Introduction and key principles
■ We encourage all trainee apprentices to broaden their mindset and skillset through a rotation across the business.
■ Rotation experiences are a great way to develop professional capabilities while exploring new team environments. You will get the chance to make an impact and unlock your career potential by expanding your Hazlewoods network. We have a wide variety of options to explore and there is sure to be the right opportunity that is perfect for you.
■ Our learning environment will enable you to explore a multitude of opportunities. You can always talk to a partner, HR or your manager about how best to achieve your ambitions and goals.
■ Whatever rotation you work on, as well as the talented people you work with, will be yet another base for knowledge building. Rotations will help you reach key milestones, like becoming a manager. We will make it a priority to give you the tools you need to grow in the next phase of your career.
Key principles:
When?
▪ Rotations will typically take place between February and August each year. This can be flexible, depending on the needs of the business.
▪ The rotation will last between four and six months (inclusive of any study phases that fall in this period), depending on the team requirements.
▪ Exact timings will be agreed between team managers.
Who?
▪ ACA/ACCA trainees will be able to undertake a rotation approximately 18 months after starting your training. For example, if you joined Hazlewoods in September 2025, you will be able to apply for a rotation to start in February 2027
▪ AAT trainees will be able to apply to start a rotation once they have completed their AAT apprenticeship and started their ACA/ACCA qualification. For example, if you are due to complete your AAT summer 2026, you will be able to apply for a rotation to start in February 2027.
▪ We reserve the right to decline a rotation application if any active disciplinary proceedings.
ACA/ACCA
AAT
You joined Hazlewoods in September 2025 in September 2024
You can apply before 4 September 2026 before 4 September 2026
Your rotation will start from February 2027 from February 2027
How?
▪ You should discuss the opportunity, and any questions you may have, at your appraisal or one-to-one discussion.
▪ You should register your interest and complete an application form to give us an indication of your preferred team by 4 September 2026. You can select up to three teams. Please note not all applications will be successful and we may not be able to fulfil your preferred choices, but we will make every effort to do so.
Timetable
▪ Applications open - June 2026
▪ Deadline for application - 4 September 2026
▪ Interviews (if required) - October 2026
▪ Confirmation of rotation - 31 October 2026
▪ Placement to begin in seconded team – From February 2027
On completion of your rotation, you will be expected to return to your original team. Retention is important to us, so please do speak to your manager and follow our normal recruitment process if a permanent transfer is required. This could take up to 12 months.
You will be invited to complete an evaluation form, which will provide feedback to help us develop our rotation programme and continue to make improvements.
Testimonials
Edward Lanning Business Solutions to Healthcare Audit
Throughout my rotation, I gained exposure to a diverse range of clients and industries across the UK, while working closely with teams based in both the Cheltenham and Cardiff offices. This allowed me to develop a broader perspective of audit engagements and adapt to different working styles, client needs, and organisational structures. The varied nature of the work enhanced my commercial awareness and provided insight into how audit approaches are tailored across sectors and client sizes.
In addition, I had the chance to work closely with a number of highly skilled and supportive associates and managers, whose encouragement and willingness to share their knowledge played a key role in my development. Learning directly from their experience helped me build confidence in my own abilities and gain a clearer understanding of how audits come together in practice. Through working alongside them, I gained a much clearer picture of how audit work fits together in practice and what is expected when delivering high quality work in a professional environment.
Eleanor Plater Healthcare to OMB Tax
Lu Han Business Solutions to Audit
I really enjoyed my time in tax. It was a great opportunity to learn new skills while working with new people. Our team has regular communication with the OMB tax team, so it was really interesting to be on the other side. Previously, I’d only really worked with corporation tax, so having the chance to work on P11Ds and personal tax returns definitely increased my knowledge base and meant that I had lots of useful information to take back with me to my accounts team. The people in tax were lovely to work with, and my time there helped me develop new connections across the wider firm. I’d recommend a secondment to anyone who’s looking to further their development and try something new!
I had the privilege of rotating to the Audit Team for several months in 2024 The team welcomed me warmly and provided continuous support, making my transition smooth and enjoyable.
The Rotation allowed me to develop a deeper understanding of audit processes and methods. The collaborative environment fostered by the Audit Team was a highlight of my rotation. I had the opportunity to work closely with experienced associates who were always willing to share their knowledge and insights. Their mentorship helped me enhance my analytical skills and broaden my perspective on auditing practices.
