Indirect Tax Senior Manager - Energy
Indirect Tax Senior Manager – Energy
Location: London or Aberdeen
We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding EY Energy & Resources Indirect Tax team,advising clients across all areas of indirect tax in a rapidly changing and expanding industry sector. It is a varied role, supporting businesses across the spectrum of indirect taxes (including VAT, Customs duties, Excise duties, and Environmental taxes), being at the forefront to help them navigate the various opportunities and challenges the environment presents both now and in the future.
This role provides an opportunity to be involved in the transformation of the Energy sector, supporting clients with an increasing focus on more sustainable and digitally enabled operations, low carbon energy , battery storage, and the transition to renewables, alongside the more traditional energy, power, and resources businesses.
The Energy Indirect Tax team is a diverse, supportive, and high-performing team, with a genuine interest in how we need to adapt our energy and usage to ensure the world meets its net zero ambitions.
The role
You will lead on delivering indirect tax advisory work and projects to clients, and work closely with EYcolleagues across the globe,other areas of tax, and broader EY advisory service linesto deliver on larger scale projects, M&A, and restructuring transactions.
As part of the EY indirect tax team, you will experience unparalleled opportunities to develop your career, build your global indirect tax technical skills, and experience working on complex and challenging projects and assignments.We are looking for a highly motivated, committed, hard-working tax professional and team player who is looking for a challenging career move.
Your key responsibilities
Enthusiastic senior manager with ability to create, sustain, and lead effective teams
Managing the successful delivery of the highest quality advice to clients, ensuring technical excellence alongside a practical/business focus approach
Taking day-to-day leadership of client delivery team
Helping people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring team members
Significant involvement in the management of the team, both in terms of strategy and operations, and through managing junior staff development
Collaborating with other teams across EY to deliver a broad range of client solutions
Support and help drive the growth of the EY indirect tax energy business and the team
Your client responsibilities
Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients
Overall responsibility for quality of client service
Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice to support clients
Develop networks and build & maintain relationships bothwithin the firm and externally with clients, identifying opportunities and managing expectations
Contribute to successfully providing maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm
Skills and attributes for success
Client driven, and strategically and commercially aware
Self-starter with proven track record of high-quality delivery
Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
Strong relationship management skills
Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
Project management skills, strong ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and working capital
Negotiation skills, ability to develop ideas, form opinions, and handle challenges
Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
Enthusiastic team player with ability to create, sustain, and lead effective teams
Qualifications and Experience
8+ years’ experience in UK indirect tax advisory, ideally in Energy or similar industry, including with professional services background/experience
ACA/ACCA/CA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training course; or Law qualification; CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA)
Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
Ability to build strong client relationships
Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to motivate and develop team members
Ideally, you’ll also have
Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget
What we look for
Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
Highly experienced tax practitioner with reviewing skills and expertise in functional area
Interest in energy market and sustainability/energy transition agenda
Commitment to develop your technical knowledge by keeping abreast of developments in UK and international indirecttax, as well as across the industry sector so that you can better advise our clients
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.
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