Business Tax CFAB Apprenticeship
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Company: James Cowper Kreston
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Location: Reading, RG1 1AX
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £23,000.00 per year
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Sector: Legal, finance and accounting
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Ref: NAS-2000004995
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Application Deadline Date: 30/04/2026
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Start Date: 24/08/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm.
Brief Description
If university isn’t the right choice for you and you have a genuine interest in tax and accountancy, our apprenticeship programme offers a structured pathway to achieve two chartered qualifications. You’ll begin studying the ICAEW CFAB (Level 4) and then progress to the ACA CTA Joint Programme (Level 7), taking 5 years in total.
Training to be Provided
- Professional Accounting Technician Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard
- You will complete the ICAEW Certificate in Finance, Accounting & Business (CFAB), and then be able to progress to the ACA CTA Joint Programme under a Level 7 Apprenticeship
- Training will be a mix of classroom based courses and self-study
- Classroom sessions will be block release and generally take place be at our training provider's premises in central Reading
Future Prospects
- After achieving the CFAB qualifcation you can go on to study the ACA CTA Joint Programme to achieve two chartered qualifications within a total of five years.
- Plus progression to Assistant Manager, then Manager and potentially follow a route all the way to becoming a partner in the firm
Vacancy Detail
Working in our rapidly growing Business Tax team, your initial focus would be on understanding how a company’s corporation tax return works, how it links to the company’s accounts and some of the key components that make it up, along with tax technical rules around it. You would build this knowledge up in your early career until I your second and third years, you would expect to get more involved in advisory projects, working with managers.
You would learn how it interacts with third parties, such as our clients and HMRC, and work alongside experienced seniors, managers, directors and partners.
As an example, by the end of your first year, we aim for you to be able to:
- Perform first reviews of basic corporation tax computations and returns.
- Be aware and able to discuss principles around R&D relief, capital allowances.
- Assist Managers on advisory projects on an ad-hoc basis and when they arise for clients you are assigned to.
- Attend meetings alongside a manager and become a point of contact for some of the clients you work with.
- Be comfortable dealing with HMRC over the phone.
Other Information
Whilst not esssential, it is preferable that you have a full UK driving licence and access to a car. This is because, although you will have a base office, you will regularly need to travel to other James Cowper Kreston offices and to client sites, not all of which are easily accessible by public transport.