Moreover, the rotation provided me with a chance to improve my communication and teamwork abilities and the time spent with the team has significantly contributed to my professional growth.
Keely Skinner Audit to OMB Tax
Last year, I went on a rotation to the OMB tax team, and I really enjoyed it! As I work in audit, we communicate with the tax team regularly and work together on a number of clients. Therefore, I thought it would be great to go and work with the team. During my rotation I learned how to prepare P11Ds, personal tax returns, and corporation tax computations. This was really insightful as it meant I could see what happens after we send the accounts over to the tax team from audit and follow the whole process through. It was also a great opportunity to meet new people and work in a different office!
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Offices and parking
Things to consider when making your choice
Cheltenham (Bayshill Road and 95 Promenade)
Town location if you need anything from the shops as well as lots of nice lunch options.
Good transport links to get into work. Walking distance from the train station, good bus routes and park and ride service.
Breakout rooms, pool table and outdoor seating to the side of the building (Bayshill Road).
Free parking only a 10 minute walk away.
Is there free parking in Cheltenham?
The following roads in Montpellier, Cheltenham are free to park on all day:
■ Grafton Road
■ Painswick Road
■ Upper Norwood Street
■ Fairfield Avenue
■ Francis Street
■ Naunton Lane
■ Andover Street
■ Ashford Road
■ Southwood Lane
The Staverton office is located approx. 14 minutes (4.4 miles) from Windsor House
Staverton
Beautiful views and gardens, you may even spot deer out the window!
Lauren’s and Hedley’s catering van visits daily if you don’t fancy making a sandwich.
Would need to be able to drive or car share as the transport links are not so easily accessible.
Large hub area for lunch time breaks and socialising. Plenty of seating in the garden for the warmer months.
Onsite parking.
Audit (Staverton)
The Audit team is a friendly and supportive team of 60 professionals, led by six partners, with trainees making up almost 50% of the team. Mostly based in Staverton, we also have team members at our Bristol office.
Work is typically split between office-based for planning and completion work, and client site-based for the audit fieldwork, going out in teams to the client’s premises which includes some stayaways. Wherever you’re working, you will be supported by a team around you.
As one of the larger teams in the firm, it’s important for us to have fun together as well as working together. We have various team socials throughout the year, range from padel to boat trips to quizzes to BBQs!
What do our trainees love about their role?
▪ Combining our training with hands on experience, meeting business leaders and understanding how their businesses work on a daily basis.
▪ We’re not always in the office; we get to visit clients and stay away in different parts of the country, all paid for by the firm.
▪ Working across many different industries, from manufacturing to charities, retail to software development.
▪ Learning to deliver technical and strategic advice to businesses to help them maximise their potential.
▪ Collaborating with other teams across the firm, particularly the tax team, to provide a holistic service to our clients.
We offer practical experience in the following:
Training and hands-on learning of the entire audit process, including performing audit testing on balance sheet and profit and loss account items, liaising with clients and interrogating data, exposure to corporation tax compliance, preparing financial statements and completion documents,
including final analytical reviews and presentations of audit findings reports.
Secondments are available in each of our sub-teams:
Corporates, Academies and Charities
This sub-team has a focus on charities (Winston’s Wish, Age UK (Glos)) and schools (Crypt and Bournside), although there are also opportunities to work on corporates, including some larger groups.
Owner-Managed Businesses and Innovation
This sub-team primarily deals with owner managed entities (E G Carter & Co, Holland Cooper) and innovative and tech businesses (Obex Protection, Workwave) as well as well-known names like Cheltenham Town Football Club.
Large Corporate, International and Food & Drink
This sub-team’s core clients are large corporate entities (Wahl, Baylis), entities with international presence (Birkenstock, Livanova), the manufacturing industry (Trelleborg) and the food & drink industry (Severn & Wye Smokery, Green Gourmet).
A secondment to any of these sub-teams means;
▪ Assisting on a diverse portfolio of audit clients, with turnover of up to £150 million in a wide variety of industries.
▪ Meeting business leaders
▪ Experience in the office and out at client sites
▪ The potential to assist on stocktakes on site, seeing clients’ live operations.
▪ Potential to spend time in our Bristol office
▪ Broadening your experience and exposure to audit and corporate reporting, giving some real-world experience to support your studies.
