Tax - Indirect Tax - Property Tax - Associate Analyst

EDGE stands for Exceptional Delivery and Growth Engine because this team operates in a technical environment with deep process and service delivery experience that distinguishes the EY organization in the marketplace.

When you join EY EDGE, Indirect Property Tax, you’ll be at the heart of the EY critical mission to build a better working world by applying your knowledge, skills and experience in assisting clients in meeting their business objectives. You will learn, grow and contribute — building new relationships and discovering the satisfaction that comes with producing high-quality, valued work and advice.

You’re likely to spend your time on a diverse array of projects, responsibilities and tasks, supporting client engagements by participating in day-to-day interactions with team members, providing a quality work product and driving delivery of services to meet deadlines. As part of that, you’ll need to possess interpersonal skills, be able to absorb and observe, and be flexible in a changing environment.

Your key responsibilities

You’ll spend much of your time providing compliance support to engagement teams, including sorting and organizing daily mail and documents, preparing follow-up logs and meeting notes and conducting research as requested. You will also spend time preparing property tax renditions and process appeal documents. You’ll be working in a highly collaborative culture, where listening to and sharing information with colleagues is an essential part of the role.

• Timely, efficient and accurate support of the production of tax information statements, tax returns and related reporting in a volume-driven environment within deadline-driven timeframes established by governmental agencies and as dictated by the performance standards set forth by the practice’s clients

• Balancing time between multiple projects and responsibilities, working with multiple engagement teams to serve multiple clients

• Learning the differences between various trust accounting systems and how to obtain account data, evaluating the accuracy of such data, and applying knowledge of tax laws and regulatory guidance to make recommendations supporting accuracy in tax reporting

• Analyzing bridged account data to identify potential errors and omissions and applying knowledge of basic tax concepts to make decisions and take action to modify tax coding or reporting pertaining to assets, transactions, income, expenses and beneficiary allocations to support accuracy in tax reporting

• Support billing for tax compliance and related services

• Basic client data review related to account, beneficiary and transaction data to identify and correct data bridging errors or omissions based upon professional judgement, informed by training and provided documented guidance

• Assist engagement team with reconciliation of client account database and tax filings to help ensure complete, accurate and timely filing of tax returns, identifying and resolving reconciliation discrepancies

• Routinely communicating with immediate supervisor and colleagues to obtain guidance and instruction pertaining to performance of tax compliance activities, provide updates on status of work, and discuss recommendations concerning correction of client bridged-data to support accuracy and consistency in tax reporting

• Reconciling routine billing discrepancies

What we look for

• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

• You are curious and purpose driven. We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.

• You are inclusive. We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.

• Qualifications

• Have or be working toward, a Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field

• Basic knowledge of tax software applications, tax compliance and information reporting rules

• Leverage knowledge gained through education and on-the-job experience as well internal and external training and coaching to perform essential functions of the job

• Ability to follow a standardized process and ask questions when needed

• Prioritization of assignments to ensure appropriate workflow and timely production of client deliverables

• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary

• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.