State and Local Tax - Income and Franchise Manager

Position Title: State and Local Tax - Income and Franchise Manager (Confidential Client)
Location: Bellevue, WA | Onsite
Employment Type: Permanent

Compensation

• Salary: $138,000 - $172,500/yr
• Bonus: Annual bonus

Position Summary

As the Income/Franchise Tax Manager, you'll deliver a full range of tax planning, consulting, and compliance services for multiple clients with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You'll collaborate with the Income/Franchise team and lead staff on various tax matters, on all phases of project and engagement management. From day one, you'll be empowered by high quality tools and resources to thrive in your role to meet client needs and help you achieve more, confidently.

Primary Functions

• Manage, direct, and monitor multiple client services teams on client engagements; plan, execute, direct, and complete tax projects in a wide variety of industries; provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; and manage budget
• Manage, 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 client 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, work with, and service client to make recommendations on business and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client
• Support business development activities, such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities at clients
• Other duties as assigned

Must-Haves

• Active CPA license in California or JD with active law license in good standing
• Minimum six years of progressive tax compliance and/or tax consulting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to manage various project tasks simultaneously
• Responsibility for overall project and deliverable outcomes
• Ability to travel as needed