Business Solutions (Staverton)
Year-end compliance work
The team have a portfolio which requires hundreds of sets of accounts to be prepared annually. These include sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships and companies. These clients are at varying stages of their life cycle and cover many different industries.
Bookkeeping, management accounts and VAT
■ Monthly and quarterly bookkeeping on Xero, Sage and other accounting software.
■ Preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts.
■ Preparation of VAT returns.
■ Support clients with bookkeeping queries, involving regular client interaction on bookkeeping and management account matters.
We offer practical experience in the following:
▪ Preparation of year end accounts using Digita Accounts, our working papers are all on Excel with supporting links and a pivot table for profit and loss analysis. The accounts preparation includes reconciliation of balance sheet items such as fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, VAT, HP, loans and many more. Clients use a mixture of Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Excel and other bespoke software.
▪ Preparation of company tax computations and returns using Alphatax.
▪ Preparation of partnership tax computations and returns using Digita Tax.
▪ Preparation of personal tax computations and returns using Digita Tax.
▪ Drafting of letters to accompany the accounts and tax returns.
▪ You will have the opportunity to talk to clients to discuss any queries or outstanding information during the preparation of the accounts and tax returns.
▪ Assisting the department on ad hoc client assignments, such as preparing business plans, cashflows and budgets.
The team works in the Staverton office and comprises approximately 50 staff.
There is a lot of experience in the team to support you.
Corporate Finance Lead Advisory (Cheltenham – The Prom)
Welcome to Lead Advisory at Hazlewoods
If you are joining us for a rotation, you are about to experience one of the most interesting areas of corporate finance. Our Lead Advisory team helps businesses make big decisions, whether that is selling, buying or raising funds. While we work across a range of sectors, Hazlewoods is particularly well known for its expertise in healthcare and social care transactions.
The team is led by John Lucas, who brings extensive experience in guiding complex deals and ensuring clients achieve the best possible outcomes.
As a trainee, you will get hands-on exposure to the deal-making process. Typical responsibilities include:
■ Research and analysis: Looking at market trends, industry data and company financials to support valuations and identify potential buyers or acquisition targets.
■ Financial modelling: Building and reviewing models to assess business performance and forecast future scenarios.
■ Preparing key documents: Helping create pitch decks and Information Memorandums that present businesses in the best possible light.
■ Deal execution support: Assisting with project management, liaising with clients and other advisers to keep transactions moving.
The pace is fast and no two days are the same. You will develop technical skills, commercial awareness and sectorspecific knowledge, particularly in social care where deals often involve unique regulatory and operational considerations. It is a fantastic opportunity to see how corporate finance really works and to play a part in shaping transactions that make a real impact.
If you are curious, proactive and ready to learn, you will find this rotation both challenging and rewarding. Welcome to the team, we are excited to have you on board.
Corporate Finance Transaction Services (Cheltenham –The Prom)
The Corporate Finance team specialises in carrying out financial due diligence for corporate acquirers, private equity houses and other investors or lenders. We work closely to support them with their buy and build strategies.
We have won numerous awards in both the South West and nationally in recent years, which have recognised the expertise we have in our team.
Over the last 20 years or so, we have developed a focus in certain sector specialisms including the following:
▪ Health and Social Care
▪ Veterinary
▪ Dental
▪ Schools
▪ Insurance Brokers
▪ Estate and Letting Agents
▪ Holiday Lettings
We are generally instructed by our clients to evaluate the financial performance of the company that they are looking to acquire. By the time we are instructed, our clients have made an offer to acquire the company, which is typically based on a multiple of profits. Part of what we do is to carry out a financial appraisal to determine whether we think the business is making the profits that they have presented to the acquirer.
Whilst each transaction is individual, the work involved in the process will typically include:
1. Detailed analysis of the underlying accounting records and gaining an understanding as to how these map to the financial statements.
2. Historical trading review and determination of current run rate profitability based on current information provided by the target company (for example, in a school we would analyse the current pupil list and current staff lists to form a view on currently profitability).
3. Detailed review of recent balance sheets of the target company, with a focus on the working capital cycle and intramonth cash requirements, and the net cash/debt position of the target business. This will later feed in to advise when reviewing the legal documentation that will bind the transaction.
4. Discuss initial findings and any potential red flags with the client.
5. Review historical tax compliance and assess any potential tax risks that may be inherited by the buyer on completion of the transaction.
6. Draft the financial due diligence report.
The majority of the work involves use of Excel and you will quickly develop strong analytical skills.
