Manager, Corporate Tax, CambridgeLuton

EY; Luton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a motivated Tax Manager to join their Corporate tax team in Luton or Cambridge. The successful candidate will work with a range of clients and be pivotal in building and maintaining trusted relationships. This role involves managing complex consulting projects and mentoring junior staff. The firm offers a competitive remuneration package with extensive benefits and opportunities for career development, fostering a supportive and flexible work environment.

Benefits

Support and coaching from colleagues

Opportunities to develop new skills

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Strong tax technical skills are essential.
• Proven ability to develop new business.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients.
• Manage complex consulting projects ensuring technical excellence.
• Provide coaching to junior members of the team.

Skills

Client driven

Corporate Tax technical skills

Client relationship management

Negotiation skills

Business development

Time management

Excellent communicator

Knowledge of various business types

Education

ACA / CA / CTA / Tax Inspectors qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Accounting Software

GAAP

QuickBooks

Sage

Job description

Our Corporate Tax specialists within the EY Private and Mid‑market team work with a wide range of businesses (including OMBs multi‑generational family businesses PE backed and AIM listed) at various stages of the business life cycle (i.e. from start‑up right through to established multinational). Our work is a combination of both tax advisory and compliance including tax advice in respect of matters such as M&A structuring, exit planning, group re‑organisations, expansion into overseas territories and much more.

Most importantly you will be responsible for building and maintaining trusted relationships with clients and ensuring in your role as their day‑to‑day contact that they have access to the breadth of services available to them at EY.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY’s Corporate tax team based in either Luton or Cambridge. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with our excellent existing clients, providing a great chance to build and expand your network and to be instrumental in winning new business.

We are continuing to grow and build out our team and are keen to speak with experienced Tax Managers with a focus/background in Corporate Tax who have a proven track record of building trusted relationships with clients and a passion for delivering exceptional client service. EY is investing significantly in the Private and Mid‑market team and we are looking for the right individual to join our team and help contribute to our growth ambition at this exciting time.

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients
• Proactive business development to help add value to existing clients and to develop opportunities to add value to new clients
• Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects for clients, ensuring technical excellence and a practical/business‑driven approach is taken
• Provision of development support to junior members of the team through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring
• Contribution to people initiatives including retaining and training our team

Skills and attributes for success

• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Strong Corporate Tax technical skills
• Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs for clients
• Negotiation skills able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• 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
• Good knowledge of advising a range of companies including listed, PE‑backed, family‑owned and OMB businesses

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA / CA / CTA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Law qualification / Tax specialist qualification or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Strong tax technical skills
• Business development skills able to identify and convert opportunities to generate new work
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff

Ideally youll also have

• Project management skills to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor own budgets
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically, recognising both the tax technical and commercial implications of advice given

What we look for

• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills
• Willingness to join and integrate into a successful and social team
• The ability to deliver quality output in a timely and efficient manner
• Energy and focus with an interest in taking on new challenges and developing yourself

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 colleagues who look to get the best out of each other and want to help you progress and build your career, and have some fun along the way.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career working with interesting large and complex businesses.
• 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—or 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.

Apply now.

Who we are

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.

Required Experience: Manager

Key Skills

Tax Experience, Accounting Software, GAAP, QuickBooks, Accounting, Sage, Account Reconciliation, Analysis Skills, Research Experience, SOX, Microsoft Excel, Financial Analysis

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1