EY Senior Manager - Financial Services Operational Tax Advisory 

United Kingdom, England, London 

264783801

• It is a great time to join the team who have expanded exponentially in recent years and are continuing to grow. With a number of disrupting factors in the market at the moment you’ll be at the forefront of helping our clients to navigate the market challenges on an international scale.Your key responsibilities
  As a Senior Manager within the Operational Tax Advisory team you will:• Focus on the delivery of high quality tax advice to our clients
  • Leveraging EY technology and products available to provide managed service support to our clients
  • Build and maintain relationships both internally and externally
  • Manage the successful delivery of projects, ensuring technical excellence and a practical and business driven approach
  • Pursue and develop new opportunities in respect of both existing and prospective clients
  • Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
• 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 through managing junior staff development and assignments

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong client relationship management skills with ability to produce quality outputs to clients

• Negotiation skills
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work to new and existing clients
• Significant technical tax expertise, including familiarity with latest international developments (e.g. BEPS, EU DACs, CESOP, the FASTER initiative)
  • Knowledge of securities taxation principles (withholding, tax treaty analysis, capital gains etc) and tax considerations impacting institutional portfolio investors and custodians
• Understanding of the financial ecosystem (role of CSD, custodians, broker dealers) and specific products (equity investment portfolio, securities lending, derivatives
  • An ability to work to tight deal deadlines
  • Excellent written and oral English communication skills
  • Pragmatism and the ability to solve problems creatively
  • Results orientation and a willingness to take on responsibility
  • A strong client focus allied to strategic and commercial awareness

• Change orientated with flexible approachTo qualify for the role, you must have• ACA / CA / Law qualification or equivalent
  • Strong financial sector tax experience
  • Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clientsIdeally, you will also have• Project management experience
  • experience working alongside technology specialists to optimise and automate tax-related procedures.

You will be a driven tax professional and will proactively maintain your strong technical knowledge so that you can better advise our clients.
We offer a competitive remuneration package. 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