Tax Senior - Business Tax Services - Passthrough Transactions Group (Analytics)

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Location: Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, San Francisco, San Jose, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, Austin, Houston, New York, Hoboken, Iselin, Boston, Philadelphia

 

Our National Tax Department (NTD) serves high-profile, national and multinational clients, providing a range of domestic and international transactional tax planning services and tax-related advisory services. The combination of knowledge and experience forms the basis of our ability to assist clients in meeting their business objectives. We believe that by managing our clients’ tax obligations responsibly and proactively we can make a critical difference, and you’ll be at the heart of this mission.

 

The opportunity

We currently have a career opportunity for a Partnership Transaction Modeling Senior in our National Passthrough Transactions Group (PTG).  This individual works on and is an instrumental part of multiple and challenging tax engagements to deliver quality tax planning services for our diverse clients. This position offers excellent opportunities for teaming, leadership and career advancement to the right candidate.

 

What to expect

Your typical day will involve working in small groups on projects with internal or external clients. You’ll be heavily involved in formal deliverables, developing partnership models, researching industry and company financial information and speaking to your findings. On top of this you’ll be exposed to companies across various industries and located around the world, learning new things every day. We’ll look to you to get familiar with tax policies and implications and build your knowledge around research tools and resources so you can speak articulately about a business or industry efficiently and effectively.

 

Your key responsibilities

• Providing tax advisory services to clients on all aspects of joint venture and partnership tax matters, including acquisition, formation, operation, restructuring and disposition issues.
• Applying tax technical concepts to determine the various transactional outcome involved in a particular deal structure and/or industry segment
• Demonstrate an understanding of increasingly complex tax concepts and strong technical partnership tax skills, and effectively apply tax knowledge to client situations
• Provide high-quality and 'time-sensitive' service that meet and/or exceed our clients' expectations.
• Build on technical competence by taking advantage of learning from nationally recognized tax professionals
• Help to develop and guide staff and other junior tax professionals by providing effective performance feedback and ensuring team responsibilities are consistent with skills and developmental goals
• Demonstrate professionalism through a positive and cooperative attitude and by maintaining the confidential and proprietary nature of client relationships and related work products

 

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and a minimum of three years related work experience; or a graduate degree in Tax or Law and approximately more than two years of related work experience
• Broad exposure to federal income taxation, with an emphasis on partnership taxation.
• Comprehensive tax technical and advanced MS Excel skills
• Willing and able to learn and work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent mentoring, organizational, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines
• Flexible and willing to travel as well as work in excess of standard hours when necessary

 

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A CPA certification or membership in The Bar – Needed for advancement
• Experience with modeling tax transactions

 

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people, with a diverse set of interests and backgrounds and an entrepreneurial mindset. You’ll also need to have fantastic communication skills, the ability to manage your schedule, and enjoy going beyond assigned tasks to see