We look to provide as much exposure into the detailed work as possible to our trainees, who have access to senior management and partners.
Dental (Cheltenham – The Prom)
The Dental team has a portfolio which requires approximately 385 sets of accounts and 500 tax returns to be prepared annually. The team also prepare a limited number of personal tax returns.
The portfolio contains a variety of clients including sole traders, partnerships and limited companies.
Our clients range from associates and hygienists to businesses with multiple dental sites. We also have a portfolio of non-dental clients.
The team works in an open plan floor at The Prom office and comprises 11 staff in total.
One to one support will be available from an allocated mentor throughout your time in the team.
We offer practical experience in the following:
▪ Preparation of year end accounts using Digita Accounts, our working papers are all on Excel. Accounts preparation includes reconciliation of balance sheet items such as fixed assets, accruals, prepayments, VAT (for some nondental clients), HP, loans and many more. Clients use a mixture of Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, Excel or in some cases nothing, so the accounts are then prepared from bank statements.
▪ Dental accounts involve additional summarising of NHS and associate pay statements and this is done on Excel. This helps advise clients on a practice’s performance; we also do benchmarking/KPI work.
▪ Preparation of corporation tax computations and returns using Alphatax.
▪ Preparation of personal tax computations and returns using Digita Tax.
▪ Drafting of letters to accompany the final accounts/tax returns.
Farms and Estates (Staverton)
We offer practical experience in the following:
▪ Interrogating client data in order to prepare the year end working papers file. The majority of clients use Sage or Xero but several specialised packages are also routinely used such as Landmark, Farmplan and Sum-It.
▪ Calculation of balance sheet items such as fixed assets, depreciation, accruals and prepayments.
▪ Preparation of year end accounts using Digita accounts. We act for a range of business types including sole traders, partnerships, LLPs, limited companies and trusts.
▪ Preparation of business tax computations using Alphatax or DigitaTax. Review of profit and loss items to identify costs non-deductible for tax. Review of fixed asset additions for capital allowances. Understanding how the accounts profit converts to a taxable profit.
▪ Attendance at a client meeting to observe. Typically, the accounts and tax take up less than half the meeting time with bigger picture issues being discussed.
The Farms and Estates team has a portfolio which requires over 700 sets of accounts and business tax computations to be prepared annually.
Our clients range from the traditional family farm partnership to larger scale soft fruit producers and poultry units. We also act for estates holding land and property in trusts. There is a huge amount of variety in both client activities and trading structures.
The team work in an open plan office with the Farms and Estates tax team comprising over 40 staff in total.
One to one support will be available from an allocated mentor throughout your time in the team.
Work is office based.
Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support (Cheltenham –
The Prom)
The Forensic team is based at The Prom and is regularly instructed by solicitors and surveyors to provide expert accounting advice to assist with the pursuance and resolution of disputes. The team is led by Ruth Dooley and Chrissy Wilkinson who together have over 50 years of forensic accounting experience.
Whilst every job is different, there are certain skills which are important for undertaking forensic work:
■ Attention to detail
■ Logical and analytical skills
■ Interest in building your network with young professionals
■ Inquisitive mind
■ Report writing and communication skills
■ Prepared to share ideas and contribute in meetings –we do not always know how we progress a case at the start.
■ Able to test and challenge others - this is crucial. A forensic accountant must expect to be challenged by the opposing expert and their legal team so we will encourage you to test our thinking and ask questions!
You will work closely with the partner and will form an integral part of the team. Depending on the current cases, you may get to be involved in early stage quantum assessment, expert report writing, ADR such as mediation, meetings of experts, conference with counsel and possibly attending a trial!
Example cases include:
▪ Divorce cases – often requiring a valuation of a business, an assessment of one/both parties’ future earnings from the business and consideration of the ability to use the business to raise funds for a divorce settlement.
▪ Shareholder and partnership disputes – often requiring a valuation of a business and individual shareholdings.
▪ Commercial disputes – often requiring an assessment of the losses arising from alleged actions, including an assessment of the counterfactual performance of a business –what would have happened had the alleged actions not taken place.
▪ SPA disputes – including advising one party post deal to help resolve an accounting dispute or acting as an independent expert determiner for both parties.
▪ Professional negligence – quantifying the impact of the alleged negligence on the performance of a business.
Business interruption claims – quantifying the impact, of an insurable event, on the performance of a business.
