Jeff Saviano
Global Tax Innovation Leader, Americas Tax Innovation, Solutions & Technology Leader
Global Tax Innovation Leader, Americas Tax Innovation, Solutions & Technology Leader
Area – Region/Business Unit: Global / Americas – National Tax Department
Office city, Country: Cambridge, MA, United States
Description of Office/Practice
- Global Tax Innovation. Tax innovation teams at EY discover, design and commercialize new tax services and technology platforms. They create a startup culture to drive innovation through test and learn patterns and acceleration initiatives, while implementing programs to enhance the EY innovation brand and promote a culture of innovation within EY.
- Americas Tax Innovation, Solutions, and Technology (IST). IST is comprised of four interconnected teams: Innovation Foundry – designs and builds new digital businesses; Innovation Council – leads programs to create a culture of innovation within EY and innovation workshops with clients; Technology – designs and develops enterprise-wide tax technology platforms; and Solutions – commercializes new tax services through new channels and innovative market deployment.
Function in EY
- Jeff is EY’s Global Tax Innovation Leader; in the Americas, Jeff leads the IST practice.
Professional experience and clients
- Prior to his transition to innovation, Jeff was a long-time leader of EY’s Americas Indirect Tax Practice, where his teams helped companies manage their state and local taxes in the United States and their non-income-based taxes globally. In that role, Jeff advised clients on state tax policy matters affecting corporate taxpayers.
- Jeff’s professional interests include application of new, advanced, technologies to governmental tax administrations and businesses; professional service firm innovation strategy; leading programs to help corporate tax executives build their innovation capabilities; business model and customer experience innovation.
Education
- Iona College, Bachelor’s in Accounting
- Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
- Boston University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
Personal interests
- Tennis; lifelong player
- Podcasting; launched a podcast in Nov, 2017 called Better Innovation, where Jeff interviews innovation thought leaders and other interesting people.
- Public speaking; delivered a TEDx Talk in 2016 grounded in the idea that imposing a carbon tax could help mitigate the harmful effects of climate change.
- Teaching; Most recently, Jeff taught an Innovation in Professional Services seminar at Elon University School of Law
- Funding Universities; Jeff currently has 3 kids in college!
