Senior Tax Manager - Funds, Transaction Tax
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The partnership and funds tax team at EY acts for a wide range of UK and international private equity houses and professional partnerships. The services that we deliver include partnership advisory work, UK fund reporting, deal and fund structuring and fund advisory projects. We work closely with our Private Client Services team advising principals of private equity firms and providing both personal tax compliance and advisory work in relation to their affairs. Our international network results in our team undertaking a high proportion of cross border tax services.
The opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated person to join EY's specialist Funds Tax team based in London. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with our excellent existing clients and intermediaries, providing a great opportunity to build and expand their network and be instrumental in winning new business.
We are currently looking to expand our Transaction Tax team and are keen to speak with experienced Tax advisors.
Your key responsibilities Overall responsibility for management of UK tax reporting being delivered to their client base.
Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects for their clients, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business focus approach taken
Pursuit of business development opportunities identified by other service lines at EY (e.g. through audit, corporate finance or wider tax relationships)
Provision of development support to junior members of the team through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring
Contribution to people initiatives, including retaining and training our team
Significant role 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 Technical and practical knowledge and experience in advising UK and non-UK Private Equity Houses
Client focused, strategically and commercially aware
Strong tax technical skills
Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients
Negotiation skills
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
Good knowledge within Mergers & Acquisitions
To qualify for the role you must have ACA / Law qualification / Tax specialist qualification / or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
Strong tax technical skills
Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff
Knowledge of the taxation of partnerships
Ideally you'll also have Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically
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