State and Local Tax - Income and Franchise Manager

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Job ID: CLI-45838-2 Job Type: Full Time

As the Income/Franchise Tax Manager, you will deliver a full range of tax planning, consulting, and compliance services for multiple clients. You will collaborate with the Income/Franchise team and lead staff on various tax matters, overseeing all phases of project and engagement management.

From day one, you will be empowered with high-quality tools and resources to thrive in your role, meet client needs, and achieve more with confidence.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct, and monitor multiple client services teams on client engagements.
• Plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects across a wide variety of industries.
• Provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients.
• Manage project budgets.
• Develop, train, and mentor staff on tax projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews.
• Deliver a full range of State and Local Tax services, including tax return preparation and review, tax research, preparation of technical memorandums, drafting client correspondence, and counseling clients in defending against state audits.
• Manage multi-disciplinary, multi-state reviews that analyze income, franchise, sales and use, payroll, ad valorem taxes, and others to identify optimal filing options, exemptions, credits and incentives, and corporate structures that can reduce the client’s tax burden.
• Consult with clients to make recommendations on business and process improvements, serving as a business advisor.
• Take ultimate responsibility for overall project and deliverable completion.
• Support business development activities, such as opportunity identification, proposal development, and other client pursuit activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Technical Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Minimum of six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience.
• Active CPA license, JD with an active law license in good standing, or Certified Member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple project tasks simultaneously.
• Strong computer skills.
• Ability to travel as needed.