Financial Services Tax & Law - Global Compliance and Reporting - Tax Manager - Edinburgh
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Join EY's Financial Services (FS) Tax practice in Edinburgh as a Corporate Tax Manager and you will be helping clients meet the complex demands of today's tax environment. You will help to manage relationships with some of our key local and national clients, both directly delivering services and working with FS Tax & Law colleagues nationwide to bring them the best of EY as required.
You will help our clients understand the implications of tax law, regulatory and accounting changes and build in sustainable strategies to deal with them. With a focus on tax compliance and tax reporting for a wide variety of clients in the Wealth & Asset Management, Banking, Insurance sectors, this role will also have the opportunity for advisory work.
The opportunity:
EY has ambitious plans to develop and expand in National Markets and further develop our high performing teams. Our FS Global Compliance and Reporting team has grown rapidly over recent years to 160 people - our Edinburgh team has a long history of serving FS clients in the local market and beyond and continues to lead the way in key growth areas, creating additional roles locally.
This is a unique opportunity to join a growing tax practice whilst gaining invaluable experience. You will have the opportunity to bring your expertise to help drive the growth of our business and build key relationships with prestigious clients. Playing a key role in this success will give you the skills you need to propel your career to the highest level, while gain a broader experience.
If you're innovative, curious and looking to progress in your career this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Your key responsibilities:
The types of project that you will contribute to may include: UK corporation tax compliance, partnership compliance, UK reporting fund compliance, tax accounting and tax audit engagements.
You will be responsible for:
• Proactively maintaining your tax technical knowledge and sector awareness so that you can best advise our clients.
• Building and maintaining key client relationships by delivering exceptional client service
• Ensuring technical excellence and applying a practical, business driven approach on all projects
• Identifying and driving opportunities - use your knowledge and technical skillset to add input to new projects and proposals
• Building strong client and internal relationships - develop your own external and internal networks
• Effective coaching and development of junior staff through delegation and on the job training
Skills and attributes for success:
• Strong project management skills
• Strategically and commercially aware
• Ability to build strong client relationships and commitment to delivery of exceptional client service
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Enthusiastic attitude to work
• Strong and motivated team player who integrates into new teams quickly
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out effective reviews and know when to refer upwards
To qualify for the role, you must have:
• Experience in corporate tax with a large accountancy or law firm, HMRC or in-house tax team
• Any of the following preferred: ACA / ACCA / CA / CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA, e.g. law qualification)
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.
We will provide investment in a variety of training and offer you opportunities on projects and assignments that will develop and challenge you, so that you are in the best place to further develop as a tax professional.
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.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. 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.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world. Apply now.