Summer Internship Programme: July - September 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 a high 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 engaging 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.

We are offering a Summer Internship in the London office between July and September 2025. This provides a valuable opportunity for self-motivated undergraduates (in their second or penultimate year) to join us and be inspired to embark on a successful and rewarding career in Accountancy, including audit and tax.

You will gain experience insight and a deeper understanding of the accountancy profession. As well as the chance to discover whether our ACA Graduate Programme is for you. A summer internship whilst at university takes you closer to where you want to be.

The standard hours of work are from 9.00am to 5.00pm, however role will involve some working beyond those hours, where client service requires working overtime. Our interns should be prepared to do so on their own initiative if the workload and deadlines dictate.

Please note that to apply for this internship you must be available to work continuously, with no periods of absence for the duration of July, August through to mid-September 2025. The duration of our internship is for a maximum of up to 12 weeks.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Our summer internship gives you responsibility from day one across a range of accountancy and tax work. You will gain a practical understanding of the accountancy profession and an insight into what it is like providing tax, accountancy and advisory services to high-net-worth private clients, including their families, trusts and businesses.

The role will include:

• On-going maintenance and completion of accounting records through data inputting on a variety of IT systems including Sage, QuickBooks and CC
• Writing up cash books
• Setting up new client bank accounts & the administration of these
• Research for both existing and potential clients & companies, including external data collection
• Handling & processing sensitive personal client information
• Liaising with banks/building societies/Insurance companies/HMRC and other third parties on a day to day basis
• General administration and organisation of client documents
• Information gathering and research for one-off assignments, including due diligence work and other special projects
• Oral and written correspondence with clients requesting information/chasing responses, attendance and note-taking at some client meetings.

What we look for:

• 120 UCAS points minimum (300 points under the old UCAS system) and be averaging at least a 2:1 in your chosen degree.
• Good numeracy skills.
• A genuine interest in pursuing a career in Accountancy.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and in Excel and Word, in particular.
• Great written and oral communication skills.
• Thorough attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated.
• Adaptable, with a positive and engaged willingness to assist the group and work as part of a team.

If you believe that you have the appropriate qualities and time commitment during the summer as well as an aspiration to embark on a successful and rewarding career in accountancy, we welcome you to consider Dixon Wilson as your employer of choice and apply now.

We look forward to receiving your application.