SRLV Student Placement Programme 2023

Music & Entertainment or Corporate Team – Key Responsibilities

• Day to day bookkeeping and accounting for a portfolio of clients;
• Client bank and credit card reconciliations;
• Raising sales invoices, considering the VAT position on international invoices;
• Processing receipts and reconciling sales.
• Assisting with preparation of VAT returns for senior/manager review and client approval;
• Assist with handling aspects of the portfolio’s financial and personal affairs;
• Assisting with the maintenance and review of accounting records raising issues to relevant team members;
• Assisting with management reporting and annual accounting compliance by preparing accounts and reports such as tour reports comparing actual to budget, wealth statements;
• Liaising directly with clients and suppliers in a timely and professional manner online, over the phone or in person;
• Reconciling reports on MS Excel and QuickBooks;
• Making, monitoring and reporting on bank payments;
• Online banking including preparing payments;

Personal Tax Team – Key Responsibilities

• Daily support to the Tax Team on their portfolios, together with ad-hoc work from other team members;
• Gathering tax packs for partner review;
• Sending tax returns to clients;
• Submitting tax returns;
• Reviewing internet for potential FEU applications;
• VAT repayments for FEU applications;
• Dealing with post/paperwork that the team receives;
• Completing Forms: EIS applications;
• FEU Applications;
• Update hard files for VIP clients;
• Urgent Tax Return and Tax Report preparation/adjustments;
• Circulating timeline to the whole team – setting out the months goals/targets/important dates etc. to SL and London first week of the month;
• Update and maintain tax technical library;
• Take calls and to HMRC where required;
• Setting up the weekly calls with external team members;
• Run and issue monthly WIP reports to tax managers so that we can review what to bill;
• Arrange with PAs to raise and send bills where instructed;
• Liaising between PAs and Tax Team.