Private Tax Senior Manager

We are looking to recruit a Senior Tax Manager to work within our busy private client team. Our US/UK Cross Border team act for a wide range of international high net worth individuals resident in the UK, in addition to family offices, private equity and hedge fund principals, and high-profile professional partnerships.

We aim to be trusted advisers to our clients and deliver a broad range of tax advisory services. The services that we deliver include:

• Tax return compliance services
• Advice on residence and domicile issues
• Transaction and reorganisation advice
• Optimisation of wealth from a tax perspective
• Estate and succession tax advice

US/UK Cross Border sits within EY Private, a growing part of the EY business and opportunities also arise for secondments to other parts of the business if desired. There are excellent opportunities for promotion to Director and beyond.

A Senior Tax Manager is expected to manage a large and varied portfolio of clients with complex US and/or UK tax affairs, ensuring excellent client service both from compliance and advisory standpoints, whilst signing out most completed tax returns. They will be responsible for ensuring billing expectations are met.

Senior Tax Managers have responsibility for running their allocated client list, ensuring clients receive a high level of service. Key responsibilities include:

• Take the lead in the billing processes and ensure deadlines are met
• Work with the Credit Control team to secure prompt payment of invoices
• Carry out accurate and complex final reviews, ensuring risks are minimised and high standards are maintained
• Sign out completed tax returns as agreed with senior staff
• Demonstrate sufficient knowledge of other areas of tax (such as estate/gift tax, IHT and corporate tax) to identify when to involve other experts within the company
• Provide support and guidance to allocated junior staff members
• Ensure all compliance work meets expected standards, minimising risk and maintaining an excellent level of client service

The job holder will be a qualified member of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and qualified to practice US tax i.e. an Enrolled Agent (EA) or CPA. They should demonstrate they have gained tax experience and operated at a similar level within a practice.

Experience required includes:

• Providing a high standard of service to clients both face to face and over the telephone/email
• Dealing with the full range of client tax requirements
• Signing out US/UK tax returns
• Being highly numerical and able to interpret financial data

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards 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.

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. 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.

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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