Financial Services - Tax Controversy - Manager

The opportunity at EY is to help build a financial services industry where financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing, and secure.

About the role

As a Manager in Tax Controversy, you will assist clients in responding to and managing tax controversies—from risk identification, to dispute prevention, through to litigation and appeals. You will utilize EY’s Tax Controversy Framework effectively through all phases of tax risk assessment, tax risk management, and tax audit management.

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.
• Supporting clients in devising comprehensive risk management strategies, validating tax controls, improving documentation, and using dispute prevention tools and techniques.
• Supporting tax audit management through exam management, appeals, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
• Utilizing tax governance activities and technology tools to support the overall tax controversy lifecycle.

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.

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.

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.

To qualify for the role, you must have a Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree) and typically, no less than 4 - 6 years relevant experience in government or a professional tax organization dealing with controversy matters. Be a licensed attorney or CPA, and have excellent collaboration and negotiation skills, and the confidence to challenge senior colleagues and stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are also required. Additionally, you should ideally have experience leading workstream delivery and tracking project status, ability to implement resource plans and budgets for complex initiatives, and exposure to leading RFP responses and participating in client working sessions.

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.

EY offers 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 company 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.