Senior Consultant - Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting - Belfast/Edinburgh

The opportunity Join our fast‑growing Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE as a Senior. You’ll support multi‑country client engagements in tax accounting and direct tax, assisting with Group Tax Accounting/Reporting services under US GAAP and IFRS. In this role, you’ll contribute to process improvement and help deliver efficient, high‑quality outcomes for our clients.

Your key responsibilities:

• Tax Accounting & Reporting
  • Assist in the preparation and review of interim, quarterly, and year‑end global tax provisions under IFRS and US GAAP.
  • Support tax reporting deliverables received from controllers and tax managers across the Group.
  • Contribute to US GAAP and IFRS disclosure preparation, including reconciliation of GAAP differences.
  • Prepare and maintain tax provision memoranda and supporting documentation.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX documentation and audit processes.
• Process Improvement & Compliance
  • Identify and support implementation of process improvements in tax provision and compliance functions.
  • Prepare tax account reconciliations and related schedules.
  • Help drive efficiencies on client or EY’s processes, designing and implementing simple solutions to complex processes, leveraging benefits of standardisation, centralisation and technology.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement in tax reporting processes through design, control and operational enhancements.
• Collaboration & Development
  • Assist in mentoring and developing junior staff on ASC 740, IAS 12 and other key tax concepts.
  • Collaborate with internal tax, accounting and finance teams as well as external service providers.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Broad and deep corporate tax compliance experience.
• Understanding of ASC 740 and IAS 12 frameworks.
• Corporate income tax experience (any country or countries).
• Strong communication skills and experience working with multi‑country teams.
• Ability to distil complex concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Organised and able to deliver tax accounting in a short timeframe.
• Experience supporting and developing junior staff.
• Problem‑solving capabilities and process improvement mindset.
• Ability to manage time to deliver quality output.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Degree qualified.
• 3+ years of experience in corporate tax and withholding tax.
• Experience working in direct tax accounting, in professional services or industry (combination preferred, not essential).
• Understanding of the tax reporting process, balance‑sheet reconciliation process and basic understanding of direct tax compliance review.
• Good understanding of deferred tax concepts.
• 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.
• Experience providing tax services to a portfolio of clients.
• Proactive and able to identify opportunities for business development.
• Team player with the ability to add value to the current team.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines and monitor own workload.
• Experience working with teams across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience in process and technology design is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Tax transformation / compliance process improvement experience is a plus.
• Experience of rollout and/or implementation of tax technology is a plus.
• Accounting qualification and/or Tax qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA) is a plus.