Partner Tax Preparation Advisor Manager

Job Opportunity at PwC in Phoenix, Arizona

Specialty/Competency: IFS – Finance

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions.

In private tax at PwC, you will focus on providing personalised tax planning and compliance services to high-net-worth individuals and privately-owned businesses.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member's unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity

As part of the Partner Tax Preparation Advisors team you are expected to provide tax compliance and tax planning guidance to the owners of PwC across the US. As a Manager you are expected to supervise, develop, and coach teams, manage client service accounts, and drive assigned client engagement workstreams by independently solving and analyzing complex problems to develop top-quality deliverables. You are expected to leverage a network of internal stakeholders and external resources to meet the needs of and service a client-base of partners and principals.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax compliance and planning guidance to PwC owners
• Supervise, develop, and coach teams
• Manage client service accounts and engagement workstreams
• Solve and analyze complex problems to develop premium deliverables
• Leverage a network of internal stakeholders and external resources
• Assure exceptional support and meet client expectations
• Cultivate meaningful client relationships
• Contribute to the firm's purpose, principles, and business strategies

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance
• CPA, Enrolled Agent or Member of the Bar

What Sets You Apart

• Master's Degree preferred
• Understanding of Partnership K-1 income and state tax credits
• Skills in managing individual tax compliance
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google suite
• Ability to review individual tax returns
• Experience in leading virtual teams
• Skills in building trusted client relationships
• Ability to manage project workflow and budgets
• Experience in leveraging new technology

The salary range for this position is: $73,500 – $212,280. For residents of Washington state the salary range for this position is: $73,500 – $244,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more.

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage.