Tax Director - Hartford

Marcum LLP offers a great career with exceptional benefits.

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to launching your career. At Marcum, we offer you a world of opportunity, a highly competitive salary, exceptional benefits, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.

At Marcum, eligible associates receive a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and transit benefits, as well as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and a profit sharing plan.

Marcum LLP offers a great career with exceptional benefits.

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to launching your career. At Marcum, we offer you a world of opportunity, a highly competitive salary, exceptional benefits, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.

At Marcum, eligible associates receive a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and transit benefits, as well as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and a profit sharing plan.

Marcum LLP is seeking a Tax Director to join our growing and well-established national firm in Hartford, CT. This position requires an experienced Tax & Business Services professional with strong interpersonal and supervisory skills.

Our growing Tax & Business Services practice provides tremendous career opportunities in an environment of the highest ethical standards and professionalism. We are committed to practicing work/life balance and offer extremely competitive salary and benefit packages.

Position Summary:

The Tax Director is responsible for the delivery of a full range of tax services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries.  Responsibilities include interacting closely with clients to provide innovative planning, consulting and compliance expertise; developing and managing staff; working closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development and business development activities; and formulating and delivering innovative tax planning and tax savings strategies. 

Essential Functions:

Tax Compliance

• Research tax issues and filing requirements that affect tax compliance.
• Review tax returns and ensure accuracy and completeness.

Tax Consulting

• Research complex tax issues using internal revenue code, treasury regulations and other relevant authorities/guidance.
• Draft tax technical memorandums.
• Perform tax structuring and modeling.

Engagement Management

• Serve as the Engagement Manager on specific client accounts, taking responsibility for pre-engagement planning, execution and final deliverable development. 
• Develop a detailed engagement work plan, illustrating budgets and schedules.  Monitor project status against the work plan and communicate schedule adjustments to the firm.
• Manage tax compliance process (to include resource allocation and budgeting, billing, and collection), schedule staff, deliver work product(s) on time and within scope, and communicate engagement status to the firm.
• Develop and maintain a professional relationship with the client.  Gain the respect and confidence of the client by consistently demonstrating superior customer service, quality work products and professional integrity.
• Serve as the primary point-of-contact to the client.  Ensure that the client is fully informed of engagement progress and logistics.
• Gain the respect and confidence of the team through effective client management, timely and accurate communication and clear and concise team direction.
• Prepare timely and accurate bills for professional services rendered.
• Prepare, organize and maintain engagement work papers and files.
• Communicate periodically with client following the completion of the engagement to ensure customer satisfaction.

New Business Development

• Develop a thorough understanding of all tax, audit and consulting services provided by the firm.  Link this understanding to potential client needs.
• Identify opportunities to expand the scope of current engagements through identification of current client needs and target client requirements.
• Actively participate in proposal development, at the direction of management, and take a lead role responding to re