Overview
Tax Managing Director - Tax Partner - Mergers & Acquisitions ("M&A") Tax
The Tax Managing Director or Tax Partner of M&A Tax will work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing practice and assume a wide set of responsibilities across buy-side and sell-side transactions, divestitures and carve-outs, working alongside our performance improvement, turnaround and restructuring and investment banking practices to assess a company’s tax risks and opportunities, applying and interpreting income tax law and conducting comprehensive discussions with management and their advisors.
Responsibilities
- Working directly with internal senior personnel and clients to develop comprehensive solutions to complex transactional challenges
- Leveraging tax technical knowledge to lead engagement teams in performing buy- and sell-side due diligence and developing tax-efficient acquisition and divestiture structures
- Conducting, developing, overseeing and reviewing tax due diligence, tax structuring and tax modeling workstreams including but not limited to identification and mitigation of relevant historical and projected tax risks, tax-advantage structuring, optimizing and preserving valuable tax attributes, mitigating tax costs related to cancellation of indebtedness income and worthless stock deduction analysis, and conducting Section 382 and transaction cost analyses
- Managing various technical tax issues dealing with consolidated returns, S Corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies
- Identifying and analyzing tax risks and opportunities while advising both strategic and private equity buyers and sellers on alternative tax strategies for acquisition, disposition and restructuring of businesses
- Reviewing and analyzing merger agreements and providing opinion letters
- Expanding tax research skills through deep exploration of complex technical tax issues across a broad spectrum of tax law
- Teaching, guiding and coaching junior team members
- Drafting clear and concise reports outlining key takeaways
- Creating tax financial models
- Contributing to marketing and business development efforts
- Supporting practice development initiatives
- Collaborating closely with performance improvement, restructuring and investment banking colleagues
Qualifications
Strong desire to be a part of and contribute to the growth of a high performing, client-focused team dedicated to individual and firm level achievementsBachelor’s degree from a top undergraduate program (accounting preferred)12 plus years of tax advisory experience or a combination of audit, tax and financial due diligence experience within a Big 4 accounting firmCPA, JD, Masters in Taxation or LLMKnowledge of a broad range of corporate tax matters in various industriesProven ability to articulate complex information when providing crucial negotiation insightsTechnically competent across multiple US federal, international and state income tax disciplinesFundamental working knowledge of all or essentially all non-income based federal, state and foreign tax regimes, including but not limited to indirect, payroll, property and ad valorem taxesUnderstanding of US GAAP, including the accounting for income tax principlesExperience with tax controversy and procedureHigh degree of maturity with a proven ability to interact with senior executives, private equity firms, lenders, lawyers and management teamsExperience leading other professionals and acting in a manner that motivates, inspires and develops junior team membersProven leader in the delivery of high-quality work that exceeds client expectationsExcellent written and verbal communication skills including strong email etiquetteEagerness to be responsive at all timesProven track-record of success in high pressure, time-constrained environmentsTop-tier organizational skills and attention to detailSelf-starter and entrepreneurial natureOpen to travel and work at client siteLogin to save this search and get notified of similar positions.
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