Senior Associate - Tax Reporting Technology

EY; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm is seeking a Senior Associate in Tax Reporting Technology. This role involves improving the effectiveness of tax functions, working with clients through complex projects, and requires strong leadership and analytical skills. Candidates should have a degree in accounting or finance and a strong interest in technology applied to business processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of related work experience in accounting, finance or tax.
• Experience with tax software development or implementation.
• Excellent communication and business writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify ways to improve operational effectiveness in tax functions.
• Establish relationships with clients and manage projects.
• Support planning and execution of internal and external projects.

Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Abilities

Leadership

Attention to Detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Master’s degree in Accounting, Tax Technology or related field

Tools

Microsoft Power Platform

Alteryx

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The Opportunity

Our Tax Reporting practice within the UK Tax Technology and Transformation team will give you the opportunity to further develop your skills while assisting our clients in dealing with the operational challenges that their world class tax functions are facing today. You will be working with clients to improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of their tax functions and assist them to better connect with executive management.

This is an area that has seen plenty of recent growth and investment – and you will see that reflected in your career. The field of taxation is constantly changing as new laws, regulations and technologies are created, and this is your opportunity to be part of that development.

Your Key Responsibilities

Depending on the needs of our clients and your work experience, there are many different types of projects you could be working on; identifying ways to improve operational effectiveness in tax functions, reviewing the process and controls that are in place including technology, looking at effectiveness of the various technology systems our tax clients use to increase automation and data quality throughout tax processes, assessing the overall risk to establish a proper control environment; designing and building custom tax applications.As a Senior, you would be working with leadership as a part of these exciting and impactful projects.In addition, you will be required to:

• Understand key tax reporting processes, technology, data, analytics, and risks/controls
• Establish relationships with peers and effectively balance projects across teams
• Support the team in planning and executing internal and external projects
• Grow technical skills and business knowledge through training and hands-on experience
  
  

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Have an interest and experience in improving the performance of tax functions, the demonstrated ability to team with and motivate others, and willingness to develop meaningful and influential relationships with clients and colleagues
• Taking ownership of assigned tasks and monitoring them until completion, including documenting requirements, configuration, testing, debugging, project profitability, and tax systems and process configuration
• Strong leadership ability, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, analytical abilities
• Identifying ways to automate manual tasks using existing financial or tax systems and emerging technologies
• Ability to work on deliverables from offshore teams (as needed) to deliver projects to time, cost and quality requirements
• Consolidating tax data to make analysis and planning more efficient
• Improving reporting capabilities to enhance our clients’ ability to evaluate risk and capitalize on opportunities
• Desire and demonstrated ability to provide leadership within a team
  
  

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance and/or a master’s degree in Accounting, Tax Technology, Management Information Systems or related field and/or a minimum of 2 years of related work experience
• Exposure to accounting/finance/tax, tax or finance performance improvement, tax software development and/or implementation
• A strong interest in technology and its use in business processes
• Excellent communication and business writing skills
• Demonstrated ability to capture and synthesize business requirements
• A natural flair for problem solving and an entrepreneurial approach to work
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with exceptional client-serving consulting skills
  
  

Ideally, you may also have

• Experience in project management
• Experience implementing third-party tax reporting systems or configuration of Enterprise Performance Management systems for Group Tax Reporting
• A working knowledge of IAS12 or ASC740
• Experience with data analytic tools such as Alteryx
• Experience of the Microsoft Power Platform suite, including Power Query and Power BI
• A basic knowledge of database development e.g. writing SQL statements
• ERP or EPM experience e.g. SAP, Oracle, OneStream, Tagetik etc
  
  

What We Look For

We are looking for knowledgeable technical professionals that are proactive and self-motivated who have a willingness to learn new skills and approaches to challenges that our clients are facing in today's climate. You will need to be an analytical thinker and problem solver who has the ability to come up with innovative solutions.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Professional Services

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