Tax Experienced Manager, International Tax Services

Job Summary:

An International Tax Experienced Manager is responsible for advising clients of the tax implications relating to their business objectives, recommending alternate courses of action, as well as identifying different methods of complying with tax regulations.   In this role, the Experienced Manager will be charged with marketing, networking and business development within area of experience and specialization and recognizing potential changes in tax policy and applying new policies to tax compliance and planning.

Job Duties:

• Tax Consulting
  • Assists clients and BDO client service teams in developing ideas, structures, and transactions – with a focus on international matters 
  • Interprets existing and new laws, along with client facts, to maximize client benefits and identifies needs for other expert resources, internal and external, to assist where necessary 
  • Coordinates with foreign BDO offices
  • Understands, develops, and maintains workplans for tax consulting projects
  • Identifies financial reporting and cash tax impact of various consulting engagements
  • Applies basic knowledge and understanding of transfer pricing and foreign tax regimes
  • Coordinates completion of any compliance/reporting requirements with client service teams created through consulting engagements
  • Assists in managing client expectations
• Tax Specialization
  • Applies an in-depth understanding of the technical and practical international tax issues and opportunities and explores specializing in one or more international tax areas
  • Organizes and conducts effective internal CPE training sessions in the area of specialization
  • Develops knowledge base of and personal network with professionals in selected foreign jurisdictions
• Research
  • Identifies complex situations when research is necessary providing an outline of the issue(s) and the appropriate source of research to be conducted
  • Analyzes researched facts and the sources utilized prior to composing a detailed report of the research findings
  • Prepares Written Tax Advice (WTA) and confers with National Tax Office, as appropriate
• Tax Compliance
  • Assists in managing client engagements 
  • Assists in conducting detailed review of international tax aspects of U.S. tax reporting and other client supplied data and identifies basic issues throughout the engagement
  • Applies an in-depth knowledge of U.S. tax compliance and other filing requirements as they relate to a client’s international operations, structures and transactions
  • Understands and applies Firm policies, standards and manuals regarding tax accounting matters and can review and coordinate reviews of tax accounting matters related to a client’s international activities
• Tax Controversy
  • Represents clients before the IRS as appropriate and with assistance and guidance from senior international tax professionals
• ASC 740-10 
  • Applies standards, Firm policies and BDO Tax Quality Manual requirements 
  • Assists in reviewing international aspects of tax provisions including coordination of BDO colleagues in non-US jurisdictions
  • Trains others in technical tax, ASC740, software, research and other tax matters
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervises the day-to-day workload of International Tax Senior Associates and Associates and Interns on assigned engagements and reviews work product and ensures their technical development
• Delivers periodic performance feedback and completes performance evaluations for International Tax Senior Associates and Associates and Interns
• Acts as mentor to International Tax Senior Associates and Associates and Interns, as appropriate

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, required
• Focus in Accounting, preferred 
• J. D., LLM, and/or MST/MBT, preferred

Experience:

• Six (6) or more years of pri