Healthcare (Cheltenham - The Prom)
What You’ll Get to Experience as Part of Our Healthcare Team
■ Get involved from day one
Join audit planning meetings to understand key risks, client challenges, and how audits are shaped from the start.
■ Build core technical skills
Help prepare planning documents create audit files, analyse risks, calculate materiality, and complete early analytical reviews.
■ Do real audit testing
Work hands-on across areas like assets, cash, revenue, creditors, purchases, journals, equity and commitments supported by team members who guide you through each step.
■ Learn how business acquisitions are audited
Review acquisition documents, trace consideration to evidence, identify contingent or deferred terms, and understand management’s judgement on contingent payments.
■ Support audit completion
Assist with final deliverables such as completion analytics and management representation letters seeing the full audit process from planning to sign-off.
■ Develop solid accounting and compliance experience
Prepare financial statements using Digita Accounts Production, with opportunities to support management accounts and corporation tax compliance.
The Healthcare team specialises in the audit and accounts preparation of companies and groups providing care services, such as residential and nursing homes for the elderly, specialist care, independent hospitals, domiciliary care, supported living and more. Our team recently won the Business Advisors and Accountants award at the 2025 Social Care Premium Suppliers Awards.
The Healthcare team also has a concentration on private equity owned businesses of an acquisitive nature which can include non-healthcare businesses.
Our client base ranges from small owner-managed companies and charities to large and complex groups with over 100 subsidiaries and revenues in excess of £300 million.
We are located at The Prom Cheltenham office and split into an accounts team and an audit team. Our audits are currently a spread of working on-site, working off-site and a hybrid of the two depending on the client’s needs. Any overnight stays due to the geographical dispersion of our clients is usually limited to a couple of nights, depending on the needs of the specific audit. We will provide you with opportunities and challenges, with the necessary support from seniors, managers and partners.
If you’re ready to push yourself, try something new, or gain hands-on experience with some of our largest and most complex clients, a rotation into the Healthcare team is the perfect next step.
Legal (Cheltenham – Windsor House)
The Legal team are one of the largest law firm specialist teams in the UK, working with over 200 law firms and 1,000 individual law firm owners. We are a full service team with clients ranging from sole traders to large groups, as well as the relevant business and personal tax, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Accounts Rules audits and advisory, including mergers and acquisitions, partner succession, benchmarking, performance, management reporting and changes to the practice structure.
There is high level of responsibility to junior members of staff at an early stage. This is true of the SRA Accounts Rules audits, which are managed by new starters within a couple of months. This gives immediate partner and client interaction to aid development and individual goals.
We are well represented in the sector, working with the Law Society and the ICAEW’s Solicitors Group. Our work with the Law Society is nationally known, as we produce their annual Financial Benchmarking Survey.
We have a large intake of trainees (nearly half the team are trainees). And there is a fun social environment in the team with a great work life balance. Most of our team of 55 work in two open plan floors in the Cheltenham Windsor House office.
We often visit clients at their offices, which are in almost all major cities in the UK as well as some in more remote towns. Some of our clients premises are multi million pound buildings and are superb places to work. Our new starters often enjoy the ‘stayaways’, as it gives a good excuse to socialise in the evenings!
We offer practical experience in the following:
▪ Preparation of year end accounts. This includes reconciliation of balance sheet items. Our clients use a wide range of specialist solicitors software, but also some use more common software such as Sage and Xero. We then use benchmarking to assist our clients with financial performance. Given Law firms work quite similarly to accountancy firms; there are lots of similarities to Hazlewoods which helps understand how our firm works too.
▪ SRA Accounts Rules audits - An example of client money would be where an individual purchases a property; this money sits in a solicitor’s client account before completion. We are required by the SRA to carry out an audit on the client account based on a set of rules: https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standardsregulations/accounts-rules/. The audits are performed using CCH, and we have a tailored work programme for each client. The client receives a report and management letter at the end of each audit. Trainees take ownership of the whole audit, including planning, fieldwork, and completion (with manager involvement for completion). This gives trainees a lot of exposure to clients. This also assists with advisory work and clients love the added value we give to them.
▪ Performance of statutory accounts audit. We often visit our clients to complete fieldwork testing, and generally these are in high-end offices with impressive facilities.
▪ Preparation of business tax computations and returns using Alphatax.
▪ Preparation of partnership and personal tax computations and returns using Digita Tax.
