excellent opportunity for career development. As part of PwC, one of the largest global accounting firms, Accounting Services offers a challenging and exciting career path. Working within the Compliance Services team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on high profile client assignments alongside staff across the wider Tax practice.
Global Fiscal Policy
PwC’s Global Fiscal Policy team supports governments and intergovernmental organisations across the spectrum of fiscal policy; providing policy advice, technical assistance and capacity building in the areas of public financial management, tax reform, and governance and transparency.
We work with international organisations, intergovernmental bodies, aid agencies, and directly for ministries of finance and other government departments around the world, advising senior ministers and decision makers on complex issues of huge significance for society. Our team includes public financial management specialists, tax policy experts, economists, accountants, policy advisors, and project managers, many of whom have significant experience working in the public sector and in international contexts.As a member of the team you would be offered the opportunity to work on interesting, challenging and satisfying assignments as part of a fantastic team of people.
People & Organisation
In P&O you’ll help some of the leading UK and international employers make the most of their biggest asset – their people. It’s such a diverse area, you could work on projects helping business leaders define their HR strategy, through to advising clients on how to improve the effectiveness of their workforce. Or help senior executives understand their global personal tax obligations, to implementing cutting‑edge technology in the HR space. You'll 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.
Learn more about our P&O business below.
The Global Mobility Services (GMS) team works closely with global companies to assist in moving their people around the world. Moving assignees globally can be complex and costly for organisations and the GMS team works with clients to develop strategies for global mobility, tax and social security advice for their mobile employees, and provide the necessary tax compliance services. You'll work on diverse 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.
You’ll be aligned to either our HR Tech & Transformation team or our Workforce Strategy & Culture team:
HR Transformation
You'll work with clients to maximise value by connecting people objectives with their business strategy.; working with HR Directors and business leaders we develop highly effective strategies and improved functions to help HR deliver their commitment of performance and growth to the business. Transformation services include support from the planning and design phases through implementation and deployment.
The team provides advice in a range of areas including:.
Workforce development
We're living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work. Automation and ‘thinking machines’ are replacing human tasks and jobs, and changing the skills that organisations look for in their people. We need to prepare for tomorrow's workforce, today and help our clients navigate through these challenges to develop and grow the 'workforce of the future'. Our Workforce Transformation team works with them to develop effective workforce strategies, creating new workforce designs, new environments - both physical and cultural - that will enhance workforce performance, and the employee experience.
Organisational design
The combination of shifting demographics and new technologies like automation, artificial intelligence, and increased connectivity are creating exciting organisational opportunities across industries: remote, agile, and flexible teams. But at the same time, an aging workforce and cultural inertia raise challenges.
We advise clients on how to build purpose-driven companies that people want to be a part of building. If an organisation isn’t meeting its employees’ or stakeholders’ expectations, the cause may be a misaligned strategy across a company's many complex, interacting organisational parts. Our experts help clients assess and redefine their strategic goals, then identify and implement the change needed to create a fit-for-purpose business.
Change and Communication
People are at the centre of any organisational change. Whether it's a large scale technology deployment, an organisation faced with challenges to its reputation, or a requirement to shift culture and behaviours, focusing and supporting people through change is critical to long term success. The Change and Communications team works with senior business leaders to develop the right strategy, articulate a compelling narrative, and design the right immersive and digital communication techniques to successfully communicate changes, and make big changes happen.
People in Deals
People in Deals is part of our People & Organisation team within Tax. The team advises on all of the people aspects of buying, selling or listing businesses both in the UK and internationally. Our work ranges from conducting due diligence for private equity, corporate and public sector organisations, to planning and implementing post-deal integration and business restructuring. Projects are both legally and operationally complex, varied, and very fast-paced.
We also come from a really wide range of backgrounds, both in-house and consulting, and half of us are pensions actuaries, so we work in a very inter-disciplinary way. Our work involves a wide range of other teams across PwC, from Financial Due Diligence and Deals Strategy, to Business Recovery Services and operational Delivering Deal Value, as well as collaborating regularly with Legal. Often, the Deals team also acts as a gateway for other HR consulting services at the firm, bringing in specialists to deliver both during and after the deal. Graduates in the team gain a broad generalist grounding across HR quickly, as well as an understanding of what makes businesses tick both financially and culturally.
High levels of client exposure is a given, particularly during post-deal work, with speed and variety of work. You’ll also gain an international network across PwC, as we regularly collaborate with other deals teams across the globe to manage complex, cross-border transactions.
You could be involved in the following:
You’ll advise on the technology aspects of projects in our HR Technology & Transformation team, or specialise in People Analytics
HR Technology
Cloud technologies have evolved to enable rapid HR transformation, which is where our Technology team provide support and advice, from strategy through to execution. You'll advise clients on matters such as:
People Analytics
The analysis of accurate Human Resource data by leading organisations is significantly shaping the way they recruit, retain and reward their employees. People Analytics work to improve and resolve issues pertaining to People Data and Analytics so that organisations can feel confident in their data and utilise it for the benefit of their business.
The key area of focus for graduates is in our ‘Saratoga Services’ practice:
HR and Workforce Benchmarking - developing detailed benchmark information to provide valuable insight into the key drivers of HR functional effectiveness and human capital performance.
Other areas of People Analytics include:
