EMEIA Indirect Tax Compliance Manager

Manager - EMEIA Indirect Tax Compliance

The company

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is the hub of innovation, a technology powerhouse, a global talent center and, a driver of operational excellence within EY, propelling EY’s purpose of building a better working world.  With a robust network spread across 9 countries and 20 cities, GDS’s dynamic network of highly talented professionals leverage data, AI, and cutting-edge technology to enhance EY's wide array of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy, and transactions.
Join us at EY GDS Hungary to shape your future with confidence.

The Indirect Tax Compliance & Reporting (“IDT”) team is part of EY’s Global Tax Centre of Excellence (“CoE”) and is unique to EY: we are the only Big 4 professional services firm with a dedicated centre of excellence focused on delivering exceptional client service across borders. Our indirect tax compliance professionals support large multinational clients with their indirect tax obligations regionally and globally. Dealing with the indirect tax compliance requirements is at the heart of our operations but this goes hand in hand with indirect tax advisory, data and technology support which we provide or coordinate with our specialist teams.

We apply a client centric approach meaning that our professionals are organized per client, and not per country or region, to maximize the knowledge of our client’s business. Our team 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.

The opportunity

With our breadth of service offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a variety of experiences, coaching and mentoring, and formal learning to ensure our employee value proposition – whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime – is a reality. 

Join our award-winning Global Compliance and Reporting Indirect Tax team as an EMEIA Manager and you will have the opportunity to work on EY’s largest multi-country client engagements. We deploy strong multi-skilled teams working seamlessly across countries and service lines, with major hubs in UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, India and Malaysia. 

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager, you will be working on a selection of clients where you are the “VAT controller” for the Indirect Tax compliance outsourced to EY, including:

• Act as central point of contact – liaise with your international clients and colleagues with respect to regional and global Indirect Tax compliance.
• Monitoring, and giving feedback on, the quality of our clients’ indirect tax data (using AI and other technologies) and reports of your clients.
• Reviewing and approving indirect tax returns, and considering ways to maximise cash for your clients.
• Follow up on legislative changes and business changes in order to ensure that our client’s systems and/or processes are updated.
• Identify issues and opportunities to continuously improve the Indirect Tax compliance processes and our client’s data.
• Coordinate Indirect Tax compliance advisory, technology, controversy and audit support.
• Coordinate with other VAT controllers and report to the client’s Process Owner at EY (Senior Manager or above).
• Supervise, coach and lead team members.
• Broaden the relationship network with existing clients and participate in commercial initiatives together with Senior Managers or Partners.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with other sub-service lines and identify and facilitate cross-selling opportunities.
• Proposing improvement possibilities to raise effectiveness and efficiency of the work processes.
• Potential short to medium term secondments to client sites based in your home country.

In addition, you will get a chance to work on a broader strategic initiative such as:

• Process: design innovative compliance solutions, including AI and generative AI; regulatory monitoring, etc.
• Technology: automation, AI, data analytics, dashboarding, etc.
• People: wellbeing initiatives, training programs, mentoring and team development, recruitment, etc.
• Go to market: positioning of new services and solutions, marketing of existing services, etc.

Qualifications and experience

• 5+ relevant professional experience in Indirect Tax compliance, VAT Reporting or Accountancy, including reconciliations, or Indirect Tax advisory, either in industry or with other service providers.

• Experience in data interrogation.
• Experience in, or an interest and curiosity in AI.
• Understanding of ERP systems and/or VAT/GST reporting solutions.
• Fluency in English – written and spoken.

Additional skills and attributes for success

• Any additional language is an asset.
• Innovative & problem resolution focus with strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Data driven decision making / data analytics and interpretation.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Team player with project management capabilities.
• Client centric, curious mindset.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team.
• A desire to learn and develop into the role.
• Ability to plan and prioritize work.

What we look for

Experienced professionals who want to join our mature and skilled team and accept the challenge to provide high quality service to our clients and to continuously improve.

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.