Financial Services - International Corporate Tax Advisory - Senior
Location: Seattle, San Francisco, Charlotte, Chicago, San Jose, New York City, Iselin
About the role
EY’s Financial Services Organization (FSO) is dedicated to the financial services industry, serving clients across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. The International Tax and Transaction Services (ITTS) practice focuses on advising corporate and private equity clients on all aspects of their capital agenda, including Transaction Tax Advisory, International Corporate Tax Advisory, and Transfer Pricing. As a Senior in Cross Border Tax, you will advise on complex international tax matters, align multi-jurisdictional tax areas through investment modeling, and support cross-border methods, disputes, and corporate acquisitions.
- Lead cross-border planning and restructuring
- Review foreign income taxation, treaty implementation, and withholding
- Provide jurisdiction-specific reporting guidance
This role offers global exposure, daily client collaboration, and accelerated growth through high-impact delivery. Travel to client sites is required regularly.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute engagement deliverables while tracking status, economics, resources, and budgets
- Participate daily in client work sessions as a workstream member, with opportunities to lead
- Support sales (~5–10%), assist with RFPs, and maintain engagement-economics reporting
- Operate with limited supervision and guide junior team members
- Apply broad policies and precedents to guide decisions
- Implement procedures and guidelines across workstreams
- Conduct in-depth evaluations where variable factors drive analysis
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (4-year degree) required
- Typically 2–4 years of relevant experience
- Progress toward (or completion of) a valid CPA certification or licensed attorney status
- Experience in tax due diligence, deal structuring, post-acquisition planning, and/or inbound and outbound transaction consulting with international tax research, planning, and compliance
- Experience managing budgets, projects, and people
- Knowledge of tax compliance and reporting requirements, cross-border tax implications, international tax structures, BEPS planning, and global/international tax planning
- Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience maintaining engagement-economics reports and assisting on RFP responses
- Exposure to resource planning, status tracking, and budget stewardship
- Participation in daily client sessions as a workstream member or team lead
Skills
- Identifying and answering complex domestic and international tax issues
- Providing technical tax advice and planning services
- Building long-lasting client relationships and understanding their unique needs
- Developing knowledge of emerging trends, technologies, and practices
- Managing engagement economics across the EY global network
- Tracking deliverables, status, and outcomes while meeting targets
- Coordinating junior work with day-to-day guidance
- Operating with limited supervision and making decisions using experience and precedents
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
- Medical and dental coverage
- Pension and 401(k) plans
- Flexible vacation policy with designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, and Personal/Family Care leave
- Team-led and leader-enabled hybrid work model (60% in-person collaboration expected)
Pay
The base salary range for this job in most US geographic locations is $91,100 to $150,200. For New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California (excluding Sacramento), the range is $109,400 to $170,600. Individual salaries are determined by factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography.