Indirect Tax - London, United Kingdom - EY

Description

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EY's specialist Indirect Tax Transformation team, with a focus on data services. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast growth part of the UKI Tax practice. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work with significant multinational clients and to engage with our global EY network, providing a great opportunity to build and expand your corporate network.

Modern tax regulations are highly complex and dynamic, and our clients need our support with understanding what these mean for them in terms of technology, data and technology solutions, as well as data, controls, process and governance strategy. As an Indirect tax Microsoft data services professional at EY, you'll use experience of Indirect tax global rules and requirements, and knowledge of the Microsoft technology suite, programming languages and third-party solutions to help clients identify the right technology tools and manage their systems to deliver tax requirements effectively. The primary role would be to engage with clients and help to maximise the value that their data can deliver for tax, whether that is completing data analytics projects or extracting more value from their existing processes.

In turn, we'll help you achieve your potential by giving you business advisory experience and professional development. Our senior tax professionals will support you throughout your career, helping you to grow and become a leader in the tax profession.

Core Skills And Attributes For Success

Strong technology skills with a keen interest in emerging technologies and the evolving tax reporting landscape to enable further innovation within the team.

Consulting background preferable but not required - used to interacting with clients and working on large-scale projects

Knowledge of a selection of the following technologies including hands on experience is preferable: Python Pandas, Azure Databricks, Alteryx, Microsoft Power Platform (PowerAutomate & PowerBI)

Proven high quality delivery and attention to detail

Experience working as a team and leading project teams or workstreams

Willingness to build career within tax transformation domain

Strong interpersonal, team and communication skills, both verbal and written

Demonstrate ability to coach, work in teams, collaboration, customer centricity, service orientation and quality focus

Working knowledge of EU VAT and other Tax principles and best practices is preferable

To qualify for the role you must have

Experience running data analytics and/ or bespoke automation projects, preferably for tax or finance use cases.

Experience supporting and/ or leading process automation projects, including requirements gathering, solution design & documentation, solution build & review

Demonstrate a practical mindset with the capability to identify solutions for complex problems independently

Ability to translate complex requirements to technology specialists and business analysts

Experience of at least 1 of the following technologies/ languages: Python Pandas, Azure Databricks, Alteryx, Microsoft Power Platform (PowerAutomate & PowerBI)

Experience solving business issues using one of the above technologies

Additional Desired Skills

Understanding of the VAT reporting lifecycle and the data used throughout

Good understanding of technologies such as: SQL/CDS views, cloud computing, AI/ML

Experience working with data originating in Mi