Tax Associate - Galway 2025

Job description

Forvis Mazars is a leading professional services firm in Ireland with ambitious growth plans and over 800 staff based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Limerick. As an internationally integrated partnership, we operate in over 100 countries and territories around the world and draw on the expertise of over 50,000 professionals to assist clients of all sizes at every stage in their development.

Why join us

Our next-generation graduate training programme is designed around understanding and appreciating the distinct qualities and experiences of each employee and where possible providing personalised support, mentoring, and resources tailored to individual needs and aspirations.

We put people before processes, empowering you to lead, innovate and foster your entrepreneurial talents. If you are looking for a career where you can truly make an impact, Forvis Mazars is the right place for you.

The Position

In providing tailored solutions to the individual needs of our clients, Forvis Mazars tax examine and offer a comprehensive range of tax services to national and international clients with a particular emphasis on helping them to structure their businesses and financial affairs tax efficiently.

Forvis Mazars has one of the largest teams of tax specialists in Ireland and provides a full range of tax services to small and medium sized enterprises, private and publicly quoted companies and individuals. Our approach entails coming forward with ideas and solutions that bring added value to clients, based on a comprehensive understanding of each client’s particular business. We are part of the International Forvis Mazars organisation, Europe’s largest independent firm of accountants and advisors, and as such are ideally placed to provide advice on cross border transactions and international tax issues.

Responsibilities

As a Tax Associate, you will be trained and developed in terms of tax compliance and consultancy in the following areas:

• Preparation of tax computations, personal tax returns and corporation tax returns for our income tax and corporation tax clients
• Research, review and interpretation of tax legislation, Revenue guidance and published papers
• Assisting in the preparation of tax consultancy reports and responding to client queries
• Working with international clients on global tax issues e.g. setting up new companies in foreign countries
• Reviewing tax issues around potential succession planning e.g. passing on a business to the next generation and the tax implications that should be considered
• Communicating with clients and Revenue on an ongoing basis
• Attending client meetings along with more senior staff members to obtain one-to-one client interaction skills
• Working alongside our experienced tax team, gaining training across all tax heads.
• Identifying tax planning opportunities for clients

Job requirements

About you

We accept applications from a range of different backgrounds. While your academic background is of course relevant, what’s more important to us is how you apply yourself to your studies and to the pursuit of knowledge. You may have a background in engineering, business, law, science or economics - but what’s important is that you bring to the firm a willingness to learn and apply your skills in the best way possible. We can teach you the technical and business skills you need - but you also need energy and the right attitude to succeed.

• You’re working towards, or have recently been awarded an honours degree, in any discipline
• You believe in having integrity and doing the right thing
• You’re an excellent communicator who enjoys meeting new people
• You value respect, support and inclusivity
• You have great interpersonal skills and love working as part of a team
• You can prioritise tasks and work to deadlines
• You have excellent organisational skills, computer literacy and attention to detail