Tax Manager, Federal Tax Services - DART (Depreciation Analysis and Reporting Tool)

Do you have excellent tax compliance skills and a strong desire to join a cutting-edge team? Do you like working to help companies achieve their tax objectives and their individual risk profiles? Do you have a passion for a unique and challenging role? If so, we have the career opportunity to keep you intrigued well beyond the tax code!

Work you'll do

As a Tax Manager in the FTS-DART group, you will provide tax consulting and compliance services to a diverse client base in various industry sectors. You will work directly with the client, manage the tax engagement team, have access to an elite group of specialists when needed, and be connected to a strong support system from firm leadership to ensure you are set up for success in your role and career. Responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining and developing strong client relationships on various tax engagements.
• Overseeing complex federal tax compliance and consulting projects requiring tax analysis for a variety of entities and their affiliates.
• Managing engagement workflow, engagement team resources, and engagement billing.
• Providing leadership, counseling, and career guidance for the development and motivation of the engagement team, both domestically and internationally.
• Assist in marketplace targeting, including preparing client specific or industry wide marketing materials.

• Assisting Clients with annual and interim cost recovery computations, including computing depreciation and gain/loss to support federal and state returns;
• Preparing state tax depreciation schedules and related adjustments for states that have decoupled from federal tax depreciation;
• Preparing and helping establish additional sets of tax depreciation books, such as Earnings and Profits (E&P) and non-confirming state regimes;
• Leveraging and utilizing advanced global tax depreciation data analytics and visualizations to help identify tax planning considerations, potential tax risks related to Client's fixed asset data, and identify potential cash tax savings;
• Assisting Clients with the analysis and validation of the of their carried PP&E timing differences and the related federal and state deferred tax balances;
• Computing tax depreciation for financial forecasts, tax provision, long-range planning, and cash-tax planning;
• Assisting Clients with RFP development, tax fixed asset vendor demonstrations and tax depreciation software selection;
• Helping Clients with fixed asset system implementations or upgrades;

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other business-related field
• 5+ years' experience in core federal tax compliance, including federal and/or international
• Travel up to 50% (While 50% of travel is a requirement of the role, due to COVID-19, non-essential travel has been suspended until further notice.)
• One of the following accreditations obtained: Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office, Licensed attorney, Enrolled Agent
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

• Advanced degree such as MST or MAcc
• Mid-Level to Advanced skills in MS Project, Word, Excel, and Tax Depreciation Software
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to effectively handle multiple, competing priorities
• Experience in coaching and mentoring junior colleagues
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to effectively handle multiple, competing priorities
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with a management and executive presence
• Highly disciplined and able to work under strict deadlines in fast-paced collegial environment
• Previous Big 4 experience or equivalent