Indirect Tax Manager

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Indirect Tax Manager - Consumer Products & Retail (CPR)

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to join our growing CPR Indirect Tax team, advising clients across all areas of indirect tax in a rapidly changing and diverse sector.

Our indirect tax professionals help clients identify opportunities and mitigate indirect tax risks. They use their deep sector experience and knowledge of different legal and regulatory systems around the world to help clients meet their compliance obligations as well as achieve their business goals.

The CPR Indirect Tax team is a diverse, supportive and high-performing team, with a genuine interest in helping Consumer clients transform their businesses.

The Role

You You will manage the delivery of indirect tax advisory projects for clients, and work closely with other EY colleagues, to deliver on large scale often global projects.

The role will provide the opportunity to be involved with a diverse mix of global clients across the Consumer sector, with opportunities to work with retailers, online businesses, FMCG companies, often supporting them with their global supply chains.

We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious tax professional who is a great team player. In return, you will experience unparalleled opportunities to develop your career, build your global indirect tax technical skills and work on challenging and complex projects.

Your people responsibilities:

• Enthusiastic manager with ability to create, support, sustain and lead effective teams
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery team
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments
• Collaborating with various teams across EY to deliver a broad range of client services

Your client responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients 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

Skill and attributes for success

• Self-starter with proven track record of high-quality delivery
• Client driven and commercially aware
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Enthusiastic team player, with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

To qualify for the role you must have

• 5+ years' experience in Indirect Tax advisory, ideally in the Consumer sector or similar industry, ideally with some prior professional services experience
• ATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification

Ideally, you'll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

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 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

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.
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