TTPP128: Advice from Two Tolley’s Taxation’s Rising Stars: How to Win and Excel in Your Early Career with Charlie Friend

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In this episode, Jack Bonehill (2023 Taxation’s Rising Star winner) is joined by Charlie Friend (2025 Taxation’s Rising Star winner) to share their advice on how to excel early in your tax career, progress quickly, and create an award-winning Rising Star application.

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Timings

• [00:01:53] Charlie introduction
• [00:03:35] Introducing the topic: Journey to Winning Tolley's Taxation's Rising Star
• [00:04:15] What Charlie did to make PwC tax manager at 24
• [00:08:18] How Charlie got her tax career off to quick and successful progression and promotion in the early stages
• [00:12:05] Key advice: Focus on what you can control with your tax career & mindset
• [00:13:49] Jack's advice for excelling early in your career
• [00:15:12] Why Charlie decided to apply for Taxation's Rising Star & why she didn't apply earlier
• [00:21:00] Advice to create a winning Tolley's Taxation Awards application (Taxation's Rising Star in particular)
• [00:34:51] The Night Charlie Won
• [00:38:41] What does Charlie think led to her winning over other people?
• [00:42:22] What's next for Charlie & Jack?
• [00:44:58] How Charlie knows that she doesn't want to become a tax partner
• [00:49:18] Charlie & Jack's advice for early stages of your tax career if you want to excel