Business Tax Services- Passthrough Transactions Group Consulting- Senior jobs at Ey in United States, New York

Handling tax in such a large, sophisticated organization takes more than just a technical understanding of current tax practices. As a Real Estate Tax Manager, we will look to you to apply your knowledge to a wide range of tax areas and processes, devising strategic outcomes to some very complex issues. In return, you can expect the support of some of engaging colleagues, as well as plenty of opportunities to progress your career.

Our tax function is constantly evolving, and it's here you'll find everything you need to grow as we do. It's all about taking on new skills and responsibilities as they arise and making the most of our dedicated mentors and training programs.

Your key responsibilities

There isn't an average day for a Real Estate Tax Manager – so you're likely to spend your time on a diverse array of tax consulting and compliance projects, responsibilities, and tasks. Whatever you're working on, our clients will turn to you for up-to-the-minute tax advice they can always rely on. To make that happen, you'll be working in a highly collaborative culture, where listening to and sharing information with colleagues is an essential part of the role.

Skills and attributes for success

• Analyzing an evolving portfolio of complex tax operations to provide meaningful business insights.
• Identifying potential opportunities and risks and communicating these to our clients.
• Learning and researching current market trends, to maintain your credibility as a trusted advisor
• Building client relationships and demonstrating your knowledge of the real estate, hospitality and construction industry.
• Developing clear, intelligent plans and approaches to improve our clients' tax activities.
• Researching our clients' business operations and building long-lasting relationships to tailor your advice to their specific needs.
• Supervising a motivated team of professionals, guaranteeing they have the skills, knowledge and opportunities to reach their full potential.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• CPA required, or be a member of a state bar.
• CPA required for advancement
• A minimum of 4 years relevant experience.
• Professional knowledge in a broad range of real estate tax technical and transaction skills, including partnership taxation, REITs taxation and qualification, partnership allocations, tax compliance, due diligence, acquisition/disposition planning and structuring.
• Experience managing budgets, people and projects.
• A proven record of excellence in a professional services or tax organization.
• Technical writing and research experience in a tax context
• The ability to prioritize when working on multiple complex projects.
• Strong influencing skills, and the confidence to question existing processes.
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

What we look for
We're interested in people with initiative who are not afraid to speak up, with a genuine desire to make things better across the business. You'll need strong software skills and the ability to handle complex data from multiple sources. If you're ready to further build on your reputation as a professional advisor, this role is for you.

This is an area that has seen substantial investment, focused on technology, knowledge and development for assurance professionals. You’ll see that reflected in your career, with plenty of opportunities to take on new responsibilities. That could mean developing a deep professional knowledge base in one area, or diversifying to audit in other markets such as wealth and asset management, banking, private equity and capital markets.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

Skills and attributes for success

• Leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
• Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills
• Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
• Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in an accounting, finance or business discipline, supported by 2 years’ work experience as an auditor in a public accounting firm
• US CPA licensure in your work state
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits in the Banking & Capital Markets sector
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits of financial statements applying US GAAP
• Proven project management skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Knowledge of current market issues in the Banking & Capital Markets sector in the US

What we look for

We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

Manager – Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services (TARAS)

Our Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services (TARAS) practice assists companies with all aspects of their financial reporting for income taxes including tax accounting, tax provision procedures, and controls design and testing. The TARAS practice is an established practice that has been serving the complex and global tax reporting needs of companies for approximately ten years. We believe that by managing our clients' tax obligations responsibly and proactively we can make a critical difference, and you'll be at the heart of this mission.

This team comprises our most highly specialized resources in the area of ASC 740, provision process and internal controls over the tax provision. As a member, you will work closely with our leaders to serve companies that need assistance with tax accounting for transactions or their on-going tax provision process. As you progress, you'll become a trusted business advisor to your clients while helping organizations grow. You will also benefit from being mentored by recognized tax professionals who include some of the firm's most senior tax talent.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager, you'll provide clients with tax guidance and consulting related to tax accounting and planning (internal restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, dispositions, carve-out financial statements, GAAP conversions from US GAAP to IFRS or IFRS to US GAAP, share based compensation, financial statement restatements and balance sheet remediation of tax accounts). You'll also assist companies with all aspects of their preparation of the tax provision. In addition, you'll also have the opportunity review of the tax provision process to improve efficiency and accuracy and enhance the control environment and assessing tax risk and control environments inclusive of and beyond the boundaries of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404.

