Senior Manager - Tax Compliance and Reporting - London 1

Location: London

Date: 7 Jul 2026

Requisition ID: 1724155

The opportunity

Join our fast-growing Global Compliance and Reporting (GCR) team as a Senior Manager in the Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE. You’ll lead multi-country client engagements in tax accounting and direct tax, providing Group Tax Accounting/Reporting services under US GAAP and IFRS. In this role, you’ll help drive improvements and redesign how we deliver tax compliance and reporting, ensuring efficient, high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Your key responsibilities:

• Tax Accounting provide performance feedback.
• Partner with internal tax, accounting, and finance teams, as well as external service providers.
• Develop and lead onshore/offshore teams for seamless client service delivery.
• Ensure the highest quality standards and develop team talent at all levels.
• Set engagement strategies and connect clients with EY subject matter experts.
• Serve as an escalation point for client and internal teams.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Deep expertise in US GAAP and/or IFRS tax accounting provisions/projects.
• Strong understanding of ASC 740 and IAS 12 frameworks.
• Experience in corporate income tax across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong leadership with a track record of managing teams across borders.
• Excellent communication skills — simplify complex topics for diverse audiences.
• Ability to distil complex concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Organizational agility; deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Experience coaching and developing junior staff; fostering growth and engagement.
• Problem solving capabilities and process improvement mindset.
• Ability to manage budgets and time to deliver quality output.
• Accounting or tax qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA/CPA or equivalent).
• Proactive, business-focused mindset with strong supervisory capabilities.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA/CPA qualified or equivalent.
• Strong tax accounting skills and working technical knowledge on ASC 740 and/or IAS 12 framework.
• Good experience in tax accounting packages and strong Excel skills.
• Agile to the changing client environment and able to provide quality deliverables under tight timelines.
• Hands‑on experience with corporate income tax in any country.
• Experience providing tax services to a portfolio of clients.
• Proactive and able to identify opportunities for business development.
• Strong supervisory skills and ability to develop and coach team members.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Project management skills, ability to plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor budgets.
• Experience managing international projects.
• Experience in process and technology design is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Understanding of BEPS Pillar Two and OECD GloBE Framework.
• Knowledge of withholding tax processes.

What we look for:

We are looking for individuals with a transformative mindset, people who can see past what we do today and dream up what we could do tomorrow. We want people who communicate well, work as part of a team and drive their responsibilities through to completion. An energetic team player with the ability to build strong working relationships with client and EY teams alike. A results‑driven candidate with the capability to add financial value to an engagement, and bring innovation to their clients and team.

What we offer you:

At EY, we’ll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations:

To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.