Senior Manager, Indirect Tax, Manchester

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Manchester seeks an experienced Senior Manager for their Indirect Tax team. This role involves building relationships with clients, managing tax projects, and applying deep sector knowledge to ensure compliance. Candidates should possess strong communication and relationship management skills, along with relevant experience in Indirect Tax. The position offers a dynamic and supportive environment for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible environment

Diverse and inclusive culture

World-class training

Qualifications

• Experience in Indirect Tax is essential.
• Strong communication skills essential.
• Team player with relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients.
• Manage the successful delivery of tax projects.
• Contribute to winning new work by proactively managing clients.

Skills

Relevant tax experience within Indirect Tax

Strong tax technical skills

Ability to build strong client relationships

Excellent communicator

Client focused and commercially aware

Relationship-management skills

Team player

VAT Tax experience

Education

ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full technical training course

Job description

Location: Manchester

Other locations: Primary Location Only

The opportunity

EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters.

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

Our Indirect Tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial help so clients improve their day-to-day reporting for indirect tax. This includes 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 confident Indirect Tax professional to join the team as a Senior Manager.

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 contributing to new business acquisition
• Manage the successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and a practical/business‑driven approach
• Responsible for day‑to‑day delivery of client liaison
• Key member of one of the client service groups providing full tax services to a client portfolio

Skills and attributes for success

What we look for

• Relevant tax experience within Indirect Tax
• Strong tax technical skills and keen to develop further
• Ability to build strong client relationships
• Excellent communicator in a 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
• Team player with ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• VAT Tax experience from a large 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

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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