Tax Risk & Regulation Summer Internship - London (Summer 2025)

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Tax Risk & Regulation Summer Internship - London (Summer 2025)

In Workforce, you'll help leading UK and international employers maximise their biggest asset—their people. You might define HR strategies, advise on workforce effectiveness, guide senior executives on global personal tax obligations, or implement cutting-edge HR technology. You'll work across various sectors, learning about employment tax risk, cost reduction, and employer social responsibility.

Risk & Regulation

The Risk & Regulation team, part of Workforce, has over 250 members and is rapidly growing. You'll advise clients on Reward, Executive Compensation, Remuneration Regulation, Employee Performance, Pay Governance, and related tax/financial matters. With an increased focus on corporate reputation, executive pay, performance-based pay, governance, cost control, and compliance with global regulations, our clients constantly need our assistance.

Programme

Our summer internships offer students invaluable insight into PwC's business and culture. You'll have the opportunity to experience work and life at PwC, and collaborate with experienced professionals on real client projects. The opportunities to learn and grow are unrivalled - so be prepared to get stuck in.

What you'll do

In the Risk and Regulation Reward and Employment team, you’ll draw on your problem-solving skills to advise clients in this complex and challenging area.

Specific responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to: 

• Advising and working closely with clients on all aspects of reward strategy, from design through to detailed implementation for executives and the wider workforce
• Reviewing company executive compensation disclosure, governance and reporting against the requirements to support with compliance
• Researching and preparing reports, guidance and advice for HR contacts, remuneration committees, tax, finance and payroll departments and employees. These reports and guidance will be centered around legal, tax and regulatory guidelines of pay, benchmarking, and specific elements of the remuneration packages such as bonus and share incentives etc
• Providing research and data on market practice in various aspects of pay to support companies' decisions. These may include executive pay benchmarking, incentive plan design, global operation, taxation and accounting.

What you'll gain

Join us and learn about our business, build your networks and work alongside specialists in your chosen business area. You’ll receive on the job training that will prepare you for work on client projects to give you the best insight into what we do and what really matters to our clients, the economy and the wider community.

Our internships are designed to give you the chance to launch the start of your career and, based on performance, the opportunity to join one of our Graduate Programmes after you graduate. 

Graduate offers will be for the same office and business area in which you completed your internship.

What you'll need

You’ll need to be in your penultimate year of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree; or

you’ll need to be in your final year of an undergraduate degree with a one year postgraduate place confirmed; and

you'll need to have achieved or be on track to pass an undergraduate degree or above in any subject. We determine whether you're on course to pass based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study.

When to apply

Once you have submitted your application you'll have seven days to complete the online test, this is the first stage of our recruitment process.

Applications for this role may close early should we receive a high volume of interest so we recommend prompt application to avoid disappointment. 

About PwC

We work to build trust, deliver sustained outcomes and help clients solve their most important problems by combining human ingenuity and understanding with the right technology. Join us in Actuarial, Audit, Business Solutions, Consulting, Deals, Legal, Operate, Risk, Tax or Technology.

Our global strategy, called The New Equation, brings our purpose to life by bringing our people together to strive for imaginative ways of solving our clients' most important challenges. We’re investing in the areas that matter most. Building out our capabilities in ESG and Net Zero, and combining the diverse experiences and skills of our people with innovative technology to build trust and deliver sustained outcomes.

Employing over 25,000 people across the UK, attracting, retaining and investing in the best people is critical. In some areas, this could mean working towards a professional qualification. In return we ask that joiners are eager to learn, with business awareness, intellectual and cultural curiosity and the ability to build strong relationships. We encourage our people to work together to drive impact and deliver quality to our clients.

Graduates and undergraduates can expect to be part of a stimulating environment working on challenging projects in a culture that embraces difference and empowers them to think differently. Uniqueness and innovation is valued at PwC which is why we have The Deal for all employees that ensures the experience of working here is right for everyone. Your hard work and accomplishments will be recognised and rewarded with a competitive salary and tailored, flexible benefits.

Join our human-led, tech-powered team. Be a part of The New Equation.

How to Apply:

Applications for PwC’s Audit Graduate Programme are open to graduates from all degree backgrounds. PwC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

To apply, submit your application via PwC’s careers portal, highlighting your motivation for joining PwC’s audit team and your suitability for the role.