Indirect Tax Senior Manager - Edinburgh/ Glasgow

Overview

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.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 opportunity

Our 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, advising on complex transactions and ensuring indirect taxes are handled correctly. They may also advise how indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) impinge on the client’s supply chain and financial and accounting systems.We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Manager to join our regional team to help drive the VAT practice forward. The opportunity would ideally suit a professional with a broad level of experience with clients in many industry sectors.Your people responsibilities

Enthusiastic Senior 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 international 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 clientsHigh 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

Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell workEffective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlinesExcellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oralTo qualify for the role you must have

Significant experience in VAT from a professional services background or in-house teamATT / ACA / CA or CTA would be an advantage but are not a requirementThe role would suit an existing Senior Manager but we are happy to discuss the opportunity with an experienced, ambitious ManagerIdeally, 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 AreEY 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.”EY | Building a better working worldEY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst and Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst and Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.ProviderDescriptionEnabledSAP as service provider"route" is used for session stickiness"careerSiteCompanyId" is used to send the request to the correct data center"JSESSIONID" is placed on the visitor''s device during the session so the server can identify the ..... full job details .....