The opportunity
The combination of experience and innovation in our team makes it not only one of the most exciting places to work in tax, but also a place where you can learn and accelerate your development into a skilled and renowned international tax adviser, working with the largest UK and foreign-owned MNCs on complex projects.
Our international tax professionals will work on a variety of projects which are focused on helping clients to develop and execute their international tax strategy, including:
1. Expansion into new markets
2. Pre-transaction reorganisations and post-transaction integration
3. M&A deal structuring
4. Legal structure rationalisation
5. Operating model redesign
6. Optimisation of capital structure and financing
7. Optimisation of intellectual property ownership and reliefs
8. Managing the risk arising from global law change such as BEPS; and
9. Supporting clients with tax controversy
Your key responsibilities
10. Build and maintain relationships with clients, winning work proactively and contributing to winning new clients and growing existing ones
11. Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding advisory projects, ensuring technical excellence and a practical / commercial focus
12. Overall responsibility for quality of client service
13. Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from, and work with other parts of EY UK and globally to identify and capitalise on opportunities.
14. Build and develop client engagement teams, and develop junior staff through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring
15. Significant involvement 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
16. Client focus and commercially aware
17. Commitment to building strong client relationships with ability to deliver quality outputs to clients
18. Negotiation skills and ability to handle complexity and nuance
19. Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to grow market
20. Strong business acumen with ability to manage engagement financial results
21. Effective time management, and ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
22. Excellent communicator in a range of situations
23. Enthusiastic team player with ability to create, develop and sustain high performing teams
24. Change orientated and innovative with flexible approach to ways of working and adoption of new technologies
To qualify for the role, you must have
25. Strong UK tax technical skills and understanding and experience, with a particular focus on areas relevant in a cross-border context, such as CFCs, anti-hybrid rules, loan relationships, intellectual property and Pillar 2.
26. Any of the following Qualifications preferred: ATT / ACA / CA / CTA
27. Experience of Managing a team and/or coaching and developing more junior team members
What we offer
28. Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
29. Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
30. Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
31. Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
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