Tax Senior Manager - Funds, Business Tax Services, Belfast | Belfast, UK

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The 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 annual UK tax reporting for the private equity house and its UK investors, UK tax transaction analysis, deal and fund structuring and ad hoc tax advisory projects for private equity firms. 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated person to join EY's specialist Funds Tax team based in Belfast. 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. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing team with a supported flexible approach to working, and proven progression potential. We are currently looking to expand our Funds Tax team and are keen to speak with experienced Tax advisors.

Your key responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for leading the management and delivery of UK tax reporting and UK tax transaction analysis for a range of private equity clients.
• 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.
• Pursuit of business development opportunities.
• Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects for their clients, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business focus approach taken.
• 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:

• Relevant/appropriate tax experience in a similar role.
• Technical and practical knowledge and experience in advising UK and non-UK Private Equity Houses.
• Client focused, strategically and commercially aware.
• Management and delivery of client expectations, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach.
• Strong tax technical skills.
• Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients.
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• CTA/ 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 and private equity funds.

Qualifications:

• CTA preferred; ATT/ACA/CA/ACCA with relevant tax experience; or Demonstrable experience in a managerial role within a private equity tax environment.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Project management skills, plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically.
• Experience in private equity fund compliance in the following areas: Private equity fund transaction analysis; Private equity Partnership computations and returns; Investor Reporting.