ACA Graduate Programme - March 2025

Overview

We are Dixon Wilson. A leading chartered specialist firm of accomplished accountancy and tax advisors, offering a bespoke and personal service to private clients – their families, trusts and businesses. Determined problem solvers since 1888, we are proud to be an independent firm. Proactive, curious, and nimble – this is Dixon Wilson through and through. Our heritage is important to us. What we’ve learnt from our past we bring with us to create our future.

Who we are

As a firm, we depend on having great people. People who are able to solve the complex challenges of our clients and keep up with the pace of how we operate. People who guide our purpose by demonstrating three important values that sit at our core, Seek the solution, solve together, be curious.

As people are at the heart of what we do, we place an emphasis on ensuring our staff enjoy the work they do to remain happy, engaged and motivated.

The variety and range of clients we deal with results in plenty of interesting and varied work across accounts, audit and tax. There is ample opportunity to be exposed to new challenges.

The technical expertise of our partners and staff is outstanding. This is supported by the number of industry and professional prizes awarded to the firm and staff.

We have 16 Partners and approximately 200 employees in total. With over 70 trainees at varying stages of a training programme the firm recognises the importance of life beyond learning. Our active social committee, with the support from our partners, delivers a wide range of social and charitable activities such as our annual charity poker night, chess evenings, monthly drinks, puppy yoga, netball, cricket and tennis to name a few! These events are a great way to get to know colleagues at all levels.


Our office in London, occupying the upper floors and roof terrace of a modern development on Chancery Lane, is an impressive and fun location to work with views across the city

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

ACA Training Contract- A three-year ACA training contract with Dixon Wilson offers the following:

• All-round experience
  Our provision of tax, accountancy and advisory services to high-net-worth private clients, including their families, trusts and businesses means that your work will be challenging and varied. Be it micro accounts, very large accounts, trusts, partnerships, personal and company tax returns, as well as audits, you will learn from, and collaborate with, experienced colleagues to grow your skills and knowledge.

• Clear progression pathway and a supportive environment
  Our ACA graduate programme is well structured, and you’ll have a clear progression pathway throughout and beyond. It has been designed to ensure you grow your technical abilities, learn from experiences and build the personal and professional skills you need to progress. Many of our senior staff and partners trained at Dixon Wilson and will be there to guide you through.

What we look for:

• Candidates with an achieved 2.1 or higher and 120 UCAS points minimum (300 points under the old UCAS system)
• Good numeracy skills
• A genuine interest in pursuing a career in Accountancy
• The ability to balance the demands of work and study
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A collaborative, team player attitude

Aside from our minimum academic requirements and online assessment results, you must be committed to succeed in your examinations. We look for candidates who want to learn, are curious and enjoy problem solving; are adaptable when exposed to new situations and scenarios; enjoy working with others and have the aptitude to deliver a first-class professional service to our clients.

Our three-year graduate programme recognises, rewards and nurtures your talent. Within an inclusive culture that values collaboration, learning, and a commitment to problem solving. If you believe that you have the required qualities and commitment, please apply now - we welcome and look forward to your application.

About Dixon Wilson

Founded in 1888, Dixon Wilson is one of the leading firms of Chartered Accountants. Our office is based on Chancery Lane in the City of London.

We specialise in the provision of tax, accountancy and advisory services to high-net-worth private clients, including their families, trusts and businesses. We are proud of our longstanding independence and have avoided any change that would compromise the service we provide to our clients. As a result we are highly regarded both within and without the profession. A significant part of our business spans the corporate world, and increasingly has an international dimension.