We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager with a strong background in public accounting and international taxation to join our team of industry-leading tax professionals. This role offers high-impact advisory work with international clients, career growth into leadership, and exposure to complex, strategic tax planning in the dynamic international sector. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and work on challenging tax issues in the international industry, we want to hear from you.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains expertise in accounting, tax regulations, and industry matters through research and training.
- Ensures timely tax filings, targeting deadlines at least 10 days in advance.
- Conducts thorough tax return reviews, adhering to all checklists and procedures.
- Identifies and resolves complex tax issues with well-supported conclusions.
- Maintains proficiency in tax software and technology tools.
- Provides high-quality client service and builds strong relationships.
- Plans and executes multiple engagements efficiently.
- Manages time and resources to meet deadlines without excessive overtime.
- Keeps Directors informed on engagement progress and challenges.
- Oversees billing, collections, and realization rates to meet budget expectations.
- Ensures compliance with risk management and quality control procedures.
- Develops new business opportunities and expands client relationships.
- Engages in professional networks to build referral sources.
- Contributes to product development and sales initiatives.
- Represents the firm at industry events.
- Demonstrates leadership, executive presence, and professionalism.
- Mentors and develops staff with timely, constructive feedback.
- Manages teams effectively under high-pressure deadlines.
- Promotes firm values, teamwork, diversity, and collaboration.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 8+ years of international tax compliance and consulting services.
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
- CPA certification or other professional certification relevant to specialized services areas.
- Focus on international tax, ideally robust experience with inbound companies (US operating/holding entities with foreign owners).
- Strong project management skills on compliance projects (tax returns), including scoping, budgeting, monitoring progress, managing several individual team members, billing/collecting, and managing client relationships.
- Experience with tax preparation and research software
- Hands-on experience with review and preparation of all forms and schedules related to corporations, S-corporations, partnerships, individuals, state and consolidated returns.
- Strong research and compliance skills.
- Proven ability to work on multiple client engagements and adhere to tax deadlines.
Preferred:
- Advanced Accounting degree
- Experience with individual/expat international taxation.
- Language skills, fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese. As well as experience in effectively communicating with clients who are not in the US, from different cultures, and, while may be fluent in English, may not have English as their primary language.
- Experience with Go Systems, BNA Income Tax Planner, GoFileRoom, BNA Bloomberg, and Checkpoint.