Indirect Tax Manager - CPLS - Open to flexible working

Job description

Our Indirect Tax professionals advise clients across all areas of indirect tax. It is a varied role and can include partnering with clients on advisory, compliance or operational projects. They use their deep sector experience and knowledge of global tax, legal and regulatory systems to help clients achieve their business goals.

Our indirect tax professionals’ partner with clients to improve their day-to-day management of indirect tax. This includes optimising working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) or goods & services tax (GST) impact on the client’s supply chain and operating model.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY’s Indirect Tax team with a particular focus on clients in the Consumer Products and Life Sciences industry sectors. The team help support and deliver Indirect Tax advice for their clients in the UK and globally. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast growth part of the Indirect Tax practice, focusing on delivering exceptional client service to the largest global organisations.

Your key responsibilities

• Enthusiastic senior manager with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery team
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments

Your client responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients.
• Overall responsibility for quality of client service
• Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
• Contribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm

Skills and attributes for success

• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and working capital.
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic team player with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA/ACCA/CA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification. CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA)
• Basic understanding of accounting principles such as journal adjustments and GL reconciliations
• Highly experienced tax practitioner with reviewing skills and expertise in functional area
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
• Ability to build strong client relationships.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

What we look for

• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Highly experienced tax practitioner with reviewing skills and expertise in functional area

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

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