Tax Manager - Real Estate

Deloitte•Jersey City, NJ

121d•$100,350 - $205,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a strategic and creative federal tax professional with experience serving real estate owners, operators, and investment managers? Do you bring strong knowledge of Subchapter K, partnership allocation methodologies, and REIT qualification rules? Deloitte’s Real Estate Services Tax practice offers the opportunity to advise sophisticated clients, develop creative tax strategies, and apply innovative technology to complex real estate tax challenges. As a Tax Manager in Deloitte’s Investment Management—Real Estate Tax group, you’ll provide federal tax consulting and compliance services to REITs, real estate private equity funds, joint ventures, and operating partnerships. You’ll work directly with clients, lead tax engagement teams, collaborate with Deloitte specialists, and use advanced technology and data analytics to deliver practical, high-quality solutions. Deloitte’s real estate practice combines tax expertise with broader industry knowledge to support clients across the real estate capital markets. You’ll advise clients on partnership life-cycle events, including formations, mergers, and initial public offerings, as well as inside and outside basis computations, Sections 704(c) and 743(b) computations, and Schedule K-1 processing. You’ll also use proprietary technologies to help clients streamline tax compliance and achieve compliance across their organizations. You’ll build and maintain trusted client relationships across federal tax consulting and compliance engagements. Your advisory work will address REIT qualification, the impact of tax reform on pass-through entities and other real estate businesses, business restructuring, and tax controversy. You’ll oversee complex federal tax projects involving multiple entities and affiliates, using technical tax analysis, technology, and data-driven insights to develop effective client solutions. You’ll manage engagement workflow, team resources, timelines, and billing while maintaining high standards for quality and client service. Join Deloitte’s Real Estate Services Tax practice and help leading real estate organizations navigate complexity, manage risk, and make tax a source of strategic value.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
5+ years in corporate tax experience
One of the following active accreditations obtained: Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA; Licensed Attorney; Enrolled Agent; Chartered Financial Advisor (CFA); Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Solid understanding of real estate tax technical and transaction skills, including partnership taxation, REIT taxation and qualification, partnership allocations, tax compliance, due diligence, acquisition/disposition planning and structuring, and experience with federal tax compliance, federal tax accounting and provisions, tax analysis, and tax research
Strong managerial experience with budgets, people and projects
Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week.
Ability to travel up to 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree such as Masters of Tax, JD, and/or LLM
Previous Big 4 or large CPA firm experience

Responsibilities

Provide federal tax consulting and compliance services to REITs, real estate private equity funds, joint ventures, and operating partnerships.
Work directly with clients, lead tax engagement teams, and collaborate with Deloitte specialists.
Use advanced technology and data analytics to deliver practical, high-quality solutions.
Advise clients on partnership life-cycle events, including formations, mergers, and initial public offerings.
Advise on inside and outside basis computations, Sections 704(c) and 743(b) computations, and Schedule K-1 processing.
Use proprietary technologies to help clients streamline tax compliance and achieve compliance across their organizations.
Build and maintain trusted client relationships across federal tax consulting and compliance engagements.
Address REIT qualification, the impact of tax reform on pass-through entities and other real estate businesses, business restructuring, and tax controversy.
Oversee complex federal tax projects involving multiple entities and affiliates.
Use technical tax analysis, technology, and data-driven insights to develop effective client solutions.
Manage engagement workflow, team resources, timelines, and billing while maintaining high standards for quality and client service.
Help leading real estate organizations navigate complexity, manage risk, and make tax a source of strategic value.