L2 Senior Associate - Tax Advisor, Corporate Tax, EY, Belfast

The opportunity

Our Belfast office is a successful and growing one thanks to a large and varied client base ranging from multinational listed businesses to start ups, owner managed to private equity / entrepreneurial venture backed companies and covering various sectors.

Within this role, you'll have the opportunity to gain experience of the mid-market and enhance your skills working with local, national and international businesses. As we seek to further grow the tax business in Belfast, we are looking for motivated tax professionals who excel in supporting the delivery of client work, teaming and building relationships.

As a tax advisor working in EY's Belfast office you'll provide a full range of corporate tax services. You'll be working within client service teams on a day-to-day basis and will broaden your experience of different business tax areas to help our clients through the challenges of tax planning, tax compliance and reporting obligations and to provide support on mergers and acquisitions. This role offers broad experience with exposure to senior stakeholders and a varied portfolio providing development opportunities.

As your career develops with EY you will be able to specialise within certain fields of corporate tax if desired.

Your key responsibilities

• To contribute to the efficient and successful delivery of corporate tax services ensuring technical excellence;
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional client service;
• Build relationships both within the firm and externally with clients, supporting the identification of opportunities; and
• Proactive member of the corporate tax team, responsible for day-to-day client liaison.

• Experience as a tax practitioner in UK corporation tax;
• Up to date knowledge of changes in the tax environment;
• Excellent communication skills in a range of situations both written and oral;
• An enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work;
• The ability to work as a strong and motivated team player;
• A desire to coach more junior staff;
• Any of the following: ATT / ACA / CTA (or breadth of knowledge equivalent to CTA)

• A solid background in UK corporate tax compliance or corporate tax advisory;
• Excellent project management skills; and
• A client centric focus and commercial awareness.