From this episode, you will better know what skills and attributes your employers (and future employers) value. You can then be more strategic about what skills you decide to work on improving, and propel your career forward more quickly – if this is what you want.
There are so many skills that we need as tax professionals – too many to keep track really!
But despite the fact we need many skills at least a base-line level, some skills (and attributes) are more important than others.
Maisie and Sam, our guests for this episode, are constantly talking to tax professionals and accountancy-firm employers of them, so they get to hear first-hand the skills and attributes that these employers value the most.
In this episode, they share with us the universally most-valued skills, along with differences based on:
- Big 4 vs outside of the big 4
- Advisory v compliance
- Grade/seniority
- Tax specialism
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Guest – Maisie Horrell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maisie-horrell/
Email: maisie.horrell@pro-tax.co.uk
Guest – Sam Minor
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-minor/
Email: sam.minor@pro-tax.co.uk
Me – Jack Bonehill
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbonehill94/
Email: jack@thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com
Timings
- Intro from Maisie and Sam
- (5:30) Skills most universally valued by accountancy firm employers
- (16:30) Advice for developing relationship-building skills as a tax professional – an important skills in today’s world
- (19:30) Summary of the most valued skills and attributes across all tax professionals
- (20:00) Compliance v advisory – the differences in valued skills and attributes, along with some advice for moving from a compliance role to an advisory-heavy or full advisory role
- (27:30) Specialism differences – how this impacts the valued skills and attributes
- (29:45) How grades/seniority impact the valued skills and attributes
- (30:30) Do accountancy firm employers value someone who excels in one or two areas, but lacks in others?
- (41:15) Director and partner level – most valued skills and attributes here
- (45:30) Less important skills and attributes
The most universally valued skill
Maisie and Sam both agree on the universally most valued skill by accountancy firm employers.
And guess what?
My Tax Research Masterclass and Tax Advice Masterclass feed into this perfectly.
So if you want to use your time efficiently to develop your skills in the most valued areas, then take a look at both of these.
The next masterclass is November this year.