Manager-Corporate Tax Advisory-Tax-Belfast or Derry-Londonderry

Our Belfast office; Belfast; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing tax advisory firm in Belfast is seeking an experienced Corporate Tax Manager to manage business tax advisory services. You will work alongside specialists, helping clients navigate tax planning challenges both in the UK and internationally. The role involves client relationship management, project execution, and providing coaching to junior members, aimed at helping develop their careers. This position offers a diverse range of responsibilities and significant exposure to senior stakeholders.

Benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible working tools

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Experienced corporate tax manager with relevant UK tax experience.
• Proven track record of business development.
• Knowledge of tax compliance and international tax matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of business tax advisory services.
• Build and maintain client tax relationships.
• Support the coaching and development of junior team members.

Skills

Client relationships

Business development

Project management

Relationship management

Attention to detail

Education

UK corporate tax experience

Job description

Our Belfast office is a successful and growing one thanks to a large and varied client base ranging from multinational listed businesses to start‑ups, owner‑managed to private‑equity/entrepreneurial venture–backed covering various sectors. The role gives you the opportunity to gain experience of the mid‑market and to enhance your skills working with national and international businesses.

The opportunity

As part of our Belfast‑based business tax advisory team you’ll provide a full range of business tax advisory services. You’ll work alongside specialists on a day‑to‑day basis to broaden your experience of different business tax areas, help our clients through the challenges of tax planning both UK and international and provide support on merger and acquisition transactions, both from a tax due‑diligence and a tax structuring point of view. The varied work encompasses all business tax advisory matters, including corporate and shareholder reorganisations, corporate restructuring, corporate acquisitions and disposals (with a particular focus on tax due‑diligence and tax structuring projects), refinancing, BEPS and international tax. This role ultimately offers broad experience with significant exposure to senior stakeholders, responsibility in key decisions and a varied portfolio to help you develop your career with EY.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage the successful delivery of business tax advisory services for tax advisory projects, ensuring technical excellence and a practical, business‑driven approach.
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional client service. A key expectation will be a well‑project‑managed service with high‑quality deliverables that demonstrate value has been provided to the client.
• Build relationships within the firm to support the identification of opportunities and provide deep specialist assistance to clients.
• Make a significant contribution to winning new work by proactively managing existing clients and targeting, building relationships in the business community to win projects on new clients.
• Provide coaching and support to more junior members of the team to support them on client and project work and through personal development.

As a manager you will also play a key role in effectively managing the team, both in terms of strategy and operations, and through managing & coaching less experienced members, supporting them through assignments and helping them develop their careers.

Skills and attributes for success

We are looking for tax professionals who excel at client relationships and who have the confidence and skills to win new work and clients. Business‑development skills—being able to go out and meet new contacts, understand their business needs, and find how we can add value to them by addressing those needs—are therefore a key requirement.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experienced corporate tax manager with UK corporate tax experience for this role.
• Experience of working on business tax advisory projects, including business restructuring and reorganisation projects, tax due‑diligence and tax structuring projects for corporate acquisitions. A solid background in UK corporate tax compliance and experience with international tax matters is also preferable.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of changes in the tax environment (BEPS, CBCR, etc.).
• Proven track record for business development on existing clients and cold targets.

Ideally you’ll also have

• Experience of managing and coaching others.
• Client‑focused and commercially aware.
• Excellent relationship‑management skills.
• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly and build effective relationships at all levels.
• Excellent communicator, both written and orally.
• Attention to detail with a commitment to high‑quality delivery.
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and consult appropriately within the firm.
• Excellent project‑management skills and ability to deliver financial metrics.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.

What we offer

• 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 in the way you want.
• 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.

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

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters!