People Advisory Services | Global Mobility/Tax - Immigration Assistant – Dublin

Who are we?

The Global Immigration team sits within EY’s People Advisory Services/UKI Tax practice and is an ever expanding provider managing a range of business immigration services for multinational clients hiring non-EEA employees to work in Ireland.

EY’s Immigration practice is a high-pace, client service focused environment. Team members enjoy extensive contact with corporate clients, employees/assignees and EY contacts at all levels within organisations. We are seeking an Assistant to join our busy Irish-inbound immigration team.

As a member of the Irish Immigration team you will be responsible for contributing to the overall success of the team. This is achieved by being inspirational, curious, accountable and results-focused at all times, and proactively asking for and accepting help where required.

What will I be doing?

Typical activities will include the following:

The successful applicant will work as part of a local team to maximise efficiencies on allocated client accounts. The role will involve:

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  Working in a fast paced and exciting environment with a team who assist with and advise on appropriate Irish immigration requirements for clients in a number of industries

• Working with different members of the team to gain an understanding of Irish immigration and applying learnings to compliance support for employers and employees

• Initiating immigration process with both the employer and the employee

• Arranging and participating in conference calls to provide an overview of Irish immigration requirements

• Assisting with the day-to-day activities related to Irish immigration cases

• Preparing applications for submission to the relevant government bodies (i.e. Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Department of Justice & Equality and Immigration Service Delivery Unit)

• Preparation of supporting documents for applications on behalf of the client where required

• Tracking applications submitted to the relevant Irish authorities and providing updates to employees, HR Managers, recruiters etc

• Communicate with clients on a frequent basis to keep them updated on the status of applications, change in Irish immigration policies, procedures and legislation

• Working and updating EY Immigration technologies and tracking systems

• Proactively completing non-technical client related tasks.

What do we look for?

Requirements for prospective candidates include:

• Strong written & verbal communication skills – must have ability to write detailed business letters, business cases, etc.

• Strong desire to learn and develop technical understanding of Irish immigration

• Customer/client facing experience is preferred

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent team player

• Ability to bring a project from start to finish

• Very methodical

• Calm personality

• Quick learner

• Strong IT skills, including very good Ms Office

• Desire to develop strong case/project management skills