Global Compliance & Reporting (GCR) is one of EYs five tax service lines, supporting businesses with tax reporting, compliance, and risk management. Our team helps clients navigate tax transformation and operating model changes, delivering practical and sustainable solutions across a wide range of industries.

The opportunity is to join our Global Delivery Services (GDS) team in Budapest, Hungary.  You will be part of a growing GDS team working with the Direct Tax Compliance and Reporting CoE.  We work closely with client tax functions as their primary contact, building trusted relationships and leveraging EYs global expertise. We focus on large, multi-country compliance engagements, providing opportunities to work with complex corporate clients and continually develop our skills.

The Global Tax CoE exists to enable the execution of EYs All In strategy and accelerate the Tax Paradigm Shift. It is where we incubate emerging solutions, operate our most complex deals and innovate through our market-leading luminaries. 

Through the Global Tax CoE, we are not only powering exceptional delivery, but we are also building the infrastructure to deliver on EY Taxs ambition: to be the transformation partner of choice for clients navigating complexity, regulation, and opportunity.

The opportunity

Join our fast-growing team as a Manager. Youll support multi-country client engagements in tax accounting and direct tax, providing Group Tax Accounting/Reporting services under US GAAP and IFRS. In this role, youll contribute to process improvement and help redesign how we deliver tax compliance and reporting, ensuring efficient, high-quality outcomes for our clients. 

We are a team which embraces diversity and inclusion with a mix of cultures, nationalities and backgrounds.  We believe this makes us perfectly suited to the global environment in which we work.

This is an exciting time for tax professionals as the tax landscape continues to evolve, with ongoing changes in accounting standards and regulatory frameworks. You will be at the forefront of delivering accurate and compliant tax reporting across EYs global operations, ensuring alignment with both IFRS and US GAAP standards.

Your key responsibilities
1. Tax Accounting & Reporting

• Support the preparation and review of interim, quarterly, and year-end global tax provisions under IFRS and US GAAP
• Assist with tax reporting deliverables from controllers and tax managers across the Group
• Contribute to US GAAP and IFRS disclosure preparation, including reconciliation of GAAP differences
• Maintain tax provision memoranda and supporting documentation
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX documentation and audit processes
• Key client contact, communicating with clients and building strong relationships.

2. Process Improvement & Compliance

• Identify and support implementation of process improvements in tax provision and compliance functions
• Coordinate preparation of tax account reconciliations and related schedules
• Monitor and manage the implications of new accounting standards and regulatory changes (including, but not limited to, BEPS Pillar Two)
• Help standardize and embed Group Tax Reporting processes to ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and SOX
• Contribute to continuous improvement in tax reporting processes through design, control, and operational enhancements
• Managing account resourcing, budget and delivery

3. Leadership & Collaboration

• Support tax reporting aspects of M&A transactions, including purchase accounting and compliance
• Mentor and develop junior staff on ASC 740, IAS 12, and other key tax concepts; provide performance feedback
• Partner with internal tax, accounting, and finance teams, as well as external service providers
• Develop and lead onshore/offshore teams for seamless client service delivery.
• Ensure the highest quality standards and develop team talent at all levels
• Help setting engagement strategies and connect clients with EY subject matter experts.
• Serve as an escalation point for client and internal teams.

Skills and attributes for success

• Degree qualified

• 5+ years of experience in US GAAP and/or IFRS tax accounting provisions/projects
• Strong tax accounting skills and understanding of ASC 740 and/or IAS 12 frameworks
• Corporate income tax experience across multiple jurisdictions
• Organized and able to deliver tax accounting in a short timeframe
• Strong communication skills and experience working with multi-country teams
• Problem solving capabilities and process improvement mindset
• Ability to distil complex concepts into clear, actionable insights
• Agile to the changing client environment and able to provide quality deliverables under tight timelines
• Proactive and able to identify opportunities for business development
• Ability to manage budgets and time to deliver quality output
• Experience managing teams and mentoring staff
• Experience coaching and developing junior staff
• Strong Excel skills

Ideally, youll also have but is not required

• ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA/CPA qualified or equivalent (or working towards qualification)
• Accounting or tax qualification 

• Experience managing international projects
• Experience in process and technology design is beneficial but not mandatory
• Understanding of BEPS Pillar Two and OECD GloBE Framework
• Knowledge of withholding tax processes 

What we look for

We are looking for individuals with a transformative mindset, people who can see past what we do today and dream up what we could do tomorrow. We want people who communicate well, work as part of a team and drive their responsibilities through to completion. An energetic team player with the ability to build strong working relationships with client and EY teams alike. A results-driven candidate with the capability to add financial value to an engagement, and bring innovation to their clients and team.

What we offer  

By seamlessly integrating with EY member firm teams across the globe, GDS contributes significantly to EY's purposeful and sustainable growth, delivering insights and solutions that foster trust in capital markets and create value for EY clients, society, and the planet.

We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling to deliver excellent results while allowing everyone to build your career without sacrificing personal priorities, providing:

GDS is All in to shape the future with confidence, addressing today's challenges, and anticipating tomorrow's needs. EY GDS is not just reimagining the future of workit's actively building it, ensuring agility, efficiency, and resilience in an ever-evolving world.

• A competitive salary and benefits package, including private health insurance.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth, by access to training and development programs, coaching and mentoring as well as on-the job opportunities.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment with multicultural teams.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work with 2 days in the office per week.
• Employee wellness programs and initiatives and the opportunity to obtain the All You Can Move sport pass.
• Possibility to volunteer for meaningful initiatives to positively impact lives in the community.