Assistant manager

As a Transaction Tax Senior, you'll join an integrated global network of talented advisors working in a dynamic, fast-moving and commercially-driven environment. In your role, you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships and identify and escalate opportunities for Ernst & Young on existing engagements. You'll make a technical contribution to projects and deliver work of a high standard that complies with our Quality & Risk Management guidelines. As part of an engagement team, you'll help clients understand and address the tax implications of the transactions that are strategically important to them - acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, restructurings or initial public offerings. You'll also be actively involved in the development of ideas to help clients mitigate transaction risk, enhance opportunity and negotiate effectively.

Requirements

Client responsibilities



Participate in Transaction Tax engagements

Work effectively as a member of a worldwide network of professional advisors, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress

Collaborate with a team of Transaction Tax professionals to combine diverse cross-border transaction experience with local tax knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries

Participate and assist in preparing for meetings essential to the transaction process, e.g., meetings with the management teams of the buyer, seller or target or with their other advisors and providers of finance

Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel

Build strong internal relationships within the Transaction Tax practice and across other service lines



People responsibilities

Contribute to performance feedback for staff

Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting and retaining Transaction Tax professionals

Maintain an educational program to develop your technical and personal skill

Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures


Technical skills requirements

A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials - accounting, business, finance or a related field desirable but not essential. MBA, Masters of Tax, JD and LLM a plus.

Two to four years' post-qualification experience



Additional skills requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication

Well-developed analytical and research skills and an ability to draw conclusions from often equivocal or conflicting data

The ability to manage a project efficiently

Proficiency in Arabic skill is highly desirable

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services. Our 167,000 people are united by our shared values, which inspire our people worldwide and guide them to do the right thing, and our commitment to quality, which is embedded in who we are and everything we do.

EY is committed to doing its part in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

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