State and Local Tax Manager
The candidate will interact closely with clients to provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise; provide primary and secondary review of complex tax returns; develop and manage staff; and work closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development, and business development activities. Will manage, direct, and monitor multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects in a wide variety of industries; provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; and manage to budget. Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews. Deliver a full range of State and Local Tax services including tax return preparation and review, tax research, preparation of technical memorandums, drafting client correspondence, and counseling client in defending against state audits. Manage multi-disciplinary, multi-state reviews that analyze income, franchise, sales and use, payroll, valorem taxes, and others to identify optimal filing options, exemptions, credits and incentives, and corporate structures that can reduce the client's tax burden. Consult, work with, and service client to make recommendations on business and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client.
The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. Should also have a CPA, Master's in Taxation, LL.M. in Taxation, or J.D. degree. Must have 5-7 years of progressive state and local tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate and public accounting experience. Broad exposure to State and Local Taxes including knowledge in State Income/Franchise Tax, Credits and Incentives, Sales and Use Tax, with Property Tax a plus. Must be eager to work on a variety of SALT issues and not specialize in one particular area. Should have excellent analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, and combined state tax returns. Must have computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology. Should have ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.
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