Financial Services - Tax Controversy - Manager

About the role

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing, and secure.

Responsibilities

• Conducting tax risk assessments to help clients end controversies by identifying and tracking evolving risks before they arise.
• Create risk assessment procedures and a global tax risk register, and implement heat maps to help identify specific pain points.
• Support clients in devising comprehensive risk management strategies, validating tax controls, improving documentation, and using dispute prevention tools and techniques.
• Support tax audit management through exam management, appeals, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
• Utilize tax governance activities and technology tools to support the overall tax controversy lifecycle.

Qualifications

Success in this role will be driven by your ability to manage complex projects, deliver high-quality solutions, and lead teams with broad visibility. Your analytical skills, commercial acumen, and ability to drive outcomes will set you apart. Researching tax issues to develop effective tax resolution strategies, translating complex data from a range of sources into client-ready insights and deliverables, building effective long-term relationships with our clients, understanding their unique needs to provide a tailored service, communicating complex tax issues to non-tax professionals and clients, demonstrating proven ability to manage and deliver processes, solutions, and projects while maintaining a focus on quality and risk management, identifying innovative solutions through research and analysis, guiding and supervising others to deliver complex technical initiatives, with accountability for performance and results, and demonstrating depth of expertise in interpreting internal and external issues to recommend quality solutions, track record of meeting performance objectives and metrics in client service, risk management, sales, and business growth.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Develops solutions to complex problems.
• Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect your immediate work area and possibly the broader business function.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

What We Look For

We seek top performers who are passionate about delivering high-quality solutions, thrive in dynamic environments, and demonstrate strong leadership and analytical skills. The ideal candidate is adaptable, commercially minded, and committed to continuous learning and innovation.

What 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 in all geographic locations in the US is $103,600 to $189,900.
• The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $124,300 to $215,800.
• Individual salaries within those 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.
• Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• 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.

EY

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.