Senior Manager, Indirect Tax, London

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in Greater London is seeking an Indirect Tax Manager. The ideal candidate will manage indirect tax compliance for clients in real estate, hospitality, and construction sectors. You will lead delivery teams, develop client relationships, and identify new business opportunities. Candidates should have significant VAT experience and possess relevant tax qualifications. The role offers extensive support and opportunities for career progression within a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Opportunities to develop new skills

Support from engaging colleagues

Flexible working conditions

Qualifications

• Significant experience working in VAT from an accountancy or in-house team.
• Competency in handling technically complex consulting projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the delivery of consulting projects.
• Build and maintain client relationships.
• Identify and pursue business development opportunities.

Skills

Business development skills

Effective time management

Excellent communication

Education

Significant experience in VAT

ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors qualification

Job description

Indirect Tax Manager

Our VAT professionals help clients identify opportunities and mitigate indirect tax risks. They use 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.

Opportunity

Our Indirect Tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial support so clients improve their day to day management of indirect taxes. This includes advising on transactions, improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT), or goods & services tax (GST) impinge on the client's supply chain and financial and accounting systems.

We are looking for a Manager to help us grow further our Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction VAT team.

Your key responsibilities

Your people responsibilities

• Enthusiastic 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 training and retaining tax professionals)

Your client responsibilities

• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
• Manage indirect tax consideration as it relates to large and complex M&A transactions
• 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 opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients and winning new clients
• 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

Skill and attributes for success

• Business development skills, able to identify 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 and in virtual and in person environments

To qualify for the role

• Significant experience in VAT from an accountancy or in house team
• ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification

Ideally, you'll also have

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

What working at EY offers

• Support, coaching and feedback 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

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, 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.

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