Property Tax Managing Director, State & Local Tax Consulting

Property Tax Managing Director

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Job Description:

The Property Tax Managing Director, within our State & Local Tax Consulting team, will serve as the Practice Leader responsible for the overall strategy, growth, and performance of the firm's Property Tax practice. This individual will set the vision for the practice, drive revenue growth, oversee service delivery, and build a high-performing team across Business Personal Property and Real Estate Property Tax services.

This leader will be accountable for practice development, client relationships, operational excellence, and market positioning, while modernizing service delivery through technology enablement and scalable processes. The role is designed for a senior, market-facing leader who combines deep technical expertise with strong business development and people leadership capabilities.

This position emphasizes practice leadership, revenue growth, and team development, with oversight of operational transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the transformation of the Property Tax practice by modernizing service delivery through technology enablement, automation, and standardized processes
• Design and execute a comprehensive operating model to eliminate manual processes, improve data management, and enhance efficiency, scalability, and gross margins
• Provide strategic oversight to ensure consistent, high-quality, timely, and accurate Property Tax compliance and consulting services across U.S. and India delivery teams
• Serve as a catalyst for change by introducing leading practices in technology-enabled Property Tax compliance and real estate appeal services
• Enable scalable growth by optimizing the global delivery model and improving resource utilization without proportional increases in headcount
• Act as a senior technical and strategic advisor on complex Property Tax compliance and consulting matters, with emphasis on improving service delivery rather than managing day-to-day filings
• Collaborate closely with Tax and firm leadership to align Property Tax operations with broader business objectives, growth strategies, and the firm's technology-enabled delivery model
• Monitor Property Tax legislative and regulatory developments and ensure timely, efficient incorporation into standardized processes and enabling technologies
• Lead business development efforts by identifying and converting new property tax opportunities and expanding services within existing and prospective client relationships
• Lead proposals, pricing, and client presentations while collaborating with firm leadership on go-to-market strategies and overall growth of the property tax practice

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, Accounting, Finance, preferred
• Relevant professional certification required (CPA, JD, LLM, CMI, State Assessor, etc.)
• Significant experience leading the transformation of Property Tax compliance and consulting operations
• Proven success implementing technology solutions, automation, and standardized workflows to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency and margins
• Strong understanding of Property Tax compliance, including renditions, compliance calendars, data management, and assessment-related processes
• Experience redesigning BPP and Real Estate Property Tax service models to support growth and increased complexity
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships and support market-facing activities, including expanding existing accounts
• Experience leading and influencing geographically distributed teams, including offshore delivery models, with a focus on change management and process adoption
• Deep technical knowledge of state and local property tax laws and procedures, including business personal property, real property, exemptions and appeals
• Technology-enabled service delivery and operational transformation
• Process optimization and workflow redesign
• Global delivery model leadership (U.S. / India)
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to mentor, guide, and influence teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and operational concepts into clear, actionable guidance
• Experience using PTMS software preferred

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $190,200.00 - $401,000.00 per year.

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