Tax Manager - US/UK Cross Border

OU Health; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise de premier plan cherche un Tax Manager pour son équipe transfrontalière US/UK. Ce rôle implique la gestion d'un portefeuille clients, la supervision de l'équipe et la garantie d'un service client exceptionnel. Le candidat idéal aura une solide expérience en fiscalité et des compétences de gestion d'équipe, avec la capacité de travailler sous pression tout en maintenant des normes élevées de qualité.

Qualifications

• Au moins 5 ans d'expérience en pratique fiscale.
• Expérience de la fourniture de services de haute qualité aux clients.
• Capacité à travailler sous pression.

Responsibilities

• Gérer un portefeuille clients complexe et varié.
• Révision finale précise et complexe des dossiers fiscaux.
• Assurer le respect des délais de facturation et de service.

Skills

Gestion des tensions

Communication verbale et écrite

Analyse de données financières

Relations interpersonnelles

Education

Membre qualifié de l'Association des Techniciens de Fiscalité (ATT)

Agent Enrôlé (EA) ou CPA

Job description

Tax Manager - US/UK Cross Border

Our US/UK Cross border team brings together the best of two tax services businesses to create an enhanced US and UK tax and compliance practice with exceptional client service and global reach. Our combined offering to US and UK private clients allows us to offer new services whilst maintaining and enhancing the exceptional service our clients have come to expect. The US/UK Cross border team have worked with US and UK private clients for over 45 years, guiding them through complex regulations and tax planning issues that apply across borders.

About the role

A Tax Manager is expected to manage a large and varied portfolio of clients with complex US and/or UK tax affairs, ensuring excellent client service both from compliance and advisory standpoints, whilst signing out most completed tax returns. They will have a number of staff allocations, some of whom they will directly manage and be expected to influence their development. They will carry out role model appropriate behaviours reflecting EY core values. They will be responsible for ensuring billing expectations are met.

Duties:

• Tax Managers have responsibility for running their allocated client list, ensuring clients receive a high level of service
• Ensure that work is planned and delegated in advance

• Take the lead in the billing processes and ensure deadlines are met
• Work with the Credit Control team to secure prompt payment of invoices
• Tax Managers are expected to carry out accurate and complex final reviews, ensuring risks are minimised and high standards are maintained
• Sign out completed tax returns as agreed with senior staff

• Tax Managers should have sufficient knowledge of other areas of tax (such as estate/gift tax, IHT and corporate tax) to be able to identify when to involve other experts within the company to identify appropriate departments to involve
• Tax Managers should demonstrate continued development of their management skills, providing support and guidance to allocated junior staff members
• Ensure the technical, personal and administrative development of allocated staff and deal with personnel issues with guidance from HR
• Tax Managers are ultimately responsible for ensuring all compliance work meets expected standards - this includes minimising risk and ensuring an excellent level of client service is maintained
• Ensure all clients receive an exceptional level of service: organising and prompting when necessary to meet all deadlines

• Role model appropriate behaviours reflecting the EY values as well as ensure all information shared with them is treated with the utmost confidentiality
• Work flexibly as part of the close team at EY. This may mean assisting colleagues from time to time in support of the efficient operation of the practice

Person Specification:

• The job holder will be a qualified member of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and qualified to practice US tax i.e. an Enrolled Agent (EA) or CPA. A CTA qualified individual is desirable but not compulsory

• They can work well under pressure
• They are well organised
• They have been working in practice for at least 5 years

Proven Experience:

• They can demonstrate they have gained tax experience and operated at a similar level within a practice
• Experience of providing a high standard of service to clients both face to face and over the telephone/email

• Experience of dealing with the full range of client tax requirements
• Experience of dealing with bills
• Experience of signing out US/UK tax returns
• Experience of managing junior members of staff

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• An eye for detail and accuracy
• Good people management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly numerical and able to interpret financial data

• Sound IT skills
• Must be able to build strong working relationships with other members of staff
• The role requires them to be able to persuade and also push back with respect when dealing with difficult clients
• Must be able to work in a team as well as independently

• They should support colleagues and provide assistance when required