Indirect Tax Senior Manager - Edinburgh/ Glasgow

Ernst & Young; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm seeks an Indirect Tax Senior Manager to lead and develop teams, manage client relationships, and ensure quality in indirect tax consulting. Candidates should possess significant VAT expertise and project management skills. The role includes business development responsibilities and a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Training and career development

Inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Significant experience in VAT from a professional services background or in-house team.
• Project management skills, ability to plan and prioritize work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop effective teams in delivery.
• Manage relationships with clients and ensure quality service.
• Identify and convert business opportunities.

Skills

VAT expertise

Negotiation skills

Business development

Project management

Excellent communication

Education

ATT / ACA / CA or CTA preferred

Job description

Overview

Our Indirect Tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial help so clients improve their day-to-day reporting for indirect tax. This includes improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs, advising on complex transactions and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They may also advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) impinge on the client's supply chain and financial and accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Enthusiastic Senior Manager with ability to create, support, sustain and lead effective teams
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery team
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients and winning new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
• Overall responsibility of quality of client service
• Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
• Contribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral

Qualifications

• Significant experience in VAT from a professional services background or in-house team
• ATT / ACA / CA or CTA would be an advantage but are not a requirement
• The role would suit an existing Senior Manager but we are happy to discuss the opportunity with an experienced, ambitious Manager
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

About EY

At EY, we\'re all in to shape your future with confidence. We\'ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Indirect Tax Senior Manager - Edinburgh/ Glasgow. Our VAT professionals help clients identify opportunities and mitigate indirect tax risks. They use their deep sector experience and knowledge of different legal and regulatory systems around the world to help clients meet their compliance obligations as well as achieve their business goals.

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. EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

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