Financial Services - State and Local Tax - Tax Controversy - Senior Manager

You'll likely spend most of your time on a diverse array of projects, responsibilities, and tasks, with a focus on tax controversy and advisory matters. To support these efforts, we'll look to you to apply your extensive knowledge of state and local tax concepts and law. You can expect to work in a highly collaborative culture, where listening to and sharing information with colleagues is an essential part of the role.

• Contributing to the overall success of the team by leveraging professional experience to best utilize EY methodologies and tools

• Challenging traditional procedures and finding new approaches to address tax matters

• Building client relationships and demonstrating your knowledge of the financial services industry

• Staying abreast of state and local tax developments and emerging trends affecting the marketplace

As a Senior Manager, your core purpose is to lead the delivery of complex processes, solutions, and projects, maintaining a strong focus on quality and risk management while navigating operational and organizational dynamics. You'll be accountable for program and project management, resource planning, and engagement economics, and will provide leadership and direction to teams with broad visibility. This role presents the challenge of solving complex problems, driving innovation, and delivering thought leadership in a dynamic environment. You'll learn to manage client relationships, revenue generation, and commercial engagements, while developing deep insight into indirect tax best practices. Regular travel required to meet external client needs.

• Exercising judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

• Developing solutions to complex problems and recommending changes to policies and procedures.

• Establishing procedures that impact your immediate work area and potentially the broader business function.

To make an impact in this role, you'll need a blend of technical expertise, leadership, and analytical skills. Success is driven by your ability to manage complex projects, build strong client relationships, and drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

• Responsible for the effective management and delivery of complex processes, solutions, and projects, with a focus on quality and risk management.

• Provides leadership and direction to teams, achieving performance objectives and driving innovation.

• Applies deep insight and best practices to solve complex problems and deliver thought leadership.

• Exercises judgment in selecting methods and developing solutions to complex challenges.

• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that impact the business function.

• Bachelor's degree required (4-year degree) with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or economics; master's degree preferred.

• Typically, no less than 5 - 7 years relevant experience.

• A CPA certification, or good standing as a member of a state bar

• Strong tax technical skills including tax research and writing skills, flow through entity taxation, income and franchise taxes, transfer taxes, and compliance skills as it relates to multi-state jurisdictions

• Experience communicating with tax authorities, advocating on behalf of clients and writing persuasively.

• Project management experience in delivering high-quality work products in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated expertise in tax legislation and impact assessment.

• Experience with indirect tax refund and recovery review.

• Ability to drive process improvement and optimization.

• Skills in risk mitigation and data analysis and interpretation.

• Familiarity with tax compliance and reporting requirements.

• Business skills in building and managing relationships, client trust and value, and communicating with impact.

• Complex problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.

• Proven track record in driving outcomes and learning agility.

• Commercial acumen and experience leading teams.

• Managing change, negotiation, and influencing skills.

• Experience in a professional services environment

• Experience managing client relationships and leading client engagements.

• Demonstrated ability to manage engagement economics and resource planning.

• Experience collaborating with senior management and providing input on performance evaluations and hiring.

At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• 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 is:

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• New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices - $162,100 to $336,500

• Bay Area California offices - $168,900 to $350,500

• All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento - $135,000 to $308,500

• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

• Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• To make the most of your application experience, please limit yourself to two applications within a six-month period.

• EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis.

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• At EY, our values set the foundation for how we work and the behaviors we expect of our people. Any misrepresentation or falsification of information or lack of integrity at any point in the recruiting process may result in withdrawal of your candidacy, revocation of an offer or immediate termination of employment.