Tax Manager - Indirect Tax - Property Tax

Location: Anywhere in Country

About the role

Our tax function is constantly evolving, and it’s here you’ll find everything you need to grow as we do. As a Property Tax Manager, you’ll apply your knowledge to a wide range of tax areas and processes, devising strategic outcomes to complex issues. You’ll advise on indirect tax regulatory changes, design strategies, operating models, processes, and compliance frameworks to raise efficiency and meet requirements. Your role will include identifying opportunities for tax optimization, credits and refund recovery, exposure reduction, and managing strategies, compliance, remediation, controversies, and corrective filings. You’ll also support process review and technology transformation, translating regulatory changes into practical compliance and reporting solutions.

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.
• Manage and deliver processes, solutions, and projects with a focus on quality and risk.
• Interpret internal/external issues to recommend innovative, practical solutions.
• Meet 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.

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.
• Broad exposure to state and local taxation.
• Excellent managerial, organizational, analytical, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel as needed and work in a balanced hybrid environment.
• Experience with tax legislation and impact assessment.
• Experience with indirect tax refund and recovery review.
• Experience with tax planning and optimization.
• Experience with process improvement and optimization.
• Experience with tax compliance and reporting requirements.

Ideal 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 and the ability to guide teams toward outcomes.
• Communicate with impact and bring commercial astuteness to drive growth.
• Lead or supervise professionals to deliver complex technical initiatives with accountability for results.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.
• Medical and dental coverage.
• Pension and 401(k) plans.
• Flexible vacation policy, allowing you to decide how much vacation time you need.
• Designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence to support your well-being.

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

Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. 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.