Description:
EY's FSO EDGE Wealth and Asset Management (WAM) practice provides comprehensive and specialized tax assistance tailored to the unique needs of the asset management industry. You will work alongside our practice office professionals who are knowledgeable and experienced with varied and specialized facets of hedge fund, private equity fund and mutual fund taxation, including fund and organizational structuring, tax minimization planning, on-call advice, and tax compliance.
Your Key Responsibilities
A Services Manager in FSO EDGE WAM will be responsible for delivering and managing tax compliance and consulting work for clients. The objective is to recognize and identify problem areas and items that need to be addressed or escalated to ensure tax returns, tax research, tax accounting, and tax projects are timely and accurately completed. You will work alongside practice office professional serving clients, based on their time demands, as one team.
Responsibilities Include
- Consult with clients and demonstrate professional discretion by appropriately escalating complex tax and client relationship matters to senior management and subject-matter professionals, coordinating efforts, and managing expectations about timing of response and resolution
- Deliver and manage compliance and consulting delivery services to meet deadlines for client deliverables
- Ability to lead projects and work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
- Incumbent has specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise
- Manage communications with client tax liaisons, client trust administration teams and client trust officers to gather required information, to share information to support informed decision-making, and obtain instruction or authorization necessary for timely, accurate production of tax information statements, tax returns and related reporting
- Support effective long-term relationships and manage workflow effectively with our clients
- Manage engagement deliverables and team resources to achieve timely and accurate delivery of tax compliance services while effectively managing engagement economics
- Advise and provide direction on complex tax matters, set expectations, coordinate daily work activities, and assign tasks to staff and seniors.
- Review and evaluate the work of staff members to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with relevant tax laws and regulations
- Provide effective leadership, formal and informal feedback, and coaching to team members
Skills And Attributes For Success
- Ability to recognize and identify problem areas that need to be addressed or escalated to ensure tax returns, tax research, tax accounting and other tax projects are timely and accurately completed
- Experience presenting in client conversations regarding complex or difficult topics
- Ability to break down complex tax projects into manageable components, analyze relevant information, and formulate client-centric solutions that comply with relevant laws and regulations
- Ability to manage multiple work assignments, team members and deadlines simultaneously
To qualify for the role you must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Tax, Law, or Economics
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a professional services or tax services organization in the financial services industry
- Broad exposure to federal income taxation and exposure to state and local tax
- Proficient in the use of various tax and accounting technologies
- Excellent teaming, leadership, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Enrolled Agent (EA) or licensed attorney