Manager Corporate Bristol jobs at Ey in United Kingdom, Bristol

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients
• Proactive business development to help add value to existing clients and to develop opportunities to add value to new clients
• Management of the successful delivery of technically complex tax compliance and tax reporting engagements as well as delivery of any related advisory projects
• Involvement in tax audit engagements
• Providing exceptional client service
• Working in conjunction with other tax specialist teams
• Provision of development support to junior members of the team through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring
• Contribution to people initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Strong Corporate Tax technical skills
• Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• 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

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA / CA / CTA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Law qualification / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Strong tax technical skills
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to generate new work
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff

Ideally you’ll also have

• Project management skills to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, and monitor own budgets
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically, recognising both the tax technical and commercial implications of advice given.

What we look for

• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills
• Willingness to join and integrate into a successful and social team
• The ability to deliver quality output in a timely and efficient manner
• Energy and focus with an interest in taking on new challenges and developing yourself

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

Senior Manager, Corporate Tax, Bristol

You’ll find a culture that prioritises learning, collaboration, and growth — providing you with the tools, support, and freedom to thrive and shape your career.

We provide a balanced mix of compliance and advisory services, covering areas such as:

• M&A structuring and due diligence
• Exit planning and succession
• Group reorganisations
• International expansion and structuring

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with both new and existing client

• Oversee the successful delivery of complex tax advisory, compliance, and reporting engagements
• Provide high-quality client service and maintain accountability for project quality
• Collaborate across specialist tax teams to provide holistic solutions
• Drive internal and external networking and business development
• Lead and contribute to team initiatives and strategic priorities
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior team members

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• A seasoned experienced corporate tax professional, with expertise gained in practice and/ or an in-house environment
• Experience of strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Commercially aware with a track record in business development
• Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities under pressure
• A confident communicator, both written and verbal
• A team player, and coach, with experience managing and developing others
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and change-oriented environment

Additional strengths include:

• Degree qualified
• Strong technical expertise in corporate tax, including experience of tax accounting/tax audit
• Demonstrated ability to interpret both existing and emerging tax legislation
• Strong project management skills, including budget management and deadline delivery

To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have:

• A professional qualification such as ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA, or
• Completion of HMRC’s full Tax Inspector Training Programme, or
• A relevant law qualification

What We Look For

• A collaborative and engaging team player
• A client-focused mindset with an ability to deliver high-quality outputs
• Flexibility, resilience, and adaptability to changing demands
• A passion for mentoring others and contributing to team success

What We Offer

• Global Exposure

• Career Progression– Develop new skills, lead high-impact projects, and shape your career path.
• Support & Coaching– Learn from industry leaders and receive mentoring at every stage.
• Flexible Working– We support hybrid working and encourage a healthy work-life balance (minimum two days in the office).
• Total Rewards Package– Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and exclusive EY perks.
• Inclusive Culture

Your Key Responsibilities

You will also fit in to our positive learning culture from day one. You will bring your existing skills/knowledge and coach people in these where that is relevant and applicable to our work, and you will be valued for your efforts to coach and counsel junior team members to help them develop.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Financial analysis and scenario modelling to support decision making and execution.
• Commercial acumen –using knowledge and insight gained from other client work and apply your understanding of the wider business environment.
• Ability to identify the key issues and flag them to seniors, with suggestions for next steps.
• Competent at translating analysis into content that can be incorporated directly into written reports for clients.
• Sensitive to both the interpersonal dynamics and the wider firm risk of working with distressed businesses and their stakeholders
• Desire to support the people development of FR – contributing to or leading training courses, recruitment, and team / wellbeing activities.
• Desire to learn and proactive in seeking formal and informal learning and training opportunities.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Willingness to adapt in a fast paced and changing environment to meet the needs of the business
• Appreciation of the sensitivity and heightened risk of working with people in distressed situations

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Professional accountancy qualification
• Ability to build your own network of contacts and deal professionally and competently with clients, management teams and others outside the firm.
• Skills or desire to be a good manager of people – providing feedback and performance reviews to junior staff.
• Ability to build strong internal relationships in FR and across other services and can actively participate in business development.

What we offer

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:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note:

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Your key responsibilities

• Enthusiastic Senior manager with ability to create, support, 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
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training indirect 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
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service

• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients and winning new clients.
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
• Overall responsibility of 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

What we look for

• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work

• Significant experience in VAT Tax from a large accountancy or in-house team
• ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification

Ideally, you’ll also have

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

Your people responsibilities:

• Enthusiastic manager with ability to create, support, 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
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training indirect 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

Your client responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients and winning new clients.
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
• Overall responsibility of 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

Skill and attributes for success

• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work

To qualify for the role you must have

• Significant experience in VAT Tax from a large accountancy or in-house team
• ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification

Ideally, you’ll also have

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

Key highlights of the Bristol M&A team include:

• Successfully completed multiple transactions over the past 12 months including several PE deals and a cross-border trade transaction
• Commitment to the Diversity and Inclusiveness agenda, fostering a culture of belonging and pursuing a range of initiatives which attract and retain a wide pool of talent to our business
• Winner of South-West Dealmakers Corporate Finance Team of the Year 2025 award
• Advising on a number of high-profile deals in the past 12-months including:
• Sale of Deeset to US based Acosta;
• sale of Fargo Systems to August Equity;
• sale of Chipside to Synova PE backed Unity 5; and
• sale of Reflow to Kester Capital

Your key responsibilities

• Support in the preparation of transaction marketing materials and other client deliverables;
• Valuation analysis and calculation using market practice methodology, including undertaking sensitivity/scenario analysis; analysis of financial data
• Deal management and management of key stakeholders on projects, including other advisors
• Commercial and financial advice on key contracts forming part of the transaction, and negotiation with project stakeholders
• Support in the development and maintenance of client relationships, including pitch/proposal preparation, presentation to clients, origination and marketing initiatives and account pursuit

To qualify for the role you must have

• Relevant experience in Professional Services
• High degree of personal drive and motivation to enhance your own knowledge and succeed
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; highly competent in Microsoft Office
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills (financial modelling capability is also favoured)
• Ability to build effective working relationships with individuals, organisations and clients, whilst working under pressure, across multiple projects and to tight deadlines
• Educated to degree level

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior experience of working in and/or a passion for M&A/Transactions practice, which may also include specific sectors within transactions
• Committed to business development and able to identify opportunities to deliver the best value.
• Advanced professional financial qualification (e.g. ACA, CFA, MBA.)