Private Wealth Services Tax Manager

As the Private Wealth Services Tax Manager, youll conduct primary and secondary reviews of complex tax returns and provide income, estate, and gift tax planning strategies for your high net worth, closely held business and family business clients - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. Youll collaborate with the Private Wealth Services Tax team and make recommendations on return preparation and tax savings opportunities, focusing on accuracy, quality and client service because together is how we succeed. From day one, youll be empowered by high quality tools and resources to thrive in your role to meet client needs, deliver high-value solutions, and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

• Providing tax planning and consulting to our firms high net worth clients for estate, wills and trusts taxation, and individual income taxes.
• Interacting closely with clients and other advisers, such as attorneys and financial asset managers.
• Managing multiple client service 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; actively assist in proposal activities and manage to budget.
• Managing, developing, training, and mentoring staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews.
• Researching and consulting on various tax matters, primarily in the federal estate, gift, charitable planning, and generation-skipping tax arenas; utilize tax-related software to prepare and process returns and research tax matters.
• Responding to inquiries from the IRS and other tax authorities.
• Maintaining active communication with clients to manage expectations, ensure deadlines are met, and enhance client relationships.
• Supporting business development activities, such as identification, proposal development and other pursuit activities at clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting - CPA or licensed member of the Bar or Enrolled Agent designation (with Masters Degree) required.
• Minimum six to ten years of progressive tax compliance and/or consulting experience in Family Wealth Planning or related area in public accounting or a combination of industry and public accounting experience.
• Experience in dealing with family units with $25 million and above in net worth, and a proven track record of implementation of tax strategies.
• Excellent analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills.
• Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.
• Strong leadership, business development, recruiting, training, coaching, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• The ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.

The base salary range for this position in the firms Chicago, IL office only is between $120,000 to $180,000.

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