Tax Assistant - ATT Apprentice
FORTUS LIMITED
Leeds, Scarborough, York
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 October 2025
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Summary
Our Tax Assistant Apprenticeship offers an opportunity to develop valuable skills, gain hands-on experience and learn from exceptional people, all while you work in a friendly, inclusive environment. You will be supported towards gaining the ATT qualification and achieving your career goals.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
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Annual salary reviews take place in March
- Training course
- Professional accounting technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday: 7.5 hours each day with flexible start and end times (TBC). No expectation that weekend or evening working will be required.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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3
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Supporting tax compliance for a portfolio of clients throughout the year; managing timetables/expectations accurately and efficiently
- Work closely with clients to ensure all necessary tax documentation is complete and accurate
- Support the tax team in researching and interpreting tax laws and regulations
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of tax legislation and any changes affecting our clients
- Contribute to the development and improvement of tax-related processes and procedures
- Preparing client deliverables and acting as an ambassador for the business
- Work with other service lines to the benefit of the client including referring opportunities where relevant and minimising risk (to both the business and the client)
- Responsible for dealing with ad-hoc enquiries and provision of other tax and office support as required
- Undertake professional study towards the ATT qualification, progressing to the CTA qualification to become a Chartered Tax Advisor
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- 3 Park Square East, Leeds, LS1 2NE
- Unit 5-6, Manor Court, Manor Garth, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3TU
- Equinox House, Clifton Park, Shipton Road, York, YO30 5PA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
Training course
Professional accounting technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Collate and analyse financial information, and show how that information can be used most effectively to support value creation within an organisation.
- Apply accounting principles and adhere to legislation to ensure records are accurate and compliant with law or company policy when delivering accounting activities, such as the financial accounting of single entities, limited companies or partnerships or management accounting activities for an organisation.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking accounting activities to inform and evaluate decision making on the content of true and fair accounts, being alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement of financial information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias.
- Interpret financial information for accounting purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report or account for transaction or undertaking ratio analysis.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with accounting tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver accounting tasks with a critical eye to transactions and trends, demonstrating a ‘right first time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise and prioritise own tasks, and manage time effectively.
- Use accounting information to add value to the organisation through use of data visualisations, analysis and interpretation, and communicate financial information in a way that facilitates understanding for non-finance stakeholders.
- Communicate accounting information through a variety of media to enable key stakeholders to understand what is required, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver accounting tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Training schedule
- Study support towards the completion of the ATT qualification
- Studies will be completed via the training provider's live online courses with full tutor support available and the ability to ask questions
- Training will typically take place in blocks of two to three days
Requirements
Essential qualifications
A Level in:
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this employer
At Fortus, we’re all about working with people who are curious, motivated, and up for a challenge. We’re looking for team players who care about their clients, have an eye for detail, and enjoy solving problems in a fast-moving environment. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and expertise to a team that’s changing the game in accountancy, we’d love to have you on board.
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Company benefits
172.5 hours (23 days) holiday, Flexible bank holidays, Birthday day off, Health cash plan, employee assistance programme, regular social events
After this apprenticeship
It is expected that on full completion of the ATT qualification apprentices move on to study the CTA qualification.
Promotions and salary increases will be made during the course of completing the full ATT qualification, in line with the individual displaying the appropriate level of knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED
recruitment@fortus.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348936.
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Closes in 29 days (Sunday 30 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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