Tax Planning Senior Manager

AES•Arlington, VA

11d•$173,000 - $216,750•Onsite

About The Position

The Planning Senior Manager is primarily responsible for activities related to US federal and international tax planning. The role partners with the M&A, business development, finance, and other tax colleagues to lead all aspects of tax due diligence and structuring for new development opportunities, acquisitions, and dispositions.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of experience; Big 4 accounting firm or large corporate tax department experience preferred.
Advanced understanding of US federal and/or US international tax rules (i.e. Sub C, NCTI/Subpart F, etc.).
Excellent planning, research, and technical writing skills, as well as general knowledge of ASC 740.
Flexibility and agility; comfortable working with evolving priorities to achieve strategic objectives.
Creative and analytical mindset; enjoy complex problem solving to optimize the balance between business, finance and tax priorities.
Business and customer centric orientation; excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities that embraces a fulsome understanding of the business environment.
Demonstrated ability for high performance across multiple projects, with multiple priorities in a dynamic business environment.

Nice To Haves

BS Accounting/CPA/MST or LLM strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for tax analysis of business initiatives from a tax perspective, including the evaluation of potential tax consequences, transaction structuring alternatives, and financial modeling.
Work closely with M&A, finance and business development teams to provide high quality tax support for M&A and business driven transactions including application of unique industry specific rules.
Develop and implement tax planning strategies, including the development of initial tax planning ideas, research of technical tax issues, and review of implementing documents.
Monitor changes in tax legislation and impact assessment.
Collaborate with the tax accounting and tax compliance teams about tax risks and opportunities.
Liaise with internal non-tax counterparties and external advisors.
Review tax analysis for various transaction step plans and support U.S. tax compliance requirements related to business/tax transactions.