Tax Trainee - Dublin

Our next-generation graduate training programme is designed around understanding and appreciating the distinct qualities and experiences of each person and providing personalised support, mentoring, and resources tailored to your needs and aspirations.

If you are looking for a career where you can truly make an impact, Mazars is the right place for you.

Mazars, the smart choice

Mazars is a leading professional services firm in Ireland with ambitious growth plans and over 800 staff based in Dublin, Galway and Limerick. As an internationally integrated partnership, we operate in over 100 countries and territories around the world and draw on the expertise of over 50,000 professionals to assist clients of all sizes at every stage in their development.

Why join us

You don’t join Mazars by coincidence, you choose Mazars. We are a global school of excellence where you will be challenged to develop and grow, and always aim to deliver outstanding quality. Progression is tied to education, empowering you to match your career to your aspirations both within and outside our firm. Come and write the rest of (y)our story with us.

The Position 

In providing tailored solutions to the individual needs of our clients, Mazars tax examine and offer a comprehensive range of tax services to national and international clients with a particular emphasis on helping them to structure their businesses and financial affairs tax efficiently.

Mazars has one of the largest teams of tax specialists in Ireland and provides a full range of tax services to small and medium sized enterprises, private and publicly quoted companies and individuals. Our approach entails coming forward with ideas and solutions that bring added value to clients, based on a comprehensive understanding of each client’s particular business. We are part of the International Mazars organisation, Europe’s largest independent firm of accountants and advisors, and as such are ideally placed to provide advice on cross border transactions and international tax issues.

Responsibilities

As a Tax Trainee, you will be trained and developed in terms of tax compliance and consultancy in the following areas:

• Preparation of tax computations, personal tax returns and corporation tax returns for our income tax and corporation tax clients.
• Research, review and interpretation of tax legislation, Revenue guidance and published papers
• Assisting in the preparation of tax consultancy reports and responding to client queries
• Working with international clients on global tax issues e.g. setting up new companies in foreign countries
• Reviewing tax issues around potential succession planning e.g. passing on a business to the next generation and the tax implications that should be considered.
• Communicating with clients and Revenue on an ongoing basis
• Attending client meetings along with more senior staff members to obtain one-to-one client interaction skills
• Working alongside our experienced tax team, gaining training across all tax heads.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities for clients

About you

We accept applications from a range of different backgrounds. While your academic background is of course relevant, what’s more important to us is how you apply yourself to your studies and to the pursuit of knowledge. You may have a background in engineering, business, law, science or economics - but what’s important is that you bring to the firm a willingness to learn and apply your skills in the best way possible. We can teach you the technical and business skills you need - but you also need energy and the right attitude to succeed.

• You’re working towards, or have recently been awarded an honours degree, in any discipline
• You believe in having integrity and doing the right thing
• You’re an excellent communicator who enjoys meeting new people
• You value respect, support and inclusivity
• You have great interpersonal skills and love working as part of a team
• You can prioritise tasks and work to deadlines
• You have excellent organisational skills, computer literacy and attention to detail

These roles are for our Graduate Trainee Programme 2024 and have a start date of September 2024.