Tax Manager - Funds, Transaction Tax | London, UK

EY; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits within a leading firm for a Tax Manager in the Funds Tax team. This role offers a chance to work with prestigious clients and expand your professional network while delivering high-quality tax consulting services. You'll be responsible for managing UK tax reporting, leading complex projects, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will possess strong tax technical skills and a client-focused mindset. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will be vital in driving business development and enhancing client relationships in the fast-paced world of private equity.

Qualifications

• Experience in advising UK and non-UK Private Equity Houses.
• Strong technical tax skills and client-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage UK tax reporting for clients and oversee consulting projects.
• Support junior team members through coaching and mentoring.

Skills

UK tax reporting

Client relationship management

Business development

Negotiation skills

Time management

Excellent communication

Mergers & Acquisitions knowledge

Education

ACA qualification

Law qualification

Tax specialist qualification

Job description

Tax Manager - Funds, Transaction Tax

The partnership and funds tax team at EY acts for a wide range of UK and international private equity houses and professional partnerships. The services that we deliver include partnership advisory work, UK fund reporting, deal and fund structuring and fund advisory projects. We work closely with our Private Client Services team advising principals of private equity firms and providing both personal tax compliance and advisory work in relation to their affairs. Our international network results in our team undertaking a high proportion of cross border tax services.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated person to join EY's specialist Funds Tax team based in London. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with our excellent existing clients and intermediaries, providing a great opportunity to build and expand their network and be instrumental in winning new business.

We are currently looking to expand our Transaction Tax team and are keen to speak with experienced Tax advisors.

Your key responsibilities

1. Overall responsibility for management of UK tax reporting being delivered to their client base.
2. Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects for their clients, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business focus approach taken.
3. Pursuit of business development opportunities identified by other service lines at EY (e.g. through audit, corporate finance or wider tax relationships).
4. Provision of development support to junior members of the team through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring.
5. Contribution to people initiatives, including retaining and training our team.
6. Significant role in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments.

Skills and attributes for success

1. Technical and practical knowledge and experience in advising UK and non-UK Private Equity Houses.
2. Client focused, strategically and commercially aware.
3. Strong tax technical skills.
4. Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients.
5. Negotiation skills.
6. Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work.
7. Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines.
8. Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
9. Good knowledge within Mergers & Acquisitions.

To qualify for the role you must have

1. ACA / Law qualification / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification.
2. Strong tax technical skills.
3. Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work.
4. Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff.
5. Knowledge of the taxation of partnerships.

Ideally you'll also have

1. Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget.
2. Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.