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“Hi, my name is Laurence Cheung, and I studied Economics at Leeds University. I’m currently on the Graduate Programme in the field of tax. My business area is primarily responsible for filing tax returns, doing tax computations and ensuring that as a group we’re tax efficient.

I’m still currently on my first rotation – at the moment, I’m working on compliance. This means finalising comps, carrying out adjustments and doing research on various tax legislation. I’m also doing my ACA exams – a three-year qualification where you train to be a chartered accountant. At the end of this process, I’m hoping to get more responsibility and more challenging work.

My Line Manager’s really supportive, and I’ve been allocated a buddy who frequently checks up on me and makes sure I’m okay – especially at the beginning when I wanted to get settled in. I’ve also got a mentor who I can go to with technical questions, and I’ve been allocated an ACA counsellor who answers many questions I have regarding this qualification. I’d say the work is varied – you’re very rarely doing the same thing on a day to day basis. Things come flying in thick and fast, which gets quite exciting, I want to make sure that I do the work well, and it’s usually quite challenging.”