Manager - Tax Compliance and Reporting

Manager - Tax Compliance and Reporting - Belfast/Edinburgh/Newcastle

EY Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) is one of EY’s five tax service lines, supporting businesses with tax reporting, compliance, and risk management. Our team helps clients navigate tax transformation and operating model changes, delivering practical and sustainable solutions across a wide range of industries.

The Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE works closely with client tax functions as their primary contact, building trusted relationships and leveraging EY’s global expertise. We focus on large, multi-country compliance engagements, providing opportunities to work with complex corporate clients and continually develop our skills.

The Global Tax CoE exists to enable the execution of EY’s “All In” strategy and accelerate the Tax “Paradigm Shift”. It is where we incubate emerging solutions, operate our most complex deals and innovate through our market-leading luminaries.

Through the Global Tax CoE, we are not only powering exceptional delivery, but we are also building the infrastructure to deliver on EY Tax’s ambition: to be the transformation partner of choice for clients navigating complexity, regulation, and opportunity.

Join our fast-growing Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE as a Manager. You’ll support multi-country client engagements in tax accounting and direct tax, providing Group Tax Accounting/Reporting services under US GAAP and IFRS. In this role, you’ll contribute to process improvement and help redesign how we deliver tax compliance and reporting, ensuring efficient, high-quality outcomes for our clients.

• Tax Accounting & Reporting
• Support the preparation and review of interim, quarterly, and year-end global tax provisions under IFRS and US GAAP
• Assist with tax reporting deliverables from controllers and tax managers across the Group
• Contribute to US GAAP and IFRS disclosure preparation, including reconciliation of GAAP differences
• Maintain tax provision memoranda and supporting documentation
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX documentation and audit processes
• Key client contact, communicating with clients and building strong relationships.
• Process Improvement & Compliance
• Identify and support implementation of process improvements in tax provision and compliance functions
• Coordinate preparation of tax account reconciliations and related schedules
• Monitor and manage the implications of new accounting standards and regulatory changes (including, but not limited to, BEPS Pillar Two)
• Help standardize and embed Group Tax Reporting processes to ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and SOX
• Contribute to continuous improvement in tax reporting processes through design, control, and operational enhancements
• Managing account resourcing, budget and delivery
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Support tax reporting aspects of M&A transactions, including purchase accounting and compliance
• Mentor and develop junior staff on ASC 740, IAS 12, and other key tax concepts; provide performance feedback
• Partner with internal tax, accounting, and finance teams, as well as external service providers
• Develop and lead onshore/offshore teams for seamless client service delivery.
• Ensure the highest quality standards and develop team talent at all levels
• Help setting engagement strategies and connect clients with EY subject matter experts.
• Serve as an escalation point for client and internal teams.

• Experience in US GAAP and/or IFRS tax accounting provisions/projects
• Understanding of ASC 740 and/or IAS 12 frameworks
• Corporate income tax experience across multiple jurisdictions
• Experience managing teams and mentoring staff
• Strong communication skills and experience working with multi-country teams
• Ability to distil complex concepts into clear, actionable…