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Vogel

Advises German businesses on tax and accounting

Business Graduate Trainee

ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time€51k - €66k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Completed or nearly completed studies in business administration, economics, finance, business law, tax law, or a comparable field; above-average academic performance is ideal.
  • Relevant practical experience in tax consulting, auditing, consulting, or a similarly demanding environment is ideal but not required.
  • Demonstrated initiative outside the curriculum through a project, entrepreneurial activity, or initiative in which the candidate actively contributed.
  • Analytical and structured working approach, including breaking tasks into steps and producing traceable results.
  • Clear and reliable written communication and confidence in an initial client conversation, including on topics not yet fully mastered.
  • Ability to use artificial intelligence tools for research, drafting, analysis, and client communication.
  • Ability to work quickly while maintaining quality.
  • Willingness to explore different areas during the first twelve months before selecting a specialization.
  • Willingness to learn from experienced practitioners while contributing useful work to the team.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to take responsibility for client mandates.
  • Commitment to delivering high-quality work.

Responsibilities

  • Rotate for approximately four months each through tax consulting, accounting and controlling, and digitalization consulting, working on real client mandates with responsibility in each area.
  • Assess differences between commercial law and tax law and prepare tax returns for companies and business-owning families, subject to review by a supervisor.
  • Support tax assessment reviews, legal remedies, and tax audits.
  • Contribute to advisory work involving reorganizations, succession planning, and structuring.
  • Handle ongoing accounting for client mandates, investigate anomalies, and contribute to monthly and annual financial statements.
  • Prepare business analysis discussions with clients and explain the meaning of the figures.
  • Contribute to forecasts, planning, and liquidity analyses.
  • Implement and configure client systems, including interfaces, document flows, and connections to clients’ existing systems.
  • Support clients who perform their own bookkeeping and train their staff in the tools they use.
  • Use artificial intelligence for research, analysis, drafting, and plausibility checks, and propose ways to improve the speed and quality of client work.
  • Actively participate in initial client meetings through preparation and contributions.
  • After the first twelve months, choose a specialization with the employer and begin the corresponding qualification step.
  • Develop subject-matter depth in an industry, field, or tool and independently manage a portion of a client portfolio as experience grows.

Desired Qualifications

  • Relevant practical experience through an internship or working-student position in tax consulting, auditing, consulting, or a comparably demanding environment is preferred.
  • Above-average academic performance is preferred.

About the Company

Vogel

Advises German businesses on tax and accounting

Vogel is a German tax and business advisory group serving midsize companies, entrepreneurs and business-owning families. Its advisers prepare annual financial statements and tax returns, run payroll and management accounting, and help clients plan succession, reorganizations and transactions. Teams also redesign finance processes and introduce digital tools, combining recurring accounting work with advice on decisions that affect a business over several years. The group earns service fees for ongoing accounting and payroll work, tax compliance and separate advisory assignments. Founded in 1959, Vogel is headquartered in Aalen, Germany, with additional offices in Bopfingen and Munich.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Aalen, Germany
Founded
1959

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