EY Operations Manager-Tax-Global Compliance Reporting 

Canada, Alberta, Calgary 

595614261

As a Strategic Tax Operations Lead (Manager Level), you will be part of our Tax Services team.

Your role will focus on establishing relationships with clients at senior levels while working to consistently deliver exceptional client service across the tax processes. In this role, you will develop the technical knowledge and connectivity to address client issues and help them operate their tax function through integrated services management.

You will bring strategic thinking to centralize and coordinate overall delivery and identify opportunities for operational improvements. You will help clients modernize tax processes and engage very closely with various corporate tax professionals across the service line to bring relevant solutions to our clients and drive account level growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with local or global tax teams to coordinate, deliver and manage integrated tax service offerings, supporting the full engagement life cycle of tax services engagements
• Track delivery and operational metrics for status, efficiency, risk and quality; provide a consolidated view to stakeholders about progress and expected outcomes
• Develop and maintain relationships with key contract stakeholders (internal and external) across multiple jurisdictions, and ensure effective and timely communication related to the delivery, operational metrics and other areas
• Deliver value by understanding and sharing tax developments, insights and market trends with stakeholders
• Continuously identify opportunities for operational efficiency or value creation, and help implement relevant client solutions
• Manage commercials of contract, billing, scope, and related change management
• Draft and review executive level reporting, presentations, and data analytics
• Drive strategic planning and execution processes across various pillars such as tax operations, technology, data, learning, and other
• Facilitate strategic discussions and workshops to identify and solve clients pain points, bringing relevant EY solutions to the table to drive growth at the account level

Our ideal candidate has:

• Strong strategic thinking, analytical skills, interpersonal, and written/verbal communication skills as well as a strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail and quality, and an entrepreneurial approach to work
• Proven ability to work with senior executives and experience with strategic initiatives
• Strong organizational and time management skills with a demonstrated ability to capture and synthesize stakeholder requirements
• Proven project management skills, and an ability to plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor budget (A PMP qualification or similar would be beneficial)
• Experience driving process improvements and operational efficiencies and working with emerging technologies
• Stakeholder engagement, facilitation skills, and ability to run effective meetings
• Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of five to eight years of related work experience (e.g. accounting firm, international or regional tax experience)
• CPA or tax specific process/technology knowledge or similar background

What we offer you

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

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