Senior Associate - Indirect Tax - VAT Advisory, Financial Services

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global firm in a specialized Indirect Tax role. You will be critical in delivering tax advice and managing relationships with clients in financial services. This position offers growth opportunities, comprehensive training, and a chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast-evolving sector.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Qualified with ACA, CA, or equivalent.
• Experience in professional services or law firms.
• Strong Indirect Tax skills and keen to develop further.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain client relationships to deliver high service levels.
• Manage tax projects ensuring technical excellence.
• Support wider team activities.

Skills

Indirect Tax technical skills

Client relationship building

Communication skills

Risk identification

Commercial awareness

Teamwork

Education

ACA / CA / CTA or equivalent

Job description

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Location: London

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Requisition ID: 1612782

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.

The Financial Services Indirect tax (VAT) team in London works with a variety of organisations across multiple financial services sectors. The business has been growing steadily year on year and in order to seize the opportunities available in the market, the team requires new talent.

You will have the opportunity to work with clients in the Financial Services industry as part of a globally integrated network of specialists with high quality economics, tax authority, legal, commercial and technology backgrounds. The work is technically challenging, creative and requires you to work closely with our clients’ businesses.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join EY’s specialistIndirect Taxteam in ourLondon office. The team help support and deliver Indirect Tax advice for their clients across the UK. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast-growth part of theIndirect Taxteam, working across the UK. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with both clients and all of the EY local offices, providing a great opportunity to build and expand your corporate network.

Modern tax regulations are highly complex and dynamic. As a tax professional at Ernst & Young, you'll gain the technical knowledge and industry experience you need to help clients manage their tax obligations effectively and enhance their financial performance. In turn, we'll help you achieve your potential by giving your business advisory experience and professional development. Our senior tax professionals will support you throughout your career, helping you to grow and become a leader in the tax profession.

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
• Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and managing expectations
• Contribute to winning new work by proactively managing existing clients and contribute to winning new clients.
• Manage the successful deliveryof tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach taken
• Responsible for day-to-day delivery of client liaison
• Support the activities of the wider team
• Key member of one of the client service groups providing full tax services to a client portfolio.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Strong Indirect Tax technical skills and keen to develop further
• Ability to build strong client relationships
• Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards
• Client focused and commercially aware
• Relationship management skills with ability to manage client expectations
• An inclusive team player with ability to build effective relationships at all levels

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Law qualification / CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA), or equivalent experience
• Experience working for a large firm (we will consider candidates from professional services or law firms)

Ideally you'll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

What we look for

We’re interested to hear from highly motivated individuals who are open to expanding their network and pursuing a medium to long-term career inIndirect tax.

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 and coaching 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

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.

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 abetter working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities andcreativefreedom to make things better.Whenever you join, however long you stay, theexceptionalEY 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.

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