Manager Tax

Job Description

• Manages routine aspects of preparation of tax returns; ensures compliancewith federal, state, and local tax regulations; reviews prepared returns to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Determines tax consequences of company actions;recommends strategies and policies for reporting facts and minimizing the tax burden.
• Works closely with external auditors and tax counsels to research discrepancies and resolve issues; ensures company tax obligation is optimized.
• Consults tax law handbooks or bulletins or appropriate parties to determine procedures for preparation of atypical returns.
• Provides taxpayers with appropriate information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.
• Interacts with clients to obtain information on taxable income and deductible expenses and allowances as necessary.
• Maintains tax records for historical purposes; ensures records are up to date.
• Selects and hires employees. Trains and evaluates employees to enhance their performance, development, and work product. Addresses performance issues and makes recommendations for personnel actions. Motivates and rewards employees including providing salary increases, bonuses and promotions within allocated budgets and company guidelines.
• Prepares and recommends operating and personnel budgets for approval. Monitors spending for adherence to budget, recommends variances as necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor people
• Demonstrates an understanding of project and goal prioritization
• Engages with other groups with moderate ease
• Intermediate project management skills, able to prioritize work
• Beginning to demonstrate an interest in strategic thinking and planning by proposing tax and performance optimization improvements
• Beginning to develop executive level communication skills (clear, succinct communications that addresses matter at hand or questions being asked)
• Requires no direction to find and select projects to work on
• Finished product requires no more than two reviews
What were looking for
• Ideally thetax manager should have direct/income and indirect/transactional taxexperience as well asmanagerialexperience.
• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred
• Nine or more years of tax accountingor finance experience
• Experience working withtax laws
• Experience working withtax forms and processing
• Experience working with accounting principles and accounting software and databases
• Experience working with auditing and generally accepted accounting principles
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Good editing skills in order to review legal documents
• Planning and organizational skills to balance and prioritize work
• Personal computer and business solutions software skills
• Communication skills for providing documentation to support personnel, customers, and managers
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
What you should expect in this role
• Prepares and analyzes highly complex tax recordsand reports to meet business needs; ensures records are current and accurate.
• Prepares highly complex local, state, and federal tax returns to meet business needs; ensures compliance with governmental tax laws.
• Oversees preparation of claims for tax refunds;researches inquiries from government agencies regarding filings, compliance, and other claims.
• Preparesstatistical and financial reportsdesigned to provide management with information on financial accounts.
• Ensures appropriate tax records are maintained for historical purposes; prepares tax studies and assignments.
• Conducts complex studies and provides guidance in improving the organizations tax accounting operation.
• Reviews proposals for tax implications; recommends actions that meet business plans and manage tax liability.
• Oversees tax audits.
• May be involved with tax implications of mergers and acquisitions.
• Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel

Keyskills :
tax auditmanagement skills