Indirect Tax - Senior Manager

General Information

Location: Dublin/Cork/Galway/Limerick/Waterford

Business Area: Tax

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

EY’s culture promotes a flexible hybrid working environment. Across all aspects of our tax practice, candidates can choose to work from any of our offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

Excellent opportunity to join a Big 4 Tax practice where you will be part of a high-performing team. Our globally coordinated Tax practice combines exceptional knowledge and experience with local expertise and cutting-edge technology platforms, making us a market leader in Tax services. You will receive exposure to some of EY's most diverse and exciting clients, working with the latest Tax technology solutions in the market. We are currently seeking applications from suitable candidates to join EY’s Tax practice at Senior Manager Level.

Our Indirect Tax (VAT) team works with many organizations across all sectors (banking and capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and aircraft leasing). We are growing very fast and in order to seize the opportunities available in the market, the team requires new talent.

You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients across all sectors of the industry as part of a globally integrated network of specialists who come from a range of different backgrounds such as traditional tax practice, industry, legal, commercial, technology and Revenue. The work is technically challenging, creative and requires you to work closely with our clients’ businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Tax Engagements
  Independently manage multiple domestic and international tax projects, including structuring, due diligence, and SPA reviews, while reporting outcomes to clients and partners

• Tax Advisory & Planning
  Provide strategic tax advice across corporate income tax, VAT, and transaction tax, including modeling and risk analysis for acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings

• Tax Return Oversight
  Oversee the full lifecycle of tax compliance, including review and sign-off of amended returns, ensuring alignment with ARC protocols and quality standards

• Technical Memoranda & Opinions
  Draft complex tax review memoranda and opinion letters with far-reaching implications, discussing them with partners and clients to influence decision-making

• Client Financial Model Review
  Assess tax computations in client financial models and provide quantitative and qualitative analysis to support transaction decisions

• Cross-Border Tax Structuring
  Advise on inbound and outbound transaction consulting, including international tax research, planning, and compliance

• Tax Technology & Innovation
  Contribute to product development and innovation, including automation and robotics in tax accounting processes

• Regulatory Compliance & GAAP Reporting
  Prepare and review GAAP financial tax provisions and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal tax laws

• Team Leadership & Development
  Supervise high-performing teams, provide coaching and mentoring, and ensure technical upskilling through formal learning and feedback

• Client Relationship Management
  Build long-term client relationships, understand unique business needs, and proactively identify opportunities for additional services

  
  

Skills and attributes for success

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service.
• Negotiation skills, able to gain buy-in and handle challenges.
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken.
• Overall responsibility of quality client service.
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from.
• 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.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 7+ years’ experience working in VAT.
• Trained in practice but may currently be working in either industry, a Tax Authority or in practice.
• Ability to build strong client relationships and commercially aware.
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work.
• Strong practical and commercial experience having either advised clients or worked ‘in-house’.
• Strong VAT technical skills.
• Team player.
• Ability to integrate and build effective relationships at all levels.

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.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits 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:

• Support and coaching 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.

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Hybrid Working
• Pension/Discounted Health Insurance
• Web Doctor
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Free Gym Membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards
• Tech MBA paid by EY

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.

Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world. That’s Why, EY.

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