Senior Manager, Indirect Tax - VAT Advisory, Financial Services

Ernst & Young; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm in the City of Westminster is seeking a strong VAT tax professional to join its Financial Services Indirect Tax team. This role involves managing client relationships, overseeing project delivery, and mentoring junior staff. Ideal candidates should hold relevant qualifications and possess excellent negotiation and business development skills. The firm emphasizes inclusivity and offers a flexible working environment alongside a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Support for flexible working

Career development opportunities

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Qualifications

• Strong practical and commercial experience in tax advisory.
• Ability to manage technically complex consulting projects.
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Ensure quality delivery from the team.
• Supervise, coach, and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Client relationship management

Negotiation skills

Business development

Project management

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/CA or comparable qualification

CTA qualification

Job description

Overview

Market-leading growth in our Financial Services Indirect Tax (VAT) team has created an opportunity for a strong VAT tax professional to join the team. You will be able to own projects and work with the management team to further identify business opportunities. You will have the support of a strong team with proven expertise in this area and the opportunity to progress, learn and accelerate your career. 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. This is a period of unprecedented change in the tax arena, which is resulting in huge demand for delivery of a wide range of Indirect Tax advisory services. For the right candidate this role will be a springboard to a successful career in FS - we have an excellent track record of internal promotions and place development at the centre of our people strategy. We\'re an active and friendly team and are excited about the continued growth of our group. You will work closely with the senior managers and directors who will provide you with the support and opportunities to assist you in realising your full potential. The projects that the team are working on are innovative and bring to life the UK\'s \'open for business\' strategy which makes it one of the most exciting places to work in tax, but also a place where you can learn and build upon your understanding of a broad range of Indirect Tax concepts to develop your career as a skilled and trusted tax professional.

Your key responsibilities

• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships with evidence of go to market.
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day management of delivery team.
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff.
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals.
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignment.

Skills and attributes for success

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service.
• Negotiation skills, able to gain buy-in and handle challenges.
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities by proactively managing existing client relationships and winning new clients.
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken.
• Overall responsibility of quality of client service.
• 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.
• Ability to build strong client relationships and commercially aware.
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges.
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work.
• Strong practical and commercial experience having advised clients, or worked \"in-house\".
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Team player with ability to create, sustain and manage effective, inclusive teams.

Ideally, you will also have

• Appropriate experience working within Financial Services particularly wealth and asset management, including real estate.
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget.
• ACA/ACCA/CA or comparable qualification; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification. CTA (or breadth of knowledge and experience equivalent to CTA).

What we look for

• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work.
• Highly experienced tax practitioner with advisory and reviewing skills and expertise.
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Experience of VAT compliance, having either worked \"in-house\" or on secondment.

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.

Please note: Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here .

About EY

We\'re building the workplace of the future at EY - a place that\'s smarter, more inclusive, more dynamic and more flexible. We\'re embracing change and helping our clients to adapt - to create more inclusive economic growth. 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.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.