EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager

EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager --Open Location

Join EY as an EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager. Our National Tax and EY EDGE practice is made up of a team of professionals providing specialized tax technical services to US and global clients.

Location:

Anywhere in Country
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.

When you join EY EDGE, you’ll be at the heart of EY’s critical mission to build a better working world, applying your knowledge, skills and experience in assisting clients in meeting their business objectives. You will learn, grow and contribute—building new relationships and discovering the satisfaction that comes with producing high-quality, valued work and advice.

This position supports excise tax compliance and advisory projects for clients in a wide variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail. The compliance role covers all types of US Federal and State excise tax filings, inclusive of fuel tax filing obligations.

• Demonstrate an effective understanding of excise tax concepts and apply tax knowledge to client situations
• Support your team in developing and delivering quality tax planning approaches with timely and responsive services and work products that meet and/or exceed client expectations
• Assist in identifying and engaging clients in opportunities for excise tax compliance, planning, and other special services
• Prepare quality, practical approaches to the client's tax situation and arrive at appropriate conclusions
• Develop recommendations and implementation plans and make informed decisions in complex and judgmental areas
• Build technical competence by keeping up to date on trends, developments and legislation that impact our clients
• Research advanced and complex tax issues and develop practical and effective solutions

• Lead and coach team members in managing engagement lifecycle and engagement economics for the practice
• Responsible for financial and economic health of managed engagement

• Ability to lead client discussions, monitor commitments and deadlines, and drive internal team to completion
• Collaborate with clients and colleagues to analyze tax issues, determine alternative methods of problem-solving and arrive at recommendations
• Support compliance team where needed with ability to analyze current data and benchmark historical data for compliance and tax calculation purposes and make recommendations to team on issues and other matters impacting the business
• Apply independent and objective decision making related to tasks performed
• Decide when to ask questions or proceed further with the task at hand
• Receives direction from more senior team members and occasionally directly from PPMD
• Ability to analyze federal and state statutes and related regulations and advice; apply to current facts or issues to make conclusions and articulate to team members and clients

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree (Accounting, Business, Finance or equivalent degree preferred)
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a professional services or tax services organization
• Excellent organizational and verbal/written communications skills
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to work in fast paced professional services environment
• Strong research skills, ability to navigate Westlaw, CCH, RIA, etc.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Effective knowledge of excise tax concepts
• Computer software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

• CPA, EA, or JD/LLM (not required)

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.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $90,800 to $166,400.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.