The Tax Managing Director or Tax Partner of M&A Tax will work in a fast-paced rapidly growing practice and assume a wide set of responsibilities across buy-side and sell-side transactions, divestitures and carve outs working alongside our performance improvement, turnaround and restructuring and investment banking practices to assess a companys tax risks and opportunities, applying and interpreting income tax law and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors.
Responsibilities
Working directly with internal senior personnel and clients to develop comprehensive solutions to complex transactional challenges
Leveraging tax technical knowledge to lead engagement teams in performing buy- and sell-side due diligence and developing tax-efficient acquisition and divestiture structures
Conducting, developing, overseeing and reviewing tax due diligence, tax structuring and tax modeling workstreams including but not limited to identification and mitigation of relevant historical and projected tax risks, tax-advantage structuring, optimizing and preserving valuable tax attributes, mitigating tax costs related to cancellation of indebtedness income and worthless stock deduction analysis, conducting Section 382 and transaction cost analyses
Managing various technical tax issues dealing with consolidated returns, S Corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
Identifying and analyzing tax risks and opportunities while advising both strategic and private equity buyers and sellers on alternative tax strategies for acquisition, disposition and restructuring of businesses
Reviewing and analyzing merger agreements and providing opinion letters
Expanding tax research skills through deep exploration of complex technical tax issues across a broad spectrum of tax law
Teaching, guiding and coaching junior team members
Drafting clear and concise reports outlining key takeaways
Creating tax financial models
Contributing to marketing and business development efforts
Supporting practice development initiatives
Collaborating closely with performance improvement, restructuring and investment banking colleagues
Qualifications
Strong desire to be a part of and contribute to the growth of a high performing client focused team dedicated to individual and firm level achievements
Bachelors degree from a top undergraduate program (accounting preferred)
12 plus years of tax advisory experience or a combination of audit, tax and financial due diligence experience within a Big 4 accounting firm
CPA, JD, Masters in Taxation or LLM
Knowledge of a broad range of corporate tax matters in various industries
Proven ability to articulate complex information when providing crucial negotiation insights
Technically competent across multiple US federal, international and state income tax disciplines
Fundamental working knowledge of all or essentially all non-income based federal, state and foreign tax regimes, including but not limited to indirect, payroll, property and ad valorem taxes
Understanding of US GAAP, including the accounting for income tax principles
Experience with tax controversy and procedure
High degree of maturity with a proven ability to interact with senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and management teams
Experience leading other professionals and acting in a manner that motivates, inspires and develops junior team members
Proven leader in the delivery of high-quality work that exceeds client expectations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including strong email etiquette
Eagerness to be responsive at all times
Proven track-record of success in high pressure, time-constrained environments
Top-tier organizational skills and attention to detail
Self-starter and entrepreneurial nature
Open to travel and work at client site
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chicago, IL
Skills
Accountingunmatched
Acquisition Strategyunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Business Developmentunmatched
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Corporate Taxunmatched
Cost Analysisunmatched
Customer Relationsunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Due Diligenceunmatched
Financial Modelingunmatched
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
Income Taxunmatched
International Taxunmatched
Interpret Regulationsunmatched
Investment Servicesunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Loansunmatched
Marketingunmatched
Mergers and Acquisitionsunmatched
Negotiation Skillsunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Research Skillsunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Salesunmatched
State Taxunmatched
Tax Accountingunmatched
Tax Regulationsunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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