דרושים Manager - Corporate Tax Accounting Risk Advisory ב-Ey ב-United Kingdom, Manchester

Your impact

• Lead a team of AI consultants and architects to define comprehensive AI and data strategies tailored to client organizations across consumer products, retail, health, energy, and life sciences sectors

• Lead the in-depth analysis of industry-specific value chain and identify a portfolio of high impact AI use cases, to drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation

• Assess organizational AI maturity and create tailored roadmaps for transformation including operating models, organisational structure and capabilities required to deliver the strategy

• Direct the definition of high-level business and technology architectures that enable scalable AI deployment

• Lead cross-functional workshops and design sessions with senior stakeholder to Influence and align diverse stakeholder groups around a unified AI vision

• Present complex AI concepts and recommendations to board-level audiences

• Prioritize AI initiatives based on strategic value, feasibility, and organizational readiness

• Lead solution development of high impact bid responses and proposal for AI led transformation

• Build and coach a team of AI strategy consultants and develop reusable assets

Experience

• In AI/ML strategy, data strategy, or digital transformation consulting

• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-level AI strategies for Fortune 500 or equivalent organizations

• Strong team leadership and coaching skills

• Deep expertise in at least two of the following industries: consumer products, retail, healthcare, energy, or life sciences

• Experience in designing operating models and organizational structures for data and AI functions

• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, including generative AI, predictive analytics, computer vision, and NLP

• Knowledge of modern data architectures, cloud platforms, and AI infrastructure

• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, model risk management, and regulatory requirements

• Strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language

• Proven communication and presentation skills.

• Proven stakeholder management skills with excellent facilitation and workshop design capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

• Certification in relevant areas (e.g., cloud platforms, data governance, AI ethics)

• Experience with Big 4 consulting methodologies and framework

• Continuous learning mindset to stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI landscape

Impact you deliver for our clients

• Define comprehensive AI, data and automation strategies tailored to client organisations across consumer products, retail, health, energy, and life sciences sectors
• Conduct in-depth analysis of industry-specific value chain and identify a portfolio of high impact AI, data and automation use cases, to drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, and competitive differentiation
• Assess organisational AI and data landscape maturity and create tailored roadmaps for transformation including operating models, organisational structure and capabilities required to deliver the strategy

• Contribute to the development of high-level business and technology architectures and operating models that enable scalable AI deployment (encompassing both data and automation)

• Lead cross-functional workshops and design sessions with senior stakeholders to align diverse stakeholder groups around a unified AI vision
• Present complex AI/agentic concepts and recommendations to senior leadership audiences

• Prioritise AI initiatives based on strategic value, feasibility, and organisational readiness
• Drive change management initiatives to embed AI-driven and automation-enabled culture across client organisations. Ensure strategies align with ethical AI principles, regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, AI Act), and risk mitigation frameworks.

Essential Criteria

• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-level AI strategies for complex or multinational organisations
• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, including generative AI, predictive analytics, NLP, data and Intelligent Automation
• Knowledge of modern data governance frameworks and architectures, cloud platforms, and AI infrastructure
• Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, model risk management, and regulatory requirements

Soft Skills

• Proven communication, storytelling and presentation skills

• Proven stakeholder management skills with excellent facilitation and workshop design capabilities including ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams (data scientists, engineers, business strategists)
• Continuous learning mindset to stay ahead of rapidly evolving AI landscape
• Strategic thinking with demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into business language and explain how they drive business value

Desirable criteria

• Deep sector or domain expertise in at least one of the following areas
• Sector: consumer products, retail, healthcare, energy, or life sciences
• Domain: Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial
• Experience in designing operating models and organisational structures for data and AI, data and automation functions

Desirable Qualifications

• STEM degree or an equivalent certification in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field
• Certifications in relevant areas (e.g., cloud platforms, data governance, AI ethics, automation technologies)

You will be required to lead R&D tax engagements with clients and work closely with lead engineers and the finance and tax departments of our clients across different sectors. You will be responsible for the high quality delivery of our claims and play an active role in delivery of the R&D claims for submission to HMRC and taking part in extensive client communication.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage the successful delivery of R&D tax services to the client
• Support the development of junior members of the team
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
• Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and managing expectations
• Contribute to winning new work by proactively managing existing clients and contribute to winning new clients.

Skills and attributes for success

What we look for

• Previous R&D tax experience
• Relationship management skills with ability to manage client expectations
• Desire to understand the latest, cutting edge, technologies used by a variety of businesses
• Strong technical skills and keen to develop further
• Strong excel capability including manipulating large and complex datasets
• Strong communication skills and confidence in speaking, as the role requires holding one-to-one meetings with our clients senior technical and finance staff
• Highly motivated self-starter, with a proven track record in taking initiatives, whilst also having a collaborative and team building attitude

Ideally, you’ll also

• Engineering or Science degree qualified (for an Engineering/Science background)

About the Role

We are seeking an experiencedto join our AI and Data consulting practice and lead the design and implementation of cutting-edge data and AI solutions for our enterprise clients. This role requires a strategic thinker who can bridge business requirements with technical execution, delivering scalable, cloud-native architectures that drive measurable business value.