Skills and attributes for success

• Tax Accounting Projects and Consulting
• Tax Provision Preparation/Review ' assist companies with all aspects of their preparation of the tax provision
• Process and Controls Enhancement
• Key Risks Identification, Prioritization, Monitoring and Remediation

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in a related field, supported by significant tax or legal experience; MST, MAcc, or JD/LLM preferred
• Valid US Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or active state bar membership
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in professional services, tax organization, law firm, or IRS
• Broad understanding and experience with federal income taxation
• Strong analytical skills, written/verbal communication skills, interpersonal; problem-solving ability and attention to detail
• Ability to travel 50%+ and work on out-of-town projects

Ideally, you'll also have

• Strong ASC 740 and/or IAS 12 experience as well as experience in corporate tax planning and compliance; Relevant tax experience or equivalent experience in business or industry with a broad exposure to federal income taxation

Our Transaction Economics Group (TEG) specializes in the analysis of structured financial transactions covering a variety of industries. Drawing on our academic background in economics and finance, as well as our substantial industry experience, we work closely with our clients and other groups at EY, including M&A, Capital Markets, Partnerships/Joint Ventures and International Tax. As part of this group, you'll utilize a wide range of financial and economic modeling techniques, including cash flow modeling, derivatives pricing, term structure modeling, statistical analyses, debt-equity analyses, risk-return analytics and risk management techniques.

Your key responsibilities

Your typical day will involve working in small groups on projects with internal or external clients. You'll be heavily involved in drafting formal deliverables, developing customized financial models, researching business and capital markets trends and speaking to your findings. On top of this you'll be exposed to companies across various industries and located around the world, learning new things every day. We'll look to you to get familiar with certain tax policies and their implications to build your knowledge around research tools and resources so you can speak articulately about a business, industry, or market development.

Skills and attributes for success

• Assisting in the preparation of financial models and other tools that help our clients execute a variety of financial transactions, including asset acquisitions, disposition deals, capital structure transformations, and corporate reorganizations
• Applying principles of corporate finance to assess the economic implications of particular deal structures
• Preparing reports and client presentations
• Working at all levels of transaction structuring and execution, from evaluating alternative structures and bids through closing
• Compiling documentation related to each analysis

To qualify for the role you must have

• Achieved at least a bachelor's degree, typically with a concentration in Economics, Finance, Operations Research, Financial Engineering, Accounting or Statistics and approximately 3 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 1-2 years of related work experience
• Flexible, willing to travel as well as work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Proficient with MS Office, including MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Willing and able to learn, work independently with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated writing, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective organization and time management skills, ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines

Ideally, you'll also have

• Programing skills (VB and/or Matlab), familiarity with other financial software packages
• Familiarity with Bloomberg data terminals and other market research tools exposure to fixed income analytics and option pricing models are a plus

Guidewire – Technical Consultant – Manager

Insurers across the globe are investing heavily in technology-enabled transformation programs. A number of solution “hot spots” exist today, such as in claims, underwriting, policy and billing. Our ambition is to be the C-suite advisor for insurance technology-enabled transformation programs, recognized by our clients for our insightful thought leadership, pro-activity in meeting their needs and having truly globally integrated capabilities. Typical projects will span the following areas of insurance technology-enabled transformation:

• Guidewire System Implementation (Policy, Billing, Claims)
• Enterprise Data Management
• Reinsurance Accounting and Reporting Operations/Technology
• Performance Management and Measurement
• Enterprise Technology Expense Reduction

We assist our clients in designing and implementing solutions to improve their organizations' efficiency and effectiveness in the areas of strategy, people, processes and technology.

