Join EY as a Senior Manager - Private Client Services based in London or Manchester. In this role, you will deliver exceptional tax advisory services to entrepreneurial, private equity, and high-net-worth clients while driving business development and mentoring junior staff.
Requirements
Required qualifications: ACA, CTA, Law qualification, Tax Specialist qualification, or equivalent
Proven experience in tax technical consulting and business development
Experience coaching and developing junior staff
Strong client relationship and project management skills
Skills & Responsibilities
Tax advisory and project management: Deliver technically complex consulting projects for private clients ensuring technical excellence.
Business development: Identify and convert opportunities to win new work and build trusted client relationships.
Team mentorship: Provide development support, supervision, and coaching to junior members of the team.
Technical communication: Communicate effectively with a range of high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and business owners.
Potential transition routes: People from corporate tax manager or private wealth advisory roles may bring relevant client management skills, alongside meeting mandatory tax qualification requirements.
Job description
Private Client Services – Personal Tax – Manager or SM The Private Tax team at EY acts for a wide range of entrepreneurial, owner managed, PE backed and AIM listed businesses together with their shareholders, in addition to family offices, ultra-high net worth individuals, private equity and high-profile professional partnerships.
We aim to be trusted advisers to our clients and deliver a broad range of tax advisory services, including tax efficient value extraction and value creation, reorganisations, international tax advisory, transactions and ongoing maintenance of the tax structure of our clients. The team is a mix of advisers providing corporate and personal tax services to these businesses, their owners and management.
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 a mix of UK and traditionally non-UK domiciled individuals. Our international network results in our team undertaking a high proportion of cross border tax services.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY’s specialist Private Tax team based in London. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with our excellent existing clients, providing a great opportunity to build and expand their network and be instrumental in winning new business.
We are currently looking to expand our team and are keen to speak with experienced [Tax Managers], who have a proven track record of building trusted relationships with clients, developing a book of business and a passion for delivering exceptional client service. EY is investing significantly in the Private Tax team and we are looking for the right individual to join our team and help contribute to our growth ambition at this exciting time.
Your key responsibilities
Build and maintain relationships with clients
Proactive business development to win new work
Management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects for their clients, ensuring technical excellence and a practical / business driven approach
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
Skills and attributes for success
Client driven and strategically and commercially aware
Strong tax technical skills
Strong client relationship management skills with ability to develop quality outputs to clients
Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
Good knowledge of advising a range of individuals or companies which may include AIM listed, PE backed, Family Owned and OMB.
To qualify for the role you must have
ACA / CTA / Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course / 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
Ideally you’ll also have
Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically
What we look for
Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
Outgoing with good relationship skills
The ability to deliver quality output in a timely and efficient manner
What working at EY offers We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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