Indirect Tax Senior ManagerWe have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and driven individual to join our South Indirect Tax team - advising clients across a range of sectors, and across all areas of indirect tax. Our VAT 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 South Indirect Tax team is a high-performing and inclusive team, based across locations in Bristol, Reading, Luton and Cambridge, which works with diverse and interesting clients to support their indirect tax agenda.The opportunityOur Indirect Tax professionals provide pragmatic commercial help so clients improve their day-to-day reporting for indirect tax. This includes improving working capital, reducing errors, reducing costs and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) or goods & services tax (GST) impinge on the client's supply chain and financial and accounting systems.We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager to join our team to help drive the South Indirect Tax practice forward.Your people responsibilities:Enthusiastic manager with ability to create, support, sustain and lead effective teamsEnsure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery teamHelp people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staffContribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training indirect tax professionalsSignificant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignmentsYour client responsibilities:Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client serviceNegotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challengesBusiness 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 takenOverall responsibility of quality of client serviceManage possible leads from other areas of the practiceBuild networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage fromContribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firmSkill and attributes for success:Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oralEffective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlinesBusiness development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell workTo qualify for the role you must have:Significant experience in VAT Tax from a large accountancy or in-house teamATT / ACA / CA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualificationIdeally, you'll also have:Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budgetAbout 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.Who We Are: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.
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