Direct Tax Analyst

Staff – Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE

Location: Hungary or Poland

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a hub of innovation, technology, and global talent, driving operational excellence and EY’s purpose of building a better working world. With a network across 9 countries and 20 cities, GDS professionals leverage data, AI, and advanced technology to enhance EY’s services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy, and transactions.

Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) – Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE

Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) is one of EY’s five tax service lines, supporting businesses with tax reporting, compliance, and risk management. Our team helps clients navigate tax transformation and operating model changes, delivering practical and sustainable solutions across a wide range of industries.

The Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE works closely with client tax functions as their primary contact, building trusted relationships and leveraging EY’s global expertise. We focus on large, multi-country compliance engagements, providing opportunities to work with complex corporate clients and continually develop our skills.

The Global Tax CoE exists to enable the execution of EY’s “All In” strategy and accelerate the Tax “Paradigm Shift”. It is where we incubate emerging solutions, operate our most complex deals and innovate through our market-leading luminaries.

Through the Global Tax CoE, we are not only powering exceptional delivery, but we are also building the infrastructure to deliver on EY Tax’s ambition: to be the transformation partner of choice for clients navigating complexity, regulation, and opportunity.

The opportunity

Join our fast-growing Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE as a Staff. You’ll support multi-country client engagements in tax accounting and direct tax, assisting with Group Tax Accounting/Reporting services under US GAAP and IFRS. In this role, you’ll contribute to process improvement and help deliver efficient, high-quality outcomes for our clients.

We are a team which embraces diversity and inclusion with a mix of cultures, nationalities and backgrounds. We believe this makes us perfectly suited to the global environment in which we work.

Your key responsibilities

1. Tax Accounting & Reporting

• Assist in the preparation of interim, quarterly, and year-end global tax provisions under IFRS and US GAAP
• Support tax reporting deliverables received from controllers and tax managers across the Group
• Contribute to US GAAP and IFRS disclosure preparation, including reconciliation of GAAP differences
• Prepare and maintain tax provision memoranda and supporting documentation
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX documentation and audit processes

2. Process Improvement & Compliance

• Identify and support implementation of process improvements in tax provision and compliance functions
• Prepare tax account reconciliations and related schedules
• Contribute to continuous improvement in tax reporting processes through design, control, and operational enhancements

3. Collaboration & Development

• Collaborate with internal tax, accounting, and finance teams, as well as external service providers

Skills and attributes for success

• Interest to learn and develop skills in accounting and tax area
• Good communication skills
• Organized and able to manage your work-load
• Ability to work in dynamically changing environment
• Basic understanding of Financial Statements and Corporate Income Tax
• Any work experience/internship in accounting or tax area is a plus
• Strong attention to detail and able to adhere to risk management protocols in all communications and deliverables

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor/master’s degree in finance, tax and/ or accounting
• Half or 1 year of internship/full-time experience in the related field (income tax accounting, business tax, corporate income tax, direct tax, international tax)
• Eagerness to learn new skills and work in an international environment
• English language skills at B2-C1 level
• Agile to the changing client environment and able to provide quality deliverables under tight timelines
• Team player with the ability to add value to the current team

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Ability to plan and prioritize work, meet deadlines, monitor own workload
• Accounting qualification and/or Tax qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA) is a plus

What we look for

We are looking for individuals with a growth mindset, people who communicate well, work as part of a team, and drive their responsibilities through to completion. An energetic team player with the ability to build strong working relationships with client and EY teams alike. A results-driven candidate with the capability to add financial value to an engagement, and bring innovation to their clients and team.

What we offer

By seamlessly integrating with EY member firm teams across the global, GDS contributes significantly to EY's purposeful and sustainable growth, delivering insights and solutions that foster trust in capital markets and create value for EY clients, society, and the planet.

We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling to deliver excellent results while allowing everyone to build your career without sacrificing personal priorities, providing:

•    A competitive salary and benefits package, including private health insurance.
•    Opportunities for professional development and career growth, by access to training and development programs, coaching and mentoring as well as on-the job opportunities.
•    A supportive and collaborative work environment with multicultural teams.
•    Flexible working hours and hybrid work with 2 days in the office per week.
•    Employee wellness programs and initiatives and the opportunity to obtain the All You Can Move sport pass.
•    Possibility to volunteer for meaningful initiatives to positively impact lives in the community.

GDS is All in to shape the future with confidence, addressing today's challenges, and anticipating tomorrow's needs. EY GDS is not just reimagining the future of work - it's actively building it, ensuring agility, efficiency, and resilience in an ever-evolving world.