EMEIA Indirect Tax Compliance Manager

Job description

The opportunity

With our breadth of service offerings you have the opportunity to develop your career through a variety of experiences, mentoring and formal learning to ensure our employee value proposition – Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime – is a reality.


Join our fast growing Indirect Tax Compliance and Reporting team as a Manager in Hungary and you will have the opportunity to work on EY’s largest multi-country client engagements.

We deploy strong multi-skilled teams working seamlessly across countries and service lines, with major hubs in UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Romania and Hungary.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager, you will be working on a selection of clients where you are the “VAT controller” for the VAT/GST compliance outsourced to EY, including:

• Act as central point of contact – liaise with your international clients and colleagues with respect to regional and global VAT and VAT compliance.

• Monitoring, and giving feedback on, the quality of our clients’ indirect tax data (using AI and other technologies) and reports of your clients.

• Reviewing and approving indirect tax returns, and considering ways to maximise cash for your clients.

• Follow up on legislative changes and business changes in order to ensure that our client’s systems and/or processes are updated.

• Identify issues and opportunities to continuously improve the VAT compliance processes and our client’s data.

• Coordinate VAT compliance advisory, technology, controversy and audit support.

• Coordinate with other VAT controllers and report to the client’s Process Owner at EY (Senior Manager or above).

• Supervise, coach and lead team members.

• Broaden the relationship network with existing clients and participate in commercial initiatives together with Senior Managers or Partners .

• Proactively communicate and collaborate with other sub-service lines and identify and facilitate cross-selling opportunities .

• Proposing improvement possibilities to raise effectiveness and efficiency of the work processes.

• Potential short to medium term secondments to client sites based in your home country.

In addition, you will get a chance to work on a broader strategic initiative such as:

• Process: design innovative compliance solutions, including AI and generative AI; regulatory monitoring, etc.

• Technology: automation, AI, data analytics, dashboarding, etc.

• People: wellbeing initiatives, training programs, mentoring and team development, recruitment, etc.

• Go to market: positioning of new services and solutions, marketing of existing services, etc.

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant professional experience in EMEIA and/or APAC VAT/GST compliance, VAT Reporting or Accountancy, including reconciliations, either in industry or with other service providers.

• Experience in data interrogation.

• Experience in, or an interest and curiosity in AI.

• Basic understanding of other compliance activities such as statutory accounting and corporate tax compliance

• Understanding of IT-systems and VAT/GST reporting solutions

• Fluency in English – written and spoken.

Any additional language is an asset

• Excellent communication across cultures and within a virtual working environment

Additional skills and attributes for success

• Innovative & problem resolution focus with strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Data driven decision making / data analytics and interpretation.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Team player with project management capabilities.

• Client centric, curious mindset.

• Highly motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team.

• A desire to learn and develop into the role.

• Ability to plan and prioritize work.

What we look for

Experienced professionals who want to join our mature and skilled team and accept the challenge to provide high quality service to our clients and to continuously improve.

What we offer

By seamlessly integrating with EY member firm teams across the global, 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:

• 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.

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 work—it's actively building it, ensuring agility, efficiency, and resilience in an ever-evolving world.

Required Skill Profession

Financial Specialists