The most enjoyable part of my job is that every day is different!

When I start in the morning I don’t know which clients may call with a query. Particularly working in personal tax, every individual’s circumstances are different and so most situations require research and learning.

When I left Kesgrave Sixth Form having completed my A levels, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Although I had applied to university, I was worried about ending up in debt with a degree I couldn’t use.

A friend of mine was studying AAT with a firm in Ipswich and I figured that was something I could do.

I hoped after the two years of AAT training I would have figured out what I wanted to do next. As it turns out, what I wanted to do was to continue my training with Ensors and become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.

I started my career working in Ensors’ audit department. While studying for the ACA I did several secondments to the private client team, where I now work on a permanent basis. My current role involves advisory and compliance work, covering a broad range of personal tax issues.

As an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, my skills in communication have developed greatly. At the outset, communication skills were not something I appreciated as being vitally important for a chartered accountant. Now, as I am taking on more advisory work, I have realised how essential it is to be able to explain concepts in a clear and concise way.

My advice for someone considering a career in chartered accountancy is don’t be daunted by the idea of studying towards the ACA while working full-time. So much of what you are studying is work you are doing on a daily basis, which makes it much easier to understand.