Tax Senior

EY Caribbean, is a global, market leading, professional services firm, committed to operating with integrity, quality and professionalism in the provision of audit, tax, advisory and transaction services. It is the region's largest seamlessly and fully integrated professional services firm, with offices in Aruba, Barbados, Curacao, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. EY's commitment to quality and integrity is exemplified by our global methodologies and our thorough quality controls that are applied to every client engagement. Our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources for our professionals, enable us to consistently deliver quality services to our clients and their stakeholders. EY's Tax Compliance practice is one of the largest, most highly esteemed and most technically advanced tax practices in the world. Through a combined international, regional, and local tax approach, EY tax professionals assist companies with their tax compliance responsibilities, as well as, understand the important linkage between tax planning and their business imperatives. We provide a wide array of tax services to help companies identify and implement winning tax strategies that align with the client's business objectives. EY Trinidad is currently recruiting for a Tax Senior professional for Financial Services. Our Financial Services portfolio contains a number of blue chip financial services companies. The Tax Senior's Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following responsibilties. Responsibilities Develop budgets, determine resource requirements, and direct/monitor engagements Maintain continuous interaction with clients, manage expectations and ensure outstanding client service and team with tax professionals to provide comprehensive tax solutions Research complex tax theory and positions, and apply them to specific client needs Provide comprehensive knowledge and reviews of tax case laws and develop opinion papers Determine all information required to ensure/complete accurate tax compliance products within the budget Formulate a plan to gather/communicate information. Determine areas of exposure and adapt to challenges in the compliance process Provide timely and high-quality services and work products that exceed client expectations Help to develop and guide staff and other junior tax professionals by providing effective performance feedback and ensuring team responsibilities are consistent with skills and developmental goals Build on technical competence by keeping up to date on trends, developments and technical authorities and apply them to moderately complex situations Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products Contribute to the overall success of the team by developing a thorough understanding of EY methodologies and tools to enhance service delivery; keeping team members informed of work status; actively seeking assignments when unassigned; proactively seeking opportunities to provide tax services; challenging traditional procedures used in the past; and attempting to find new approaches. To qualify, candidates must have: a Bachelor's degree (or higher), preferably with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance, and/ or Professional Certification e.g., CPA, ACCA, CA minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience within a Finance and Accounting environment with exposure to tax working knowledge of current and emerging tax issues, with the ability to apply knowledge general and working knowledge of tax laws a commitment to learning in a tax technology environment commitment to learning and improvement and excellent communication skills proficiency in Microsoft Office tools excellent interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving ability strong written and verbal communication skills

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