EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager

Overview

EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager --Open Location ation:
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. Join EY and help to build a better working world. The opportunity focuses on excise tax compliance and advisory projects for clients in a wide variety of industries, including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail.

This position supports US Federal and State excise tax filings (including fuel tax) and advisory work such as due diligence, structuring, licensing research, controversy support, interpretation of new legislation, and reviewing related correspondence. Examples of taxes include air transportation excise tax, alcohol and tobacco excise tax, PCORI fee, Superfund excise tax, and firearms/ammunition excise tax. You will also coach and develop others on the team.

• 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
• 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)

We’re interested in tax professionals with a genuine interest in providing outstanding services to some of the world’s most influential people. Working with people from all backgrounds, from executives and entrepreneurs to investors and families, you’ll use your experience and status as a trusted advisor to maintain and further our reputation for excellence.

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…