BTS - PCS - Assistant Manager

Role name and description:

A senior should be able to lead teams of Analysts and Advanced Analysts and be responsible for client service delivery for a particular geography, area or specialization. Reporting in to a Assistant Manager, Manager or Senior Manager, they will assist the management team in developing and coaching team members as well as ensuring that resources are deployed effectively.

The opportunity:

The job holder will work on U.S. partnership tax returns (1065).

Your key responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a very high level of proficiency in tax technical knowledge relevant to U.S. partnership (1065) returns; demonstrate an understanding of more complex technical issues.
• Drive the tax return preparation process, review complex tax returns and other tax deliverables.
• Establish and maintain long-term relationships with the clients and internal colleagues.
• Explore opportunities to bring more work to the GDS and to EY by consistently providing high quality work.
• Supervise day to day operations and engagement milestones with little or no manager involvement.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in developing the highest performing teams.
• Help Senior Managers and Managers with advisory and ad-hoc projects.
• Develop engagement and financial management skills by managing own and/or other's impact on project economics, including controlling costs, monitoring budget to actual differences.
• Contribute process improvement ideas leading to higher quality service delivery to the client or greater efficiency in the compliance process.
• Identify opportunities to leverage information and resources across assignments and teams.
• Tools: Gosystem, QuickBooks.

People responsibilities:

• Facilitate teaming and manage conflicts.
• Motivate and inspire team members.
• Lead by example and be a role model.
• Contribute actively to creating a high performing team.
• Assist Seniors and Managers on special projects, as requested.

Additional skills requirements:

• Preferable with qualified EA or equivalent.
• Demonstrate a very high level of proficiency in tax technical knowledge relevant to U.S. partnership and Corp returns.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Demonstrate an understanding of more complex technical issues.
• Effective communication skills - being articulate, thoughtful, and adapting communication to target audiences.
• Good analytical, numeric and people management skills.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Demonstrate a very high level of proficiency in tax technical knowledge relevant to U.S. partnership returns.
• Good English skills.
• Good with MS Office - Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
• Have formal education in commerce/finance.

What we look for:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in finance/commerce.
• 3+ years of working with major global corporation (Big 4, Finance shared services etc.).