What we do- Tax video transcript

Amy:
My name's Amy, I joined the firm on the graduate scheme.

I work in Human Resource Services, within that I work in the Consumer Industry Products and Services.

The services we offer to our clients are predominantly compliance and tax return preparations. We also offer consulting services in areas such as pensions and reward.

An average day for me would be lots of contact with the assignees who we prepare tax returns for. Making sure we've got complete and correct information for them.

James:
My name's James, I'm part of the financial services sector of the indirect tax practice at PwC.

We're the largest indirect tax practice in the whole of the UK. There are about 50 people in the financial services sector.

Typically my day would involve being in the office, but maybe once a week we'll go out to meet clients.

The most exciting projects that I've been involved with would be a client that's based in the United States, they're looking to set up a trading platform over here in the UK. It's really involved advising them on some difficult transactions.

Katie:
My name's Katie. I work in the Corporate Tax Department. I specifically work in the Banking and Capital Markets group which is part of Financial Services.

In Corporate Tax across the UK, there's over 1000 practitioners. We provide a range of different services to client's of all sizes. We do tax compliance work, audit work, tax advice, consulting work.

Corporate Tax is very much office based. Work can vary greatly between researching areas of legislation from dealing with the client or just drafting documents.

Last week I went to a client meeting going through a variety of different tax issues that could impact the client.

Simon:
My name's Simon, I work in the entrepreneurial and private client tax department.

It's a national team and there's about 500 people working in the department over all.

The whole department covers small listed companies, private companies, entrepreneurs, partnerships, charities, wealthy individuals and we provide tax solutions for all.

I got client exposure pretty early on. From my second week I got asked to be on a project with a US client. I was asked to help co-ordinate the whole project.

I have projects always on the go, a restructuring, an acquisition, a merger, client meetings, conference calls.

Group Discussion

AMY:
The culture at PwC is really relaxed but at the same time really encourages you to push yourself as far as you can.

SIMON:
I think everyone assumes that PwC being a big organisation is going to be a difficult place to work but one of the best things about it is a very relaxed atmosphere, everyone's very friendly.

KATIE:
They're very flexible to work with; I've never had any problems, in terms of little things like doctor's appointments or going on holiday.

JAMES:
Within PwC, it's so diverse because everyone is their own person.

KATIE:
It's got a huge diverse range of people from all different places in the UK. There's a lot of secondments. People come from all over the world.

JAMES:
The culture at PwC is one very much of team building, a real focus on team work and team ethics.

JAMES:
They have this thing called a buddy system.

AMY:
A buddy just helps us with day-to-day things and make sure we settle in well. We also have a coach who is responsible for our development.

JAMES:
You set an appraisal with your coach and look at your business development ideas as you go forward, and how you want to develop as a person.

KATIE:
The firm in terms of your development will obviously pay for you to do your qualifications in the first three years.

AMY:
There's quite a heavy emphasis in your first three years on passing your exams and you're given as much support as possible to do that.

JAMES:
The firm is really personal development focused.