▪ Preparation of management accounts.
Personal Tax (Staverton)
The personal tax team is a friendly team responsible for a portfolio of 3,200+ tax returns to be prepared annually.
The team works closely with the Farms & Estates accounts team so clients range from the traditional family farmers to ultra-high net worth individuals (including Lotto winners!), as well as large Estates, Trusts, Equestrians, and non-UK residents. There is a huge amount of variety in both client activities and trading structures to explore and advise on.
Covering a wide range of tax compliance matters and advice our client offering includes:
▪ Preparation of annual tax returns
▪ Planning for succession and retirement
▪ Planning to minimise capital gains on property disposals
▪ SDLT advice
▪ Trust advice
The team works in an open plan office space to accommodate the 40+ colleagues.
Work is office based, with 1-2-1 mentor support throughout your time in the team.
Any excuse for a social! Recently we have been to gokarting, laser tag, clay pigeon shooting and clients kindly host the team for farm visits where we gain practical insights of the farming industry and of course sample the produce (great at the soft fruit and hops farms!).
You can even catch up with the team on the ‘Have you herd?’ podcast.
On completion of your rotation, you will have gained an understanding of personal tax and an awareness of key/current business matters while working on a diverse client range including large professional partnerships, landed estates, high net worth individuals, trustees and family concerns.
▪ Tax planning advice on pensions and investments
▪ Strategic business and tax advice
▪ Capital allowances advice
▪ The tax implications for diversification
▪ Introductions to other specialist professionals
We offer practical experience in the following:
■ Preparation of year-end tax returns for individuals and business and computation of tax liabilities using Digita Tax.
■ Preparation of P11D forms in relation to benefits in kind received by employees.
■ Preparation of year end trust tax returns and preparation/awareness of trust registration and inheritance tax forms.
■ Preparation of 60-days capital gains tax property reports for disposals of residential property.
■ Awareness of business tax computation reviews for companies and individuals and the link with accounts departments.
■ Preparation of quarterly Making Tax Digital (MTD) submissions for sole traders and landlords.
■ Ad hoc assistance where required with contacting HMRC, preparing information.
Pharmacy (Cheltenham – The Prom)
The pharmacy team is a small, friendly team of 13 people, led by one Partner. Our Trainees make up nearly 50% of the team and therefore there is always someone around to offer support.
The majority of our clients are Limited Companies and range in size from one branch to large groups. We also have a portfolio of non-pharmacy clients including property companies.
We offer our clients a wide range of services which can range from VAT and management accounts to FDD reports and also audits.
Our team work in an open plan office and work is predominantly office based although there may be some opportunity to also visit client sites during audits.
On completion of your rotation, you will have gained an understanding of the pharmacy industry and an awareness of key/current business matters.
We offer practical experience in the following:
■ Preparing management accounts and VAT returns using Xero accounting software. Pharmacy clients are on a refund basis for VAT and therefore their VAT returns are usually submitted monthly.
■ Preparing year end accounts from either bookkeeping software or manual records using Digita accounts. This will also include understanding and analysing NHS statements.
■ Preparing/aware of benchmarking reports which support the business strategy advice we provide to clients.
■ Preparing/aware of business tax computations using Alphatax.
■ Preparing P11D forms in relation to benefits in kind received by employees.
■ Carrying out single company and group audits. The audits are performed using CCH and you will mostly be involved in the planning meetings and the fieldwork testing.
■ Assisting in the collation of financial due diligence for the purposes of a sale/purchase of a business, including preparation of the financial due diligence report on acquisitions.
■ Ad-hoc assistance with data analysis, projections, etc.
■ You will have the opportunity to talk to clients to discuss queries.
We can also provide you with the opportunity to work in our specialised tax team, providing experience in the following matters:
■ Preparation of year-end tax returns and supporting computations for individuals and businesses, using both Digita Tax and Alphatax.
■ Awareness of business tax computation reviews for companies and individuals and how the tax team coordinate with the accounts department.
■ Preparation of other annual compliance returns, such as 60 Day CGT returns, P11ds, employment related securities (ERS), etc.
■ Ad hoc assistance where required with contacting HMRC, preparing information for meetings, collating records, etc.
Tax (Cheltenham – Windsor House and The Prom)
The tax team has four sub-teams listed below with key duties as well as two specialist advisory sub-teams and a VAT team. During your rotation, you will get specialist exposure to the work of a particular sub-team, with the opportunity to move around.
