Indirect TAX VAT Manager

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EY-Global Delivery Services (GDS) Indirect Tax team supports EYs Global Indirect Tax practice and clients in managing Indirect Tax services. Some of the key support areas of EY-GDS Indirect Tax team include:

• VAT / GST Compliance

• Property Tax

• Sales and Use Tax Compliance and Consulting

• Work Opportunity Tax Credit and other Business Credits

• Excise Tax Compliance and Consulting

• Global Trade

• Other taxes

What are you going to do?

• Manage VAT engagements which includes preparation and review of VAT returns, as well as undertaking detailed planning and implementation
• Act as a principle point of contact for clients or engagement teams for determining scope of work, issue escalation & resolution
• Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of team through regular training, coaching & counselling sessions
• Ensure team adheres to the quality, Turnaround Time & other Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements
• Maintain and Develop quality & productivity metric tools
• Build working relationships with the user groups by conducting regular reviews & feedback
• Work with user groups to ensure, work performed by the GDS meets the quality standards & SLA
• Anticipate and identify risks and escalate as appropriate
• Resource management & planning annual service delivery
• Organizacional and process skills
• Problem solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Interpersonal skills - Enjoys working with people and developing people, with key focus on managing effective teams
• Ability to motivate, coach and mentor one or two direct reports
• Adaptable and flexible

What do we need from you?

• Technical proficiency in VAT Compliance
• Identify opportunities for selling new services to existing clients
• Client centric and solution oriented
• Demonstrate Project management skills in managing client deliverables
• Thrives working within tight deadlines in a pressurised environment that works under contractual SLAs with financial penalties
• 3 to 6 years of VAT Compliance experience for any or multiple countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chili and Colombia
• Language capabilities English & Spanish or Portuguese 
• Preferable experience in managing a multi country VAT engagements
• Exposure to Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable / General Ledger / VAT Tax accounting