Private Client Tax Intern Review

by Evelyn Partners

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My position as an intern was to support the private client tax team with any simple tasks which I could perform. This included creating tax returns, liaising with HMRC over phone/email/letter, opportunity to sit in a client meeting and work on a (fake) client pitch.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • My confidence increased as I met new staff and people in the company. I developed my organisation skills to keep work manageable and be on schedule for projects.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was responsible for a number of tax return forms for clients and producing anti-money laundering forms for them. We had deadlines for both of the projects so were responsible for getting this back on time before HMRC deadlines.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Constant support and guidance. The hot desk system allows you to sit next to new people, which everyone is willing to help you with any questions. You are assigned an associate 'buddy' who can guide you through work and answer any questions you have. Line manager was also present to help with anything.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Really comfortable but hardworking culture. People enjoyed being in work and you can see this by the quality of work produced.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I greatly enjoyed the placement, particularly the internal project as I was able to speak to other departments about what they do, increasing my knowledge on areas outside of private client tax and experiencing whether I would want to go into another area in my career.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Evelyn Partners
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Evelyn Partners to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Evelyn Partners
  • The role is very people orientated, so show you are able to speak to people well but show your intelligence whilst doing so.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Tax

London

August 2023


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