Senior Manager, Private Client Services, Tax, Belfast or Derry, Londonderry

EY; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working support

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Join EY in Belfast as a Manager or SM in the Private Client Services team, focusing on tax compliance for a range of entrepreneurial clients and high-net-worth individuals. You will manage and deliver complex advisory projects, ensuring technical excellence while building client relationships.

The role also involves coaching junior team members and applying strong tax technical skills for compliance projects. EY offers a competitive remuneration package and the opportunity for career development tailored to your needs.

Qualifications

• Strong tax technical skills.
• Experience in coaching and developing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of tax-return compliance clients.
• Deliver complex advisory projects ensuring technical excellence.
• Contribute to junior team members' development.

Skills

Client-driven and strategically aware

Strong tax technical skills

Client relationship management

Negotiation skills

Effective time management

Excellent written and oral communication

Knowledge of advising individuals and families

Education

ACA / CTA / Tax Inspector qualification

Full Technical Training course

Law qualification or equivalent

Job description

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Private Client Services – Personal Tax – Manager or SM

The Private Tax team at EY acts for a wide range of entrepreneurial, owner‑managed, PE‑backed businesses together with their shareholders, in addition to family offices, ultra‑high net worth individuals, private equity and high‑profile professional partnerships. We aim to be trusted advisers to our clients and deliver a broad range of tax advisory services, including tax‑efficient value extraction and creation, re‑organisation, international tax advisory, transactions and ongoing maintenance of the tax structure of our clients.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY’s specialist Private Tax team based in Belfast. The successful candidate will work with existing clients, building and expanding professional relationships.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for a portfolio of tax‑return compliance clients and build and maintain relationships with these clients
• Manage the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding advisory projects for clients, ensuring technical excellence and a practical / business‑driven approach
• Manage private equity transaction analysis for PE fund clients
• Provide development support to junior members of the team through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training our team

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Client‑driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Strong tax technical skills
• Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs for clients
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Good knowledge of advising a range of individuals which may include entrepreneurs, shareholders of family‑owned businesses, private equity executives, cross‑border individuals, UHNWI, estates and trusts

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA / CTA / Tax Inspector with full Technical Training course / Law qualification / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Strong tax technical skills
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff

Ideally you’ll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically

What We Look For

• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills
• The ability to deliver quality output in a timely and efficient manner

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, coaching and feedback, opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career, and the freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.