EY Tax is a market leader renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering its people to shape their own careers.
Market‑leading growth in our Financial Services Indirect Tax (VAT) team has created an opportunity for a strong VAT tax professional to join the team. You will own projects and work with the management team to identify business opportunities, supported by a team with proven expertise in this area and the opportunity to progress, learn and accelerate your career.
You will have the opportunity to work with clients in the Financial Services industry as part of a globally integrated network of specialists with high‑quality economics, tax authority, legal, commercial and technology backgrounds. The work is technically challenging, creative and requires close collaboration with our clients' businesses.
Your key responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership, build, inspire and sustain high‑performing teams, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration across the practice.
- Ensure delivery of quality work and take day‑to‑day leadership of the delivery team.
- Help the development of team members by supervising, coaching and mentoring staff.
- Play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the team’s strategic and operational direction.
- Drive collaboration and integration with other service lines and teams across EY, ensuring seamless delivery of comprehensive, cross‑disciplinary client solutions.
Skills and attributes for success
- Strategic self‑starter with a demonstrable record of delivering complex, high‑impact projects to an exceptional standard.
- Client‑focused and commercially astute, adept at fostering and sustaining key client relationships at senior levels.
- Proven business development leader with the ability to identify, pursue and secure significant new opportunities for the practice.
- Advanced time management and organisational skills, consistently maintaining composure and clarity while overseeing multiple deadlines and priorities.
- Excellent communicator, able to influence and engage effectively with stakeholders through both written reports and oral presentations.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to motivate and develop team members.
- Significant (8+ years) experience in UK indirect tax advisory and experience in advising on complex cross‑border indirect tax projects from a large accountancy or in‑house team.
Ideally you’ll also have
- Professional qualifications – ACA, ACCA, ATT, CTA or equivalent breadth of knowledge to a tax specialist qualification.
What we offer you
We’ll develop you with future‑focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We empower you in a flexible environment and fuel your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.
