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Working at EY UK

  • Company employees
    400000
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    52:48

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  • Global

Office locations

Join EY as a Tax Manager (Assistant Director) in Manchester - St Peters Square within the Global Internal Tax Group. This full-time role focuses on multi-jurisdictional expatriate tax planning, supporting international assignees, and managing business traveler tax compliance in a globally connected team with a path to Senior Manager.

Requirements

  • Practical expatriate tax experience from UK expatriate tax compliance or a technical role at a Big 4 or boutique firm.
  • Familiarity with international tax treaties, UK expatriate payroll requirements, and international social security rules.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with high attention to detail.
  • US/UK dual handler knowledge is an advantage but not required.
  • No specific degree requirement or minimum years of experience stated in the posting.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Expatriate Tax Planning: Deliver multi-jurisdictional tax and social security planning for senior leadership and partnerships across the US, UK, and India.
  • Policy Guidance: Support Global Mobility with the interpretation and execution of the firm's Global tax equalisation policy for international assignees.
  • Payroll Tax Management: Manage UK payroll tax affairs for EY Global's Independent Non-Executive Directors.
  • Business Traveler Support: Analyze tax treaties and social security agreements alongside internal teams to manage risks for a large business traveler population.
  • Potential transition routes: People from corporate tax, global mobility, or expatriate tax compliance roles may bring relevant advisory and international tax skills, alongside meeting strong communication and technical requirements.

Job description

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.

The opportunity

This is a new role is to work in the Global Tax function (Global Internal Tax Group – GITG) of the EY member firm network. Primarily, it is a long-term succession plan for an experienced senior manager working in a strategic role managing the tax aspects of partner secondments into EY Global but there is an additional opportunity to help support the team managing the substantial business traveler population of the EY network.

This role will report into the lead Tax Director responsible for managing cross border tax risk and the successful candidate will be part of a team that supports corporate tax, VAT and partnership taxation based primarily in the UK but has members in the US, Australia, Hong-Kong & Korea.

This new role has been created at the Assistant Director’s level for the new joiner to gain experience in all aspects of cross border personal taxation with a longer-term view of promotion to Senior Manager.

Your key responsibilities

Multi-jurisdictional expatriate tax and social security planning for EY Global’s senior leadership and associated partnerships with a focus on the US, UK and India. Close liaison with EY Global Mobility, EY GCO (General Counsel’s Office – the EY legal team). home/host country Talent and EY PAS tax teams to enable execution of such planning in full compliance with local country tax and social tax laws.

Provision of support and guidance to EY Global Mobility with interpretation of the Firm’s Global tax equalisation policy for senior level international assignees.

Management of EY Global’s Independent Non-Executive Directors payroll tax affairs in the UK.

Ad hoc tax technical work such as expatriate partner localisation computations.

EY business travellers - the EY network has a very significant business traveller population working on client engagements often in several jurisdictions on the same project. The GITG support CBTS (Cross Border Travel Support), an EY internal team who proactively manage all business travel support across the EY network.

In addition to traditional assignees therefore, the role will require the candidate to support the personal tax team analysing tax treaties, social tax agreements in conjunction with EY PAS and leveraging internally developed technology for standardizing advice and tax costs. The candidate will work very closely with the GITG corporate tax team who provide tax advice on Permanent Establishment issues which are a key focus for the EY network.

Skills and attributes for success

Technical

  • Practical expatriate tax experience gained from several years of exposure to UK expatriate tax compliance or working in an expatriate tax technical role with either the big 4 or smaller boutique expatriate tax firms.
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EY UK

Tax Manager - expatriate/cross border

Manchester
  • US/UK dual handler expatriate tax compliance knowledge and experience would be an advantage but not necessary as training will be provided.
  • Experience of working with international tax treaties
  • Familiarity with UK expatriate payroll requirements and a sound knowledge of international social security rules, totalisation agreements, EU social tax legislation etc. is necessary.
  • Familiarity and knowledge of UK expatriate payroll requirements an advantage.
  • Other skills

    • Strong written and oral communication skills and
    • Good attention to detail.
    • The role requires working with EY PAS or internal expatriate tax experts who provide the expatriate tax compliance and technical support in multiple home and host countries. Tax planning, for which you will be responsible is often multi-jurisdictional and may not involve the UK.
    • You will need to be confident in speaking with senior leadership expatriate personnel to explain expatriate tax requirements, ensuring these are fully understood and that the partners comply with home/host expatriate tax rules and regulations.

    What we offer you

    At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

    Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

    To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need.

    EY | Building a better working world

    EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

    Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

    EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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