Senior Corporate Tax Manager - Open To Flexible Working

EY Birmingham is the largest office outside London, and our diverse and welcoming culture reflects the city. Our fast-growth environment is a great place to develop your career.

Our business tax professionals help businesses meet complex demands for UK tax reporting, compliance, planning, strategy and controversy. By integrating deep technical and industry knowledge with established methodologies, they work with a wide range of businesses and corporates to help them develop and implement effective, practical and sustainable tax strategies. The team prides itself in flexibility of working - whether involving working in several areas or in working from home.

The opportunity

Our business tax advisory professionals help clients through the planning, financial accounting, tax compliance and maintaining effective relationships with the tax authorities. They work with organisations and individuals to structure transactions and operations in a tax-effective manner. This includes helping clients to mitigate tax risk, comply effectively with tax laws and take into account the prospect of change.

Your key responsibilities

Grow and maintain relationships with clients, winning work proactively and contributing to winning new clients

High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken

Overall responsibility of quality of client service

Review possible leads from other areas of the practice

Grow networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from

Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff

Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals

Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments

Skills and attributes for success

Significant experience in Corporate Tax from a large accountancy or law firm

Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients

Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion 

Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work

Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines

Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral

Enthusiastic team player with ability to create and sustain effective teams

Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff

Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day commitment of delivery team

To qualify for the role you must have

ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course; or Law qualification

Degree qualified

Experienced corporate tax practitioner

Experience in tax accounting/tax audit

Proven ability to read and interpret existing and new tax statute

Ideally, you’ll also have

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

What we look for

Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly

Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output

Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral

Change orientated with flexible approach

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.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. 

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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