EY Tax Senior Manager - Business Services 

United States, California, Los Angeles 

440633870

Business is constantly evolving, and more than ever, staying competitive is all about identifying and adapting to change. Where there’s change, there’s risk, and our clients look to us for the authoritative experience and insights into strategic tax opportunities. As a Senior Tax Manager, you’ll play a key role in that mission, providing tailored tax compliance and planning for some of our most prestigious clients across all backgrounds.

As a Senior Manager in our Wealth Tax Advisory practice, you will play a critical role in delivering high-quality advisory services to high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) and their family offices. You will collaborate closely with partners and engagement teams to lead complex wealth planning projects. This role requires a deep understanding of wealth tax advisory, estate and trust tax, family limited partnerships, and knowledge of flow-through business structures. You will be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously while developing and mentoring the next generation of tax professionals in our practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead wealth advisory engagements, including sophisticated tax planning and structuring advice, including complex estate, trust and gift tax returns to high-net-worth clients and family offices.
• Researching tax issues to develop effective tax planning strategies

• Translating complex data from a range of sources into client-ready insights and deliverables
• Building effective long-term relationships with our clients, understanding their unique needs to provide a tailored service
• Communicating complex tax issues to non-tax professionals and clients
• Maintaining your reputation in your field by constantly updating and sharing your technical and finest practice knowledge
• Managing, coaching and developing a team of tax professionals, reviewing work and helping to confirm they have the knowledge, tools and opportunities they need to excel
• Identifying and reacting to risks and opportunities to improve our services and processes

To qualify for the role you must have, including deep experience in one or more technical tax areas

• A bachelor's degree in a related field, supported by significant tax, business or financial planning experience
• A CPA certification or membership in The Bar
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience in professional services or professional tax organization
• A thorough understanding of estate and wealth planning
• Experience with federal and state personal and trust taxation
• Experience with flow through entities (S-Corps, Partnerships, LLC’s)
• Excellent collaboration and negotiation skills, and the confidence to challenge senior colleagues and stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds
• A thorough understanding of automated tax processing systems
• A commitment to continuing your learning

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A proven record in a professional services environment
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior colleagues

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 C-Suite executives to owners and their families, you’ll use your experience and status as a trusted advisor to maintain and further our reputation for excellence.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.