EY Indirect Tax Manager 

United Kingdom, England, London 

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The Role

You You will manage the delivery of indirect tax advisory projects for clients, and work closely with other EY colleagues, to deliver on large scale often global projects.

We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious tax professional who is a great team player. In return, you will experience unparalleled opportunities to develop your career, build your global indirect tax technical skills and work on challenging and complex projects.

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
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments
• Collaborating with various teams across EY to deliver a broad range of client services

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

• Self-starter with proven track record of high-quality delivery
• Client driven and commercially aware
• 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, sustain and lead effective teams

To qualify for the role you must have

• 5+ years’ experience in Indirect Tax advisory, ideally in the Consumer sector or similar industry, ideally with some prior professional services experience
• 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

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