M&A Tax Associate

Baker Tilly•Chicago, DC

About The Position

Our Mergers and Acquisitions practice works with owners and investors to help them ease their tax burden and quantify tax exposures in a wide range of transactions, including buy-side and sell-side, restructuring, taxable and tax-free transactions. We provide our clients with tax due diligence, tax structuring, quantitative tax modeling services, transaction agreement review and consultation and tax technical support. You will gain knowledge of the firm's Merger & Acquisition services as well as assist project managers, clients, and peers on various consulting engagements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting or a related field required
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis upon hire.
Minimum 1 year of related experience
Able to understand problems, think critically, research and identify creative solutions
Ability to collaborate and work effectively across functions/departments/teams while building trusted relationships and positively influencing others
Self directed professional and takes initiative for professional growth and development
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and SharePoint)

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Taxation or JD with LLM in taxation preferred
CPA preferred. If not a CPA, must meet educational requirements to obtain CPA license upon hire in state of employment
Previous experience in a public accounting firm or law firm preferred
Previous experience in tax due diligence and merger and acquisitions tax consulting preferred

Responsibilities

Assist Seniors, Managers and Partners in conducting financial due diligence on middle-market companies in a variety of industries
Conduct analytical reviews of data and prepare findings
Create draft reports for management review
Research issues that arise during the course of engagement