Impact you deliver for our clients

• Design and architect end-to-end AI and data solutions on Azure, AWS or Google GCS leveraging modern data and AI platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks

• Develop comprehensive architecture blueprints including data pipeline, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities

• Define data and AI governance frameworks, security protocols, and compliance standards aligned with industry regulations

• Lead technical discovery sessions with clients to understand business challenges and translate them into architectural requirements

• Serve as the trusted technical advisor to senior IT and/or business stakeholders across consumer products, retail, health, life sciences or energy industries

• Present complex technical concepts and solution roadmaps to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Lead architecture review boards and provide technical governance throughout project lifecycles

• Oversee the implementation of data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse architectures

• Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability

• Define integration patterns between cloud platforms, third-party applications, and legacy systems

• Actively contribute to practice development as a technical thought leader in AI and Data topics

• Understanding of building and integrating Agentic AI solutions into existing cloud platforms

• Mentor junior architects and technical teams on best practices and emerging technologies

Essential Criteria

• One or more Advanced level AI and Data architecture certifications in Snowflake, Microsoft Azure, AWS or Databricks.

• Proven track record of architecting enterprise-scale data and ML solutions for organizations in at least one of the following sectors: consumer products, retail, health, energy or life sciences

• Deep expertise in at least one of the following data and AI services: Microsoft Azure, AWS , Google GCP

• Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure, Snowflake and/or Databricks

Soft Skills

• Continuous learning mindset to stay current with emerging trends in AI, machine learning, data engineering, and cloud technologies

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously

• Collaborative mindset with experience working in cross-functional teams

• Coaching mindset to support the development of junior team members

Desired criteria

• Understanding of AI Architecture front end, UI/UX, and how AI is consumed

• Experience preparing technical solutions and architectures as part of bid responses and proposals

• Experience with identifying efficiency opportunities such as solution accelerators, reusable frameworks, and IP development, Agentic automation

• Deep understanding of industry-specific data challenges in Lifesciences, Health, Consumer Products, Retail or Energy industry
• Experience with domain-specific use cases such as commercial

The team support clients’ cross-border transactions assess their international tax strategies and provide a range of services supporting clients through the transfer pricing life cycle. As a member of this team, you’ll work on multidisciplinary projects helping clients develop integrated and far-sighted global strategies in the ever-changing regulatory environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
• Assist in winning work by proactively managing existing clients and contribute to winning new clients.
• Manage the successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business focused approach taken
• 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.
• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output
• Strong technical skills and keen to develop further
• Ability to build strong client relationships
• Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards
• Client focused and commercially aware

Skills and attributes for success

What we look for

• Client focused and strategically and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Strong and motivated team player
• Coaching more junior staff

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong transfer pricing technical skills
• Strategically and commercially aware
• Effective time management
• Degree or postgraduate degree essential
• ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course; or Law qualification; or CFA;or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and time

Your key responsibilities
• Grow and maintain relationships with clients, both existing and new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex advisory, compliance and reporting engagements
• Providing exceptional client service with responsibility for quality provided
• Working collaboratively with other tax specialist teams
• Grow networks and relationships internally and externally
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Lead team initiatives, covering all aspects of leading a successful teamSkills and attributes for success
• Significant experience in Corporate Tax from practice or from an in-house tax background
• Strong client relationship management skills
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and exhibit strong stakeholder management
• 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 workTo 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 statuteIdeally, you’ll also have
• Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budgetWhat 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
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, coaching and feedback 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
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.Apply now.

At EY, we’re more than just a professional services firm — we’re a global network of over 300,000 professionals and one million alumni united by a shared purpose: to build a better working world. We empower our people to challenge the status quo, embrace innovation, and deliver lasting impact for our clients and communities.

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.

team specialises in delivering large-scale and complex tax accounting services with a focus on quality and technical excellence. We support clients on a broad range of projects including fully outsourced tax accounting services, group tax reporting, advisory engagements, and large-scale tax audits.

By combining deep technical expertise, industry knowledge, proven methodologies, and cutting-edge tax technologies, we work with some of the most prominent multinational companies—including FTSE-listed and significant inbound businesses. Our mission is to help clients develop and implement practical, effective, and sustainable tax strategies.

Due to recent client wins and continued growth, we are looking for experienced and driven Managers to join our team. This role offers the opportunity to work with some of the largest and most high-profile clients in the market, supporting them through an increasingly complex tax and regulatory environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and grow relationships with both existing and new clients.
• Lead the successful delivery of technically complex tax compliance and reporting engagements, as well as associated advisory projects.
• Ensure high-quality client service and technical excellence across all deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with specialist tax teams across the business.
• Build and maintain strong internal networks.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor junior team members, supporting their development and performance.
• Take a lead role in team initiatives, including resource planning, knowledge sharing, and business development.

About You

• Strong tax accounting skills with in-depth knowledge of accounting standards.
• Significant experience in corporate tax, with a background in either practice or an in-house tax function.
• Proven experience in UK tax accounting and group reporting.
• Expertise in tax audits, including leading audit engagements for various clients.
• Ability to interpret tax legislation and communicate its impact clearly.
• Strong project management skills: able to plan, prioritise, meet deadlines, and manage budgets.
• Strong technical knowledge with a proven ability to deliver complex advisory work.
• Experience with tax process improvement, controls design, and implementation.
• Excellent client relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• Negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to sustain a professional point of view under pressure.
• Effective communicator in both written and verbal formats across all levels.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong business development skills, including identifying and converting opportunities.
• Confident team player with a collaborative mindset and leadership capabilities.
• Experience in coaching and developing junior colleagues.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality work consistently.

Qualifications

One of the following (or equivalent) is required:

• ACA / CA / ACCA / CTA
• HMRC Tax Inspector with full Technical Training Course
• Law qualification with relevant tax experience

What We Offer

• Global Exposure– Work with international clients and teams across EY’s global network.
• 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– Thrive in an environment that values authenticity, diversity, and inclusion.

belonging means more than just fitting in — it means thriving. Whoever you are, whatever your background, you are valued, supported, and empowered to be your best.