EY Federal Tax Senior - Financial Services 

United States, New York, New York 

166898147

As a senior in the FSO Tax Banking and Capital Markets ('BCM') practice you will be a part of engagements with multinational financial institutions.  You will be entrusted for teaming with those running the operations of engagements that have significant importance to the firm, ensuring the quality and timeliness of deliverables to clients.  You will continue developing tax technical positions relating to ever evolving tax technical regulations.

Your key responsibilities

You will team with Managers, Senior Managers and Partners who develop work plans, formulate tax technical points of view, and ultimately create deliverables for the client.  You will learn to anticipate client inquires, questions, needs, and issues.  Engagements may involve tax accounting, tax compliance, federal/state/international tax planning, process improvements, information reporting and withholding.

You will support a diverse array of clients, from organizations focused on a single strategy (e.g., retail banking) to multinational financial conglomerates who are actively involved in all financial businesses.  You will be exposed to and relied on to understand these client business activities and advise on the tax regulations.

Skills and attributes for success

• Mastering a working knowledge of tax compliance forms including state, and local jurisdictions and how they interact with one another

• Understanding of key elements of client care and service

• Finding ways to simplify and improve work processes

• Recognizing business issues and using alternative solutions to resolve them.

• Looking for ways to increase efficiency on engagements

• Seeking to enhance knowledge through technical reading, continuing education, and other means

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 3 years of Tax experience

• CPA or licensed Attorney, or the ability to achieve either certification

• Tax experience in the banking industry or with banking clients is highly desired

• Broad exposure to federal income taxation

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Excellent organizational skills

• SEC experience

• Proven experience in working with teams

What we look for

• Leadership – conducts him or herself in manner that inspires, educates, commands respect.

• Patience & Organization – in high performing environment, delays beyond our control occur. It’s important to have the ability to put tasks to the side (to allow for the dust to settle) and move on to other tasks.

• Passion & Drive – Being in management in public accounting is not a spectator sport. It requires constant movement and reinvention.