Corporate Tax - Senior Manager - Manchester/Cambridge/Luton

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An international advisory firm is seeking an experienced Senior Manager in Manchester to manage complex tax advisory services. The role involves maintaining client relationships, leading successful teams, and providing exceptional service to large clients in a challenging tax landscape. Candidates should have significant Corporate Tax experience and relevant qualifications.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Flexible working opportunities

Career development support

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Corporate Tax from practice or in-house.
• Experience in tax accounting/tax audit.
• Proven ability to interpret tax statutes.

Responsibilities

• Grow and maintain client relationships.
• Manage delivery of complex advisory engagements.
• Provide exceptional client service and quality.
• Collaborate with tax specialist teams.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor staff.

Skills

Corporate Tax experience

Client relationship management

Negotiation skills

Time management

Team player

Education

ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA qualification

Degree qualified

Job description

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Location: Manchester

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 8 Jul 2025

Requisition ID: 1581733

Our Global Compliance Reporting and Advisory professionals help businesses meet complex demands for tax reporting and compliance with the associated tax advisory, strategy and controversy. The Global Compliance Reporting and Advisory team continues to experience growth due to strong client demand.

By integrating deep technical and industry knowledge with established methodologies and cutting edge tax technologies they work with a wide range of large and complex multinational companies, (predominantly FTSE and significant inbound businesses) to help them develop and implement effective, practical and sustainable tax strategies.

The opportunity
Due to significant growth following a number of high profile client wins we are looking for an experienced and driven Senior Manager in either our Manchester. Luton or Cambridge office. The role offers the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most exciting clients in the market to help support them as they navigate an ever increasingly complex tax environment.

Your key responsibilities
• Grow and maintain relationships with clients, both existing and new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex advisory, compliance and reporting engagements
• Providing exceptional client service with responsibility for quality provided
• Working collaboratively with other tax specialist teams
• Grow networks and relationships internally and externally
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Lead team initiatives, covering all aspects of leading a successful team

Skills and attributes for success
• Significant experience in Corporate Tax from practice or from an in-house tax background
• Strong client relationship management skills
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and exhibit strong stakeholder management
• 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 and sustain effective teams
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff
• Ensure delivery of quality work

To qualify for the role you must have
• ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course; or Law qualification
• Degree qualified
• Experienced corporate tax practitioner
• Experience in tax accounting/tax audit
• Proven ability to read and interpret existing and new tax statute

Ideally, you’ll also have
• Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

What we look for
• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output
• Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral
• Change orientated with flexible approach

What working at EY offers
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

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime..

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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