Indirect Tax Manager - TMT

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Indirect Tax Manager - TMT - Open to flexible working

Our Indirect Tax professionals help clients to manage their indirect tax compliance obligations, identify opportunities and mitigate indirect tax risks. They use their deep experience and knowledge of different legal and regulatory systems around the world to help clients manage their global indirect tax footprint as well as achieve their business goals. In an ever-changing world, our indirect tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial help, so clients can improve their day-to-day reporting and management of indirect tax. This includes improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs and generally ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT), or goods & services tax (GST) affect the client's supply chain and financial and accounting systems.

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY's specialist Technology, Media and Telecommunications ("TMT") Indirect Tax team in London. The TMT team help support and deliver Indirect Tax advice for their clients both across the UK and globally.

The TMT sector is fast-paced, innovative and by its nature highly global as digitally enabled businesses can provide services to customers across the world. Global changes to tax legislation are frequent as tax authorities reform tax legislation to keep pace with the innovation taking place and new ideas being generated in the sector, providing a unique opportunity to help clients navigate this. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast growth part of the Indirect Tax team, focusing solely on advising TMT businesses both in the B2B and B2C sector. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with both clients and EY local firms globally, providing a great opportunity to build and expand your knowledge and network.

Your people responsibilities:

• Enthusiastic Manager with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day-to-day leadership of delivery teams on projects and client accounts
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Team management in terms of pushing forward strategic initiatives, managing operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments

Your client responsibilities:

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients.
• Overall responsibility for quality of client service and accuracy of work
• Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally with clients
• 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

Skills and attributes for success:

• Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Project management skills, ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and working capital
• Negotiation skills, ability to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic team player with ability to create, sustain and lead effective teams

To qualify for the role you must have:

• CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA); or internationally recognised equivalent tax qualifications
• Significant experience as an indirect tax practitioner with skills and expertise in functional area
• In-depth VAT technical knowledge, and experience in global indirect tax matters, particularly in cross-border services
• Experience having worked with TMT businesses in the past is preferable, but not required - a clear interest in the sector is a must however
• Basic understanding of accounting principles such as journal adjustments and GL reconciliations
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
• Ability to build strong client relationships
• Experience working in consultancy (big 4 desired but not mandatory)

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:

• Commitment for 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.