Your Key Responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for working directly with clients to transform their business problems into technology solutions. The goal is to support our clients' efforts to make their business units more effective and efficient and, where required, provide services in connection with the remediation and mitigation of process risk. You will assist engagement teams through the analysis of specific business requirements for alignment with technology architecture, technology infrastructure design, vendor selection and technology implementation plans that support our clients.

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrate technical capabilities and engineering skills that support the insurance technology system implementation process.
• Remain current on new developments in services capabilities and industry knowledge
• Lend specific subject-matter knowledge to the design and integration phase of each project, helping to give specificity to the appropriate architecture, data model, system design and interfacing requirements
• Advise clients on a variety of business process services that help identify, assess, manage and measure the organization’s capabilities; team with client technology professionals or third-party strategic alliances to provide implementation of technology solutions
• Collaborate with client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds; foster an innovative and inclusive, team-oriented work environment

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant work experience at a Property and Casualty Insurance carrier or consulting firm; or a master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or a related field with 3+ years of relevant work experience
• Previous application experience in any of the following:
• Guidewire, OneShield, Exigen, MajescoMastek, DuckCreek, FirstBest, Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica
• Proficiency in one or more of the following competencies:
• System selection and implementation
• Definition of business and technical requirements
• Design of business and technology architecture
• Application configuration/integration
• Data mapping, conversion, migration
• Ability to deliver system implementation through all phases of the project life cycle, including requirements definition, architecture design, conversion and testing; based on a proven methodology
• Experience in implementing best practices of software engineering processes, code review methodologies, and deploying code optimization tools and techniques.
• Experience in creating POCs for complex design methodologies and providing alternative solution options, working closely with client counterparts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical writing and client presentations
• Ability to demonstrate strategic thinking through a proven ability to research client inquiries and emerging issues related to regulations, industry practice and new application technologies
• Travel to client site as necessary

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with management reporting enhancement, business intelligence/decision support, data warehousing/enterprise data design and management, or enterprise application integration
• Experience in performing impact analyses and driving end-to-end solutions across connecting systems

What we look for

Tax Technology and Transformation

Tax Technology and Transformation offers services to companies in response to the continually expanding data processing, management, and analytics burden needed to support their tax compliance, reporting, and planning obligations. We help our clients optimize their leverage of existing and emerging technology to:

• Maintain a cost-effective tax function, reducing the manual effort needed for day-to-day compliance

• Meet new global requirements for tax reporting such as e-invoicing and BEPS Pillar Two

• Transform end to end processes, driving standardization and leading practices across the organization wherever tax is a relevant component

• Re-envisage the use of tax-relevant data as a key business asset to make faster and more insightful decisions.

Tax Technology and Transformation comprises the following services

• Digital tax transformation

• SAP/ERP tax integration

• Direct and indirect tax systems implementation and configuration (e.g. ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Corptax, ONESOURCE Determination, Vertex)

• Tax applications as a service

• Tax analytics and reporting enhancements

• Emerging tax technology, including robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud solutions, data lake development and business intelligence innovation

• Tax technology program mobilization

• Custom tax technology application development and deployment

• Tax technology strategy and road map development

• Post-transaction (M&A) tax function operational services

• Tax operating model transformation, including process improvement, risk, governance and controls

• Tax function assessment

Finance and tax transformation, in conjunction with re-platforming of ERP in SAP’s next generation S/4HANA landscape, make up one of the biggest opportunities for our clients to improve and ‘future proof’ the tax function, and represent an area that has seen significant growth and investment – which you will see reflected in your career. It is no exaggeration to say that you will be working on highly publicized projects. This is your opportunity to operate at the dynamic intersection of major technological and tax/regulatory change.

Your key responsibilities
As a Senior Manager in our SAP Tax Integration competency, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality tax technology services to multinational clients. You will:

• Collaborate closely with partners, managing directors and engagement teams to lead complex ERP tax integration projects, working across the entire end-to-end delivery lifecycle

• Support the associated sales/pursuit process for new engagements.

• Help our clients leverage SAP technology and related third-party applications to realize enterprise value by improving their tax function (supporting and automating internal and external operations).

• Be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously while developing and mentoring the next generation of tax professionals in our practice.

