International Tax Principal

Baker Tilly•Frisco, TX

About The Position

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm. This role focuses on delivering a full range of international tax services for multiple clients across various industries. The position involves close client interaction to provide innovative international tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise. Responsibilities include developing and managing staff, working with staff on client management, practice development, and business development activities, and formulating and delivering innovative international tax planning and savings strategies. The role offers an opportunity to work with firm leadership and associates to serve clients and build the business, directly impacting the firm's success. The International Tax Practice is a National Practice, and the role can be based in various offices.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in accounting required.
CPA and/or JD required.
Fifteen plus years of public accounting experience in International Tax issues; to include inbound and outbound transaction consulting, multi-national corporation experience, transfer pricing, foreign tax credit utilization, and tax minimization.
Excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal and communications skills.
Ability to effectively manage and mentor a staff.
Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills.
Ability to travel as needed for client engagements and team meetings.

Nice To Haves

Masters or advanced degree highly desirable.
We will look at candidates who have public accounting and large corporate international experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee tax-planning responsibilities for clients.
Review complex tax research on a wide range of tax issues related to business transactions for a variety of entities and their affiliates.
Oversee the delivery of a full range of international tax services.
Advise U.S. and foreign multinational companies on the tax implications of their international operations.
Coordinate U.S. tax laws with foreign tax laws to develop an optimal worldwide tax strategy.
Develop tax planning strategies to minimize U.S. and foreign income taxes.
Consult with clients on tax-efficient structuring of international transactions, effective use of tax treaties, planning related to offshore investments activities and repatriation programs to minimize US and foreign income taxes of our US-based multinational clients.
Minimize worldwide tax burdens on business transactions and operations, and making effective foreign investments.
Research and consult on various tax matters.
Respond to IRS and other tax authority inquiries when requested, make recommendations to the client for consideration.
Actively participate in business development efforts to include working collaboratively with other partners and marketing professionals to target and build relationships with client prospects.
Manage, supervise, train and lead the staff through counsel, guidance and coaching.
Evaluate performance and work efforts; participate in performance review process.