Senior Associate - Technical Tax Advisor: Real Estate

Job Description At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you are starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you will love from top to bottom - we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals. We are seeking a technical tax professional to join our growing Real Estate Tax practice. This role will serve as a technical resource to partners and client service teams, providing guidance on complex real estate tax matters, partnership structures, REIT transactions, fund taxation, and emerging technical issues. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex tax issues, conducting technical research, developing tax positions, and collaborating with engagement teams on sophisticated real estate transactions. This role is ideal for a tax professional looking to expand beyond traditional compliance into a more technical, research-driven, and transaction-focused career path. As part of the National Office Tax team, you will gain exposure to the "why behind the work," supporting complex real estate transactions, structuring considerations, and technical tax analysis that impact both internal teams and clients. This practice serves a wide range of clients with specific needs including real estate private equity funds, public and private REITs, as well as privately owned Real Estate held by family offices or joint ventures. This open position offers the opportunity to join a high-performing, high-growth team while working with complex clients in the Real Estate industry. This position offers the flexibility of a hybrid working model, based in one of the markets listed where EisnerAmper has an office. Professionals with experience in REITs, REPE, Real Estate Funds, Partnership Tax, Real Estate Developers, Owner-Operators, Institutional Real Estate, and Complex Real Estate Transactions are encouraged to apply.

What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper:

You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry. You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance. You will join a culture that has received multiple top "Places to Work" awards. We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions. We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation. Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work.

Work you'll be responsible for:

• Research and analyze complex federal tax issues affecting real estate clients
• Advise partners and engagement teams on technical tax matters
• Prepare and review technical memoranda and tax position documentation
• Provide guidance on partnership taxation, REIT structures, and fund-related tax issues
• Assist engagement teams with complex client transactions and restructurings
• Monitor tax law developments impacting the real estate industry
• Develop internal technical resources and training materials
• Collaborate with professionals across the firm's real estate practice
• Support tax planning and consulting engagements involving sophisticated structures and transactions

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of real estate tax experience within public accounting or professional services. CPA or Enrolled Agent
• Strong tax research and writing skills
• Experience communicating technical tax issues to non-technical audiences
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and engagements

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced tax degrees (J.D., LL.M.) or relevant technical experience are considered a plus but not required
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
• UPREIT Structures
• Real Estate Private Equity (REPE)
• Real Estate Funds
• Opportunity Funds
• Institutional Real Estate Investors
• Partnership Taxation
• Real Estate Joint Ventures
• Tax Structuring
• Transaction Advisory
• Technical knowledge of: Section 704(c) Allocations
• Built-In Gain Issues
• Section 721 Contributions
• Section 754 Elections
• Partnership Capital Account Maintenance
• Disguised Sale Rules
• Debt Allocation Rules
• REIT Qualification and Compliance Testing
• Tax-Free Reorganization Transactions
• ASC 740
• Federal Income Tax Research
• Tax Memorandum Writing

About Our Tax Team:

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper's Tax Group does not only provide trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients, but it creates new opportunities for employees to grow, both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way. A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation, and transparency. For us, success is defined by working together, sometimes across specialties, to provide the best tax solutions to meet our clients’ unique needs. Tax regulations and procedures are always changing, and so are we. All EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. Because when we can identify creative ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, we are able to spend more time conducting impactful business advisory services for our clients.

About EisnerAmper:

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with nearly 4,500 employees including 450 partners across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today and position them for success tomorrow. Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who serve these clients. EisnerAmper is proud to be a merit-based employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of veteran or disability status or any protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of background. If you require assistance completing an employment application due to a disability, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io so that we can provide you with an accommodation or an alternative application process.

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the U.S., with more than 4,500 employees and over 450 partners across the country. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today, and position them for success tomorrow. Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers and investors who serve these clients. Our reach extends globally, with offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, India, the Cayman Islands, Singapore, and Ireland.

Preferred Location: New York

For NYC and California, the expected salary range for this position is between $125,000.00 and $200,000. The range for the position in other geographies may vary based on market differences. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law. #LI-MA1 #LI-Hybrid