Senior Manager, Corporate Tax, Aberdeen

Job Description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

About EY Tax

EY Tax is a market leader, renowned for delivering sustainable growth and empowering our people to shape their own careers. Our diverse, collaborative team advises on high-profile transactions, combining technical expertise, innovation and a genuine focus on continuous development. Join us to work on challenging, multi-country projects in a supportive, dynamic environment where your impact truly matters.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Corporate Tax specialist to join our busy Corporate Tax team in Aberdeen.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity to join our Corporate Tax team where our work is a combination of both tax advisory and compliance, including tax advice in respect of matters such as M&A structuring, exit planning, group re-organisations, expansion into overseas territories and much more. You’ll be working within client service teams as well as our deals, audit and consulting colleagues and will broaden your experience of different business tax areas to help our clients through the challenges of tax planning, tax compliance and reporting obligations and to provide support on transactions.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining trusted relationships with clients and ensuring in your role as their day to day contact that they have access to the breadth of services available to them at EY.

This is the perfect role for an ambitious individual ready to take the next step and become the leader you want to be. We also want you to be focussed on developing people within the team.

Skills and Attributes for Success
You’ll have:

• Significant experience in Corporate Tax from practice or from an in-house tax background

• Strong client relationship management skills
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and exhibit strong stakeholder management
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to add value to new and existing 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
• Enthusiastic team player with ability to create and sustain effective teams
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day management of delivery team
• Act as a leader. Think about maintaining the strength of the EY brand in the energy sector, and support our partner group in the office evolve and deliver the strategy for EY Aberdeen

Your Key Responsibilities:

• To contribute to the efficient and successful delivery of tax services to the client,
• Providing exceptional client service with responsibility for quality provided
• Pro-active business development to help add value to existing clients and to develop opportunities to add value to new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business focused approach taken
• Being responsible for, and reporting to, Directors and Partners on client account management, including complying with appropriate quality and risk management procedures and financial management
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and through managing junior staff development and assignments

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA/CA/ ATT/CTA / or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course / Law qualification
• Degree qualified
• Experienced corporate tax practitioner
• Experience in tax accounting/tax audit
• Proven ability to read and interpret existing and new tax statute

What we Offer

At EY, we’ll help you develop future-focused skills and gain world-class experiences. You’ll be empowered in a flexible environment and supported by a diverse, inclusive culture of globally connected teams that fuel your extraordinary talents.

• Global Exposure: Work with international clients and teams across EY’s global network.

• Career Progression: Develop new skills, take on leadership roles, and grow your career.
• Support & Coaching: Learn from industry experts and be mentored by senior leaders.
• Flexible Working: We support hybrid working and work-life balance. Two days in the office.
• Total Rewards Package: Competitive salary, benefits, and exclusive EY perks.
• Inclusive Culture: Work in an environment that celebrates diversity and authenticity.

Ready to lead, inspire, and make an impact? Apply now!

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