Location preference is Pittsburgh, but open to remote candidates.

Job Summary

The Income Tax Compliance Senior Manager (“Sr. Manager”) requires expertise in accounting and taxation to deliver federal and state income tax compliance services for assigned clients, including original and amended filings. The Sr. Manager maintains client relationships and oversees the timely preparation of federal and state income tax filings in accordance with current tax regulations.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Client’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team member experience.
• Develops and motivates engagement staff and provides leadership, counseling, and career guidance.

Client:

• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Travels to client locations for opening and closing conferences, data collection, client visits, and other travel as required.
• Assists in new service development and introduces new services to clients.
• Identifies any weaknesses observed in client’s processes and procedures and makes recommendations to the clients on how to improve their internal processes, procedures, workflow, and documentation.
• Collaborates on tax research projects for clients in diverse industries, participates in engagements requiring tax analysis for a variety of entities and their affiliates,?researches and analyzes a wide range of tax issues and applies the appropriate tax treatment.

Value:

• Manages projects for income tax engagements, which includes project planning, project oversight, scheduling staff resources, and developing and implementing software solutions.
• Oversees work paper documentation protocol, data collection and organization, utilization of software, management of the process, and final review of results
• Writes technical documents on tax issue developments.
• Drafts proposals, engagement letters, and reports of findings.

Education and Experience:

• Experience with corporate taxation, consolidations and partnerships (both Federal and State).
• Proven experience effectively prioritizing workload to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Proven ability to direct and develop staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with managing multiple client engagements and client service teams preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in Tax, CPA, or JD preferred.
• Minimum 8-10 years of tax professional services experience.

Computer Skills:

• Intermediate knowledge of GEOSYSTEMS Tax RS software, ONESOURCE software, and/or Corptax software is highly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft® Excel, Microsoft® Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm and interface with external clients, vendors, and candidates at all levels

MUST HAVE:

Experience with C Corps, S Corps, Partnerships, and 990’s tax returns in multiple states

Strong client-facing, client management skills

The ability to mentor, manage and guide staff-level employees

NICE TO HAVE:

Candidates can come from industry or public accounting. A blend of both would be great, but preference to public accounting if choosing between the two

Intermediate knowledge of GEOSYSTEMS Tax RS software, ONESOURCE software, and/or Corptax software

ADDITIONAL INFO

Busy times of the year = 55+ hours per week to get the mission accomplished (April 15th deadline, then July – October for extensions)