FY27 - Tax Manager - Financial Services Organization - Tax Technology & Transformation

EY•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•$128,400 - $267,400•Hybrid

About The Position

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team! EY’s FSO Technology and Transformation practice will give you the opportunity to further develop your skills while assisting our financial services clients in dealing with the operational challenges that their world class tax functions are facing today. We offer a broad array of services, including tax accounting and compliance process improvement, tax sensitization of ERP systems, automation of complex hedge fund allocations, and enhancement of tax processes and/or technology to deal with ongoing legislative and regulatory changes. You will be working with clients to improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of their tax functions and assists them to better connect with executive management.

Requirements

Strong leadership ability, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, analytical abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Managing quality of deliverables from offshore teams (as needed) to deliver projects to time, cost and quality requirements
Documenting technical and business requirements, including Identifying and prioritizing issues
Having an interest and experience in improving the performance of tax functions, the demonstrated ability to team with and motivate others, and willingness to develop meaningful and influential relationships with clients and colleagues
A bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience
One of the following certifications: CPA, JD, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt and/or Project Management Professional “PMP”
Master’s degree in Accounting, Tax, Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering
Exposure to the financial services industry, accounting/finance/tax, tax or finance performance improvement, tax software development and/or implementation

Nice To Haves

Knowledge in implementing tax technology solutions (e.g., CorpTax, ONESOURCE, Sabrix, Vertex, SharePoint, PFI, RPA software)
Embedding tax requirements into financial/business systems and processes (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, PAM, Investran)
Developing and implementing custom applications (e.g., Visual Studio, VBA/VSTO, SQL Server, MS PowerBI Suite)

Responsibilities

Identifying ways to improve operational effectiveness in tax functions
Reviewing the process and controls that are in place including technology
Looking at effectiveness of the various technology systems our tax clients use to increase automation and data quality throughout tax processes
Assessing the overall risk to establish a proper control environment
Designing and building custom tax applications
Working with leadership to run these exciting and impactful projects