National Corporate Tax - Senior Manager

Plante Moran•Fort Collins, CO

2d•$167,000 - $248,500•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a National Corporate Tax Senior Manager. The position involves preparing and reviewing income tax provisions for clients, including public companies audited by other accounting firms. The individual will serve as a national technical resource for accounting for income taxes (ASC 740), income tax provisions, and deferred taxes. Responsibilities include reviewing tax returns, assisting with tax consulting on complex corporate tax matters, determining tax objectives and methodologies, and identifying tax solutions and opportunities for clients. The role also requires leveraging technology like CCH Axcess, serving as the primary engagement manager with economic responsibilities, participating in networking events, coordinating with practice leaders, contributing to business expansion, and supervising a team of 1-2 associates. Additionally, there are opportunities to work with internal and external stakeholders at various levels and contribute to firm-wide initiatives such as developing infrastructure, participating in training programs, and engaging in non-billable activities like recruiting and content development. The Senior Manager will lead engagements from planning through completion, covering tax compliance, planning, and provision projects.

Requirements

10+ years experience in public accounting
Successful completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
CPA or Bar License required.
Tax provision review and preparation experience

Nice To Haves

Opportunities for overnight travel to attend firm wide trainings and events

Responsibilities

Prepare income tax provisions for clients, including certain public companies, that are audited by other accounting firms
Review provisions as a subject matter expert in an attest role.
Serve as a national technical resource as a firm-wide resource in the area of accounting for income taxes (ASC 740), income tax provisions, and deferred taxes.
Review returns for recurring corporate tax clients, including federal, foreign, state and local tax returns, estimated payments and extensions, and assisting with Federal and State tax audits
Assist with tax consulting on complex corporate tax matters
Determine appropriate tax objectives, scope and methodology and actively participate in decision making with client's management to understand the broader impact of current decisions and possible solutions
Identify tax solutions and opportunities for clients including federal or state credits or items generated from tax law changes
Effectively leverage available technology (i.e. CCH Axcess) and other resources to maximize technical application to project, and holds the engagement team to the same standard
Serve as the primary engagement manager with economic responsibilities for billing, realization and collections
Participate in internal and external networking events, including client meetings, industry events, etc.
Coordinate with Tax practice leaders and the Professional Standards Team on policy matters and practice matters related to accounting for income taxes.
Contribute to business expansion efforts, including proposal development and sales calls
Supervise and develop a team of 1-2 associates on each engagement in the areas of client engagement management and applied technical tax knowledge
Lead engagements from planning through completion; plan, execute and complete tax compliance, tax planning, and tax provision projects.
Participate in the firm-wide developing infrastructure, tools, templates, and practice matters related to the accounting for income taxes area.
Participate in annual CORE training program which focuses on development of core competencies to facilitate your growth at the firm
Opportunities to be involved in various non-billable initiatives, including on and off-campus recruiting, internal training facilitation, buddy system/mentoring program, development of thought leadership content, etc.