Manager - Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting

The opportunity

is for a manager who has prior technical knowledge :

• Direct tax compliance management for multi-national companies, including strong technical foundation in at least one country’s direct tax laws, compliance filings and tax audit management. Identifying tax saving opportunities and risks from the compliance data, and driving compliance process improvement areas to attain efficiencies and value.
• US GAAP and / or IFRS tax reporting to provide compliance. You will work closely with London based ETC teams or other teams in different GDS locations in assisting clients in their quarterly and annual tax reporting process and have the opportunity to grow a tax accounting advisory book of business
• Balance Sheet reconciliations where you will review monthly / quarterly reconciliations for our largest TFO engagements and have the opportunity to work in the automation and transformation of the service

Your key responsibilities

You will be supporting across both our Direct Tax compliance and Tax Reporting delivery teams, being a route of escalation for members of the team if they cannot move issues forward. You will be expected to build strong relationships based upon trust and doing the right thing with our clients. You will ensure our teams are using our best practise documentation, and that agreed procedures and processes are adhered to on your engagements. You will also make sure our suite of technology tools is providing the output required to meet our contractual obligations.

Your day will be structured around internal client catch ups, conference calls and teams meetings – managing the key activities you, and your team will be working on that week / month, the contractual obligations we need to meet, and what needs to be prepared for upcoming client meetings. You will review and sign off the client deliverables and ensure that these meet the right quality standards.

As a Manager at EY you will actively be involved in the coaching and development of more junior members of your team and providing career guidance for the wider team where required. You will be responsible for leading our teams and making sure we all working as well as we possibly can together.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

Ideally, you’ll also have

What we look for

We are looking for individuals with a transformative mindset, people who can see past what we do today and dream up what we could do tomorrow. We want people who communicate well, work as part of a team and drive their responsibilities through to completion. An energetic team player with the ability to build strong working relationships with client and EY teams alike. Someone who can manage issues through to successful resolution, strengthening the client relationship. A result driven candidate with the capability to add financial value to an engagement and the wider team and bring innovation to their clients so we can deliver value beyond compliance to our clients.

Benefits of working in the ETC team

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across ten locations – Argentina, China, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

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