Senior Manager: Tax Technical - Knowledge & Insights at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

• We’re seeking a Senior Tax Technical resource to play a pivotal role at the heart of our Tax practice. You’ll shape how we interpret complex legislation, support our engagement teams with critical technical queries, and define how our firm builds, curates, and shares its tax knowledge.
• This is a rare opportunity to combine deep technical expertise, strategic influence, and intellectual leadership - helping EY stay at the forefront of the UK and global tax landscape.

Your key responsibilities

• Be the trusted voice on tax: Advise engagement teams on the most complex and high-stakes technical matters, providing clarity and confidence.
• Lead our knowledge agenda: Drive EY’s tax knowledge management strategy - ensuring insights are captured, structured, and shared across our South African network.
• Shape the firm’s point of view: Draft EY’s house views, technical briefings, and budget synopses that guide our people and inform our clients.
• Engage with change: Monitor emerging legislation and policy, assess business impacts, and communicate what it means for our firm and our clients.
• Support strategic engagement: Work with EY policy specialists and leadership to develop responses to government consultations and influence policy debate.
• Enable excellence: Build tools, frameworks, and communities that help our people access and apply the firm’s collective knowledge with confidence.

What we’re looking for

You combine technical mastery with the ability to connect ideas, people, and purpose. You’re a natural communicator who can translate complexity into clarity, and who sees knowledge not as an archive, but as a strategic asset.

• ACA, CTA, or equivalent professional qualification
• Significant experience in corporate, international, or policy-focused tax
• Strong technical judgment with the confidence to take a position and the humility to test it
• Exceptional written and verbal communication - able to articulate EY’s point of view clearly and credibly
• Proven ability to build networks and work collaboratively across teams and disciplines
• Passion for continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and helping others grow
• The ideal candidate will have 15 to 20 years of relevant work experience in tax, technical advisory, or related fields, demonstrating progressive responsibility and expertise.