US / UK Cross Border Tax Senior Manager | London, UK

US / UK Cross Border Tax Senior Manager Ernst & Young London, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 17 hours ago Permanent Competitive 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. Senior Manager – US/UK Cross Border 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, and estate and succession tax advice. Our client base is predominantly international and therefore experience of working with non-domiciled individuals is essential. The role will be a compliance and advisory role working with the Directors and other team members to assess complex situations provide advice and reach technical opinions. 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. The Opportunity 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 have several staff allocations, some of whom they will directly manage and be expected to influence their development. They will carry out role model appropriate behaviours reflecting EY\’s core values. They will be responsible for ensuring billing expectations are met. Duties Senior Tax Managers have responsibility for running their allocated client list, ensuring clients receive a high level of service Ensure that work is planned and delegated in advance Take the lead in the billing processes and ensure deadlines are met Work with the Credit Control team to secure prompt payment of invoices Tax Managers are expected to 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 Senior Tax Managers should have sufficient knowledge of other areas of tax (such as estate/gift tax, IHT and corporate tax) to be able to identify when to involve other experts within the companyto identify appropriate departments to involve Senior Tax Managers should demonstrate continued development of their management skills providing support and guidance to allocated junior staff members Ensure the technical, personal and administrative development of allocated staff and deal with personnel issues with guidance from HR Senior Tax Managers are ultimately responsible for ensuring all compliance work meets expected standards – this includes minimising risk and ensuring an excellent level of client service is maintained Ensure all clients receive an exceptional level of service: organising and prompting when necessary to meet all deadlines Role model appropriate behaviours reflecting the EY values as well as ensure all information shared with them is treated with the utmost confidentiality Work flexibly as part of the close team at EY. This may mean assisting colleagues from time to time in support of the efficient operation of the practice. Person Specification • 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. A CTA qualified individual is desirable but not compulsory. • They can work well under pressure. • They are well organised. • They have been working in practice for at least 5 years. Proven Experience • They can demonstrate they have gained tax experience and operated at a similar level within a practice. • Experience of providing a high standard of service to clients both face to face and over the telephone/email • Experience of dealing with the full range of client tax requirements. • Experience of dealing with bills • Experience of signing out US/UK tax returns • Experience of managing junior members of staff Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • An eye for detail and accuracy • Good people management skills • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Highly numerical and able to interpret financial data • Sound IT skills • Must be able to build strong working relationships with other members of staff. • The role requires them to be able to persuade and also push back with respect when dealing with difficult clients. • Must be able to work in a team as well as independently. • They should support colleagues and provide assistance when required. 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