Tax - Tax Reporting Graduate Trainee - Poole - September 2026

Tax at Forvis Mazars At Forvis Mazars, we're dedicated to helping you build a rewarding career. We value your expertise, experience, and ambition, encouraging you to bring your ideas and creativity to our national tax team. Experts in the field: You will undertake qualifications to allow you to build the skills and knowledge to expertly navigate the UK tax landscape. Your team will support you in your journey to professional excellence; whether dealing with employment taxes, corporate profits, international transactions, or personal income. Client-focused solutions: Work with a diverse range of clients, from individuals to large multinationals, providing tailored tax advice. Our team works with other specialists across different service lines within Forvis Mazars too, advising on tax, regulations and accounting and how that impacts the risk and governance of our clients. Commitment to excellence: Join a team that prioritises quality and trust. Our high standards ensure that every piece of advice we provide supports clients to make the most appropriately informed decisions. We are experts in managing risk and providing the latest advice, keeping on top of regulatory changes and developments in society. You can find out more about Tax at Forvis Mazars here: Forvis Mazars | Careers | About us About the Tax Reporting team The Tax Reporting team focuses on a broad range of corporate clients, meeting their tax advisory and compliance needs in an environment of fast paced economic change, combined with complex and changing legislation both in the UK and overseas. Our corporate clients range from listed multinationals, large entrepreneurial businesses and domestic owner managed businesses. Hear from our trainee, Rian: Joining the Corporate Tax team has meant I have been able to work on a wide range of clients and gain valuable experience. The team has helped me develop my technical skills as well as support me through my exam period whilst transitioning into working life. Every story is different at Forvis Mazars. Our people have amazing, personal experiences so the best way to learn about life here is to hear it first hand, click here to hear their stories. About the role The role of a Tax Trainee is to assist in the provision of corporate tax compliance and advisory services as part of a specialist team to a portfolio of clients. They are to assist in the preparation of company's corporation tax computations and returns and to ensure that they show a true representation of the company's tax position and provide bespoke advice to clients on their tax affairs. You will be provided an opportunity to work with colleagues in different tax disciplines during your time on our graduate programme, resulting in a broad understanding of the services we can offer our clients. During your first two years you will: Learn how to use Alphatax (the tax software) and processes in order to prepare a corporation tax computation and return and learn how to prepare tax numbers for financial statements. Develop a thorough understanding of financial statements and the nature of the clients' business to complete corporation tax computation. Be able to obtain relevant information from other departments and clients whilst building good communication with both. Help write reports and produce other client deliverables to assist the client in explaining issues, risks and solutions in easily understandable language that they can act on. Support the team with client relationships and requests. By the end of your third year you will: Have a structured client portfolio focusing on tax reporting to manage. Work on a range of different tax reporting and advisory engagements across UK tax covering a range of technical areas Develop a strong technical knowledge of the UK tax legislation. Coach and lead more junior team members on advisory engagements. Understand the way in which different corporate entities operate across a range of sectors. Work directly with our clients and begin developing relationships with those clients to deliver on repeat engagements. Begin to manage tax reporting engagements, including planning, budgeting and project managing different service lines. Develop a strong understanding of our control and risk management procedures. Have experience in supporting business development to bring new client wins to the team and to your portfolio. Learning and development Fully funded professional qualification for this role: ICAS/CTA Our supportive culture includes coaching, mentorship, and one-on-one guidance to help you grow, belong and make an impact. In addition to funding qualifications, we provide time off to study, and a blended training approach including in person and virtual learning. You will be allocated a buddy before joining who will support you to settle into the team and navigate your first year at Forvis Mazars. You will also receive comprehensive quality training and development to grow in your professional career; this includes development in professional excellence, client excellence, digital excellence, and technical excellence. Our goal is to support you in reaching your full potential and become a standout talent. To understand more read our FAQs.