Federal Tax Manager or Senior Manager

FEDERAL TAX MANAGER OR SENIOR MANAGERPOSITION SUMMARYGrant Thornton's tax professionals are committed to developing and implementing bright ideas, intelligent strategies, and innovative solutions - solutions that can significantly reduce our clients' tax bills. Reducing our clients' tax bills in today's environment requires not only bright ideas and intelligent planning, but also a commitment to professional excellence and a complementary service approach. Grant Thornton's tax specialists are dedicated to delivering value-added, client-focused tax services that shed light on all of our clients' unresolved tax concerns.The Senior Tax Manager is responsible for the delivery of a full range of tax services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. Responsibilities include interacting closely with clients to provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise; developing and managing staff; working closely with partners and staff on client management, practice development and business development activities; and formulating and delivering innovative tax planning and tax savings strategies. The Senior Tax Manager is responsible for an assigned group of clients.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:-Adhere to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality.-Oversee the efforts of multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects in a wide variety of industries; provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; market, sell, design, and implement tax-planning strategies for clients and manage to budget.-Understand and manage firm risk on tax services and proposals.-Develop a project vision and set challenging personal and client service team goals.-Manage, develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews.-Conduct primary and secondary review of complicated or complex income tax returns including Corporate, S-Corp., partnership, and individual clients.-Research and consult on complex tax matters.-Maintain active communication with clients to manage expectations, ensure satisfaction, make sure deadlines are met, and lead change efforts effectively.-Consult, work with, and service client to make recommendations on business and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client.-Work closely with partners, managers, and staff to integrate practice development skills into a team approach to client service and new business development.-Play a key role in the future business generation and continued development of the client base within industry groups and identify future client needs and new business opportunities.-Use established network of business relationships within industry groups to generate new sales opportunities.-Maintain strong client relations and cross-sell services within the assigned group of clients.-Recruit and retain managers, senior associates, and associates.-Coach staff and motivate others to accept new ideas, practices, or action and achieve goals and objectives for performance and professional development.-Attend professional development and training seminars on a regular basis.-Perform other job-related duties as necessary.QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:-Bachelor's degree in Accounting. CPA, Masters in Taxation, LLM in Taxation, or JD.-5-12 years of progressive federal tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate and public accounting experience.-Experience in Corporate, S-Corp. and/or Partnership returns.-Superior analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, consolidated federal tax returns, partnership returns, and combined state tax returns.-Outstanding experience in staff and tax management in an integrated client service team.-Ability to manage and develop staff in a highly interactive team environment.-Demonstrated experience in practice development, business development, and managing other managers.-Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.-Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.-Outstanding leadership, business development, recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.-Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology.-Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sitesQUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:-Bachelor's degree in Accounting. CPA, Masters in Taxation, LLM in Taxation, or JD.-5-12 years of progressive federal tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate and public accounting experience.-Experience in Corporate, S-Corp. and/or Partnership returns.-Superior analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, consolidated federal tax returns, partnership returns, and combined state tax returns.-Outstanding experience in staff and tax management in an integrated client service team.-Ability to manage and develop staff in a highly interactive team environment.-Demonstrated experience in practice development, business development, and managing other managers.-Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.-Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.-Outstanding leadership, business development, recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.-Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software and technology.-Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sitesAdditional Information: Travel Percentage: 30%