The Cheltenham Tax team is predominantly situated at Windsor House or at The Prom office (you would not be expected to attend the Bristol or Cardiff offices). Please note that parking is generally not available on site but can easily be found within a 5-10 minute walk of the office.
The team is led by Nick Haines along with five other tax partners and are supported by the sub team leaders where they do not lead the sub-team themselves. There are a wide variety of specialisms across the partners and teams, all of whom relish the opportunity to train and develop the next generation of tax advisers.
The Cheltenham Tax team offers a unique opportunity for our trainees to develop their awareness of a broad range of tax matters throughout the duration of their training contract. The team acts partly as expert advisors in specialist areas of tax and partly as a service provider to a number of teams at Hazlewoods, providing supporting compliance services, i.e. corporation and personal tax returns and other annual reporting. Our personal tax clients include landlords, director-shareholders and high net worth individuals with the occasional celebrity thrown in. Whilst our corporate portfolio offers a wide range of clients from small family owned and managed businesses to large private equity backed corporate clients with complex group structures, some of which have multi-national reach. With over 1,200 personal tax clients and more than 2,000 corporate clients there is always something to engage and challenge those who have an interest in tax… and that’s before we’ve even got onto our sector specialisms.
For those who have not worked in tax, a rotation into the tax team offers the opportunity to complete the compliance cycle for clients, taking the accounts generated and producing the final output required. But the team does so much more than compliance by providing specialist advisory dealing with Capital Gains, Stamp Duty, Corporate Restructuring, VAT, Due Diligence, Innovation Tax Reliefs and Employment Taxes.
Depending on the time of the rotation, we would typically expect an individual to receive practical experience in the various areas. Click HERE to find out more.
You will be assigned a mentor for the duration of your rotation, and they will provide guidance as needed. Feedback from jobs will be provided by the senior/manager responsible.
The rotation will be office based, but there may be opportunities to attend client meetings (on or off site) or to sit in on conference calls.
Vets (Cheltenham – The Prom)
We have a combined team of over 35 people, the team is led by 2 partners and 2 Directors. Our clients range from sole traders to large partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) and Limited Companies.
Our clients come to us, as we are considered the lead veterinary accountants in the industry.
Our clients can be small animal (cats, dogs, rabbits etc), farm animal or equine only practices or a mixed practice covering all species of animals (including zoos!). We also support veterinary ancillary trades such as locum vets, mobile vets, rehabilitation centres/pain clinics.
We work in a very modern, large open plan office and work is predominantly office based. However, we do have the opportunity to visit local and large clients to prepare the work required onsite.
You will be provided with one-to-one support from an allocated ‘buddy’ for each job.
Support from all team members is always available.
On completion of your rotation you will have gained an understanding of the veterinary industry and an awareness of key/current business matters.
We offer practical experience in the following:
▪ Preparing management accounts and VAT returns using Sage and Xero accounting software.
▪ Preparing year end accounts from either bookkeeping software or manual records.
▪ Preparing analytical review to support the year end accounts and provide added value to our clients.
▪ Preparing benchmarking reports which support the business strategy advice we provide to clients.
▪ Preparing business tax computations using Alphatax or Digita Tax.
▪ Assisting in the collation of financial due diligence for the purposes of a sale/purchase of a business, including preparation of the financial due diligence report on acquisitions.
▪ Ad-hoc assistance with data analysis, projections, etc.
▪ You will have the opportunity to talk to clients to discuss queries.
▪ Opportunity to prepare veterinary business valuations and the associated reports.
▪ Bespoke software training provided.
We can also provide you with the opportunity to work in our specialised tax team, providing experience in the following matters:
■ Preparation of year-end tax returns and supporting computations for individuals and businesses, using both Digita Tax and Alphatax.
■ Awareness of business tax computation reviews for companies and individuals and how the tax team coordinate with the accounts department.
■ Preparation of other annual compliance returns, such as 60 Day CGT returns, P11ds, employment related securities (ERS), etc.
■ Ad hoc assistance where required with contacting HMRC, preparing information for meetings, collating records, etc.
Hazlewoods LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales with number OC311817 Registered office: Staverton Court, Staverton, Cheltenham, Glos, GL51 0UX. A list of LLP partners is available for inspection at each office. Hazlewoods LLP is registered to carry on audit work in the UK and regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.