Tax - ITTS - FTTA - Private Capital Transactions - Director - London

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Overview

Director – Private Capital Transactions Tax (Open to flexible working)

Tax works with clients of all sizes in all industries, working closely with the strong network of transaction tax teams around the world. In this dynamic environment, individuals apply their skills to a variety of transactions. There is flexibility to shape your career in sectors of the M&A landscape or to gain experience across the spectrum.

The Private Capital Transactions tax team works with the world’s largest private equity clients and focuses on fast-developing areas of the deals market. Our flexibility and speed to market have driven growth throughout the downturn, and we continue to recruit top talent to capitalise on current opportunities.

Your Opportunity

In this team you will gain wide-ranging experience in core transactional work – including private equity, infrastructure and clean-tech, distressed debt and turnaround transactions, and restructuring. You’ll develop a commercial understanding of what matters to clients in a deal context, with early exposure to international structuring techniques and overseas tax regimes as many transactions are cross-border.

We are expanding our Private Capital Transactions Tax team and are keen to speak with experienced Tax Advisors.

Your Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients, proactively winning work and delivering high levels of client service
• Manage the successful delivery of technically complex projects with a practical/business focus
• Overall responsibility for quality of client service
• Manage leads from other areas of the practice
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally to leverage opportunities
• Develop junior staff through supervision, coaching and mentoring
• Involve in team strategy and operations and staff development and assignments

Experience and Skills

• Client focus and commercially aware with strong international and UK tax technical skills
• Ability to build strong client relationships and produce high-quality outputs
• Negotiation skills and resilience to handle challenges
• Business development skills and ability to identify and convert opportunities
• Strong business acumen with ability to manage engagement financial results
• Effective time management and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team-oriented with ability to foster effective collaboration
• Commitment to delivering quality work and day-to-day delivery
• Flexible, innovative mindset and openness to adopting new technologies

Qualifications

• Experienced tax practitioner with deep experience of tax transactions
• Attained ATT / ACA / CA / CTA or equivalent breadth of knowledge (e.g., law qualification)
• Graduate or equivalent work experience
• Experience of managing a team and/or coaching and developing team members
• Project management skills: plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor budgets

What We Look For

You will proactively maintain your technical understanding by keeping up to date with global UK and international tax developments to better advise clients. EY will provide specialist training and opportunities on projects to help you build your tax career, while contributing to clients’ international tax strategy with technical excellence and high levels of client service.

What We Offer

• Continuous learning and development to navigate evolving challenges
• Flexibility and tools to enable meaningful impact in your own way
• Transformative leadership, coaching, and confidence to lead
• Diverse and inclusive culture where you are embraced for who you are
• More information about life at EY here

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria, please apply.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Professional Services