Financial Services - International Corporate Tax Advisory - Manager

Financial Services - International Corporate Tax Advisory - Manager Location: Seattle Other locations: Anywhere in Region Date: Aug 17, 2026 Requisition ID: 1736026 Location: Seattle,San Francisco, Charlotte, Chicago, San Jose, New York City, Iselin At EY, we're all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Will you shape the future or will the future shape you? The opportunity 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 ofthe eventsthat 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 comejoin our dynamic FSO team! The International Tax and Transaction Services practice is comprised of three competencies focused on advising corporate and private equity clients on all aspects of their capital agenda – Transaction Tax Advisory, International Corporate Tax Advisory and Transfer Pricing. ITTS is unique in that it is a joint venture between the Transaction Advisory Services and Tax service lines allowing ITTS to maximize market opportunities as well as the growth and development of ITTS professionals. The transactions market is a major part of EY’s market strategy and a huge opportunity for both the business and EY professionals. With this many service offerings, you will have the opportunity to participate in cross-competency trainings to help develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. The International Corporate Tax Advisory competency (ICTA) is responsible for advising clients on international tax operations, including cross-border controversy, international policy advisory, international tax quantitative services, internal restructuring and refinancing. As a Manager in Cross Border Tax, you will advise on complex cross-border tax issues and help clients strategically align different areas of taxation. You'll build investment models, support cross-border investment methods and disputes, and contribute to corporate acquisitions. Your work will guide foreign entities on cross-border planning strategies, operational risk, and supply-chain projects while assessing the potential consequences of client positions using relevant legal authorities for specific jurisdictions. You'll review and identify issues such as taxation of foreign income, tax treaty implementations, permanent establishments, and withholding tax implications. You will drive complex planning, implementation, and structuring/restructuring projects and design cross-border holding investments by leveraging a deep understanding of the worldwide treaty network, including how bilateral and multilateral treaties shape the overall tax position of global organizations. What's in it for you? Exposure to daily client interactions, leadership of mission-critical workstreams, and the chance to shape global tax outcomes while enhancing commercial acumen and advisory impact. Key points: Provide strategic advice on cross-border tax planning and operational risk. Lead complex planning and structuring projects for global organizations. Review and identify tax issues related to foreign income and treaty implementation. Your key responsibilities Depending on your unique skills and ambitions, your work may span technical planning, strategic advising, and helping clients navigate complex business challenges on a global scale. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while bringing innovative thinking and commercial insight to every engagement. Operating within a highly regulated industry, you'll help strengthen our reputation as trusted advisors by embracing new opportunities, solving complex problems, and taking ownership of critical initiatives. You will manage and deliver one or more processes, solutions, or projects with a strong focus on quality and risk management. You'll champion continuous process improvement and innovative solutions through research, analysis, and best-practice insight. You may manage professional staff or supervise others to deliver complex technical initiatives, with accountability for performance and results. Your depth of expertise will guide teams, interpreting internal and external issues to recommend quality solutions while meeting locally set objectives (client service, quality and risk management, sales and business growth, solution development, teaming). The role is billable to external clients, leading workstream delivery, tracking deliverables and project status, and traveling regularly as needed by the client. Expect daily participation in client working sessions, leading workstreams across planning, execution, and closure; identifying opportunities for additional services; managing engagement economics; and implementing resource plans and budgets. Location & travel: Travel required regularly as needed by external clients. Key points: Develop solutions to complex problems. Recommend changes to policies and establish procedures affecting your area and potentially the broader function. Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to obtain results. Skills and attributes for success Impact comes from strong management and leadership, disciplined quality and risk focus, and the ability to drive continuous improvement. Success also requires proven project delivery, team guidance, and clear communication across stakeholders, with analytical rigor to interpret complex issues. Identifying and addressing domestic and international tax matters for clients. Providing technical tax advice and planning services across a portfolio of engagements. Building long-lasting client relationships and developing a deep understanding of their unique needs and business objectives. Staying current on emerging tax trends, technologies, and leading practices to maintain trusted advisor status. Responsible for effective management and delivery of processes, solutions, and/or projects. Applies depth of expertise to guide others; interprets internal/external issues to recommend quality solutions. Meets locally set performance objectives (client service, quality/risk, sales growth, solution development, teaming). Develops solutions to complex problems; recommends policy/procedure changes. Exercises sound judgment in choosing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria. To qualify for the role, you must have Typically, no less than 4-6 years relevant experience A US CPA license or US state bar membership Tax due diligence, deal-structuring, and post-acquisition planning experience and/or inbound and outbound transaction consulting with international tax research, planning and compliance experience Cross-border Capital Structure Planning Cross-border Tax Implication Analysis Global Tax Policy Design and Implementation International Tax Structures Corporate Acquisitions and Restructuring BEPS Planning Sustainability and Cross-Border Impact Analysis Global/international Tax Planning Ability to succinctly and clearly communicate complex tax concepts to clients Experience managing budgets, projects and people Ideally, you'll also have Strong writing, research, analytical, communication and presentation skills Ability to work in fast-paced professional services environment Experience supervising or guiding professional staff to deliver complex technical initiatives. Demonstrated leadership of workstreams and active participation in daily client sessions. Proven engagement economics management and resource planning/budget implementation. Familiarity with RFP leadership and identifying opportunities for additional services. What we look for We look for proactive, analytical, and collaborative high performers who thrive in dynamic environments, communicate with impact, and are committed to delivering quality solutions. A global mindset, adaptability, and a passion for continuous learning and improvement are highly valued. EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information,national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. 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