Skills and attributes for success
We maintain our reputation as trusted advisors through continual learning, embracing change, and a willingness to take on complex challenges. To be successful you will be highly curious and have a strong sense of pride in the quality of your work.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a technical foundation in core indirect tax (determination and compliance) and broad understanding of all direct/indirect tax domains

• Demonstrate an understanding of how ERP transformation programs are delivered using agile methodology, and what tax input is relevant at each phase

• Understand key tax processes and be able to translate related data/reporting needs into ERP system requirements/user stories

• Have experience in SAP S/4HANA (core financials plus related ecosystem applications such as SAP Analytics Cloud (“SAC”), SAP Profitability and Performance Management (“PaPM”), SAP Document Reporting and Compliance (“DRC”), etc.)

• Be experienced in working collaboratively on a cross-functional basis across tax, finance, and supply chain (from industry roles) or across tax and advisory (from consulting roles)

• Have a history of contributing to the development of thought leadership
• Have a proven track record in delivering high quality work in alignment with key business metrics

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree and/or a master’s degree in accounting, Tax Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field

• A minimum of eight years of related experience

• Approved technical certification, CPA license or membership to state Bar or progress to attaining those mentioned

• A strong interest in technology and its use in business processes

• Excellent communication and business writing skills

• A natural flair for problem solving and an entrepreneurial approach to work

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with exceptional client-serving business skills

• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

Ideally, you'll also have

• Familiarity with third-party direct or indirect tax systems (such as ONESOURCE, Corptax, Vertex, etc.)

• Experience defining data and reporting needs for a tax department

• Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) experience, including HFM, OneStream, Oracle, SAP BW, SAP Business Objects

• Experience managing large, multidisciplinary projects that impact tax (e.g., ERP implementations, tax co-sourcing engagements, finance transformations)

Your key responsibilities

A Services Manager in FSO EDGE WAM will be responsible for delivering and managing tax compliance and consulting work for clients. The objective isto recognize and identify problem areas and items that need to be addressed or escalated to ensure tax returns, tax research, tax accounting, and tax projects are timely and accurately completed.You will work alongside practice office professional serving clients, based on their time demands, as one team.

Responsibilities include

• Consult with clients and demonstrate professional discretion by appropriately escalating complex tax and client relationship matters to senior management and subject-matter professionals, coordinating efforts, and managing expectations about timing of response and resolution

• Deliver and manage compliance and consulting delivery services to meet deadlines for client deliverables

• Ability to lead projects and work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
• Incumbent has specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise
• Manage communications with client tax liaisons, client trust administration teams and client trust officers to gather required information, to share information to support informed decision-making, and obtain instruction or authorization necessary for timely, accurate production of tax information statements, tax returns and related reporting
• Support effective long-term relationships and manage workflow effectively with our clients
• Manage engagement deliverables and team resources to achieve timely and accurate delivery of tax compliance services while effectively managing engagement economics

• Advise and provide direction on complex tax matters, set expectations, coordinate daily work activities, and assign tasks to staff and seniors.
• Review and evaluate the work of staff members to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations

• Provide effective leadership, formal and informal feedback, and coaching to team members

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to recognize and identify problem areas that need to be addressed or escalated to ensure tax returns, tax research, tax accounting and other tax projects are timely and accurately completed

• Experience presenting in client conversations regarding complex or difficult topics
• Ability to break down complex tax projects into manageable components, analyze relevant information, and formulate client-centric solutions that comply with relevant laws and regulations
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments, team members and deadlines simultaneously

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Tax, Law, or Economics
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a professional services or tax services organization in the financial services industry

• Broad exposure to federal income taxation and exposure to state and local tax

• Proficient in the use of various tax and accounting technologies

• Excellent teaming, leadership, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Enrolled Agent (EA) or licensed attorney

What we look for

We’re interested in tax professionals with a genuine interest in providing outstanding services to some of the world’s most influential people. Working with people from all backgrounds, from executives and entrepreneurs to investors and families, you’ll use your experience and status as a trusted advisor to maintain and further our reputation for excellence.