Tax Manager - Indirect Tax - Property Tax
About the role
Join EY and help to build a better working world. As a Property Tax Manager, you will advise on indirect tax regulatory changes, design strategies, operating models, processes, and compliance frameworks that raise efficiency and meet requirements. You will identify opportunities for tax optimization, credits and refund recovery, exposure reduction; manage strategies, compliance, remediation, controversies, and corrective filings. You will support process review and technology transformation. You will translate regulatory changes into practical compliance and reporting solutions. You will implement operating models and frameworks across the indirect tax lifecycle. You will lead optimization, recovery, and exposure-reduction initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead workstream delivery, track status and deliverables, and participate in client working sessions.
- Identify opportunities for additional services, contribute to RFPs, manage engagement economics, and implement resource plans and budgets.
- Guide teams, drive improvement, and recommend solutions by interpreting internal/external issues.
- Travel regularly for external clients.
- Develop solutions to complex problems and select suitable methods and criteria.
- Recommend policy changes and establish procedures for your area or function.
- Apply depth of expertise to guide others toward quality solutions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of complex commercial real and personal property tax concepts and effectively apply tax knowledge to client situations.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant property tax consulting experience or equivalent experience in business or industry.
- CPA or JD.
- Excellent managerial, organizational, analytical and verbal/written communication skills.
- Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment.
- Tax legislation and impact assessment.
- Indirect tax refund and recovery review.
- Tax planning and optimization.
- Process improvement and optimization.
- Tax compliance and reporting requirements.
Qualifications
- Experience leading workstreams across planning, execution, and closure.
- Contribution to RFP responses and sales growth.
- Practical management of engagement economics and resource planning.
- Daily participation in client working sessions and strong stakeholder management.
- A proven record in a professional services environment.
- Experience in coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
Skills
- Client-facing delivery leadership.
- Disciplined quality and risk management.
- Continuous improvement.
- The ability to guide teams toward outcomes.
- Communicate with impact and bring commercial astuteness to drive growth.
- Manage and deliver processes, solutions, and projects with a focus on quality and risk.
- Interpret internal/external issues to recommend innovative, practical solutions.
- Maintain locally set performance metrics across client service, quality, sales, solution development, and teaming.
- Develop and deliver quality tax planning approaches with timely and responsive services and work products that exceed client expectations.
- Identify and offer opportunities for tax planning and other special services.
- Prepare quality, practical approaches to the client's tax situation and arrive at appropriate conclusions.
Benefits
At EY, 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 $105,100 to $192,600. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $126,100 to $218,900. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.
Pay
The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $105,100 to $192,600. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $126,100 to $218,900. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.
Schedule
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.
What We Offer
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 $105,100 to $192,600. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $126,100 to $218,900. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.
What We Look For
Leaders who balance client impact with quality and risk discipline, apply sound judgment to ambiguous problems, and elevate outcomes through team guidance, clear communication, and a global, inclusive mindset. Proactive about improvement, commercially savvy, and energized by collaboration with clients.
EY
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