State and Local Tax - Mergers & Acquisitions - Senior Manager

Industry / Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

State & Local Tax (SALT)

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career in our State and Local Tax Mergers and Acquisitions practice, within State and Local Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their business issues related to business restructuring, adoption of new tax laws, and communicating local tax developments.

You'll help with assessing our client's state and local tax burden and recommend solutions that support their overall business objectives to ensure that their filling positions are consistent with good business practices and with the states applicable tax laws and rules.

Our team focuses on providing tax consulting for acquisitions and other transaction related services to financial and strategic buyers including public and private acquisitions of US and foreign companies, stock offerings, spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs and joint venture arrangements, at the State and Local Levels.

The services typically provided include tax consulting services, transaction structuring for state tax issues, due diligence, analysing potential tax savings and reductions from one location to another, negotiation support assistance, general advisory including acquisitions strategy formulation, financial modelling, and other related project management or analysis.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level.

To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to :

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and / or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

We're leading the way as technology-enabled tax advisors who provide value through digitization, automation and increased efficiencies - all made possible by equipping our professionals to succeed in a world where transactions are faster, more complicated and require a deeper level of sophistication.

PwC Tax provides unparalleled technical knowledge and specialization and industry insights, coupled with the One Firm knowledge that brings everything PwC offers to solve our clients' needs.

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required :

Bachelor Degree

Required Field(s) of Study :

Accounting

Minimum Year(s) of Experience :

5 year(s)

Certification(s) Required :

CPA or Active Member of the Bar

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree Preferred : Juris Doctorate

Juris Doctorate

Preferred Fields of Study :

Taxation

Preferred Knowledge / Skills :

Demonstrates an intimate knowledge of the state and local tax issues affecting mergers and acquisitions for corporate structures, private equity, post-deal integration, bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.

Considerable knowledge of tax consulting and planning, transaction structuring for tax issues, restructuring, due diligence, strategy formulation and financial modeling.

Comprehensive technical skills, including the application and interpretation of state and local income tax law as it relates to Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, partnerships, consolidated groups, corporate bankruptcies and insolvencies, tax efficient structuring, and use of debt.

Comprehensive technical skills with technical writing and reviewing of opinion letters and memoranda, as well as tax due diligence exercises.

Considerable experience identifying and addressing client needs : building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement;

communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; and preparing and / or coordinating complex written and verbal materials.

Considerable experience as a team leader : supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation;

and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.

Demonstrates success as tax technical business advisor, including developing new relationships, making introductions to sell new services and doing so with a "One Firm" service mindset.

Preferred familiarity with a CRM system.

Lead as a business advisor, including developing new relationships, making introductions to sell new services and doing so with a "One Firm" service mindset.

Preferred familiarity with a CRM system.

Demonstrates knowledge of automation & digitization and leads by example in a professional services environment including, but not limited to, the following areas :

• Innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions;
• Working with large, complex data sets to build models and leverage data visualization tools to provide insights to clients;
• Utilizing digitization tools to reduce hours and optimize engagements; and,
• Advance pricing strategy through the use of pricing tools and influence a shift to alternative fee arrangements.

We are transforming the way we deliver tax services. Find out more about what we do on our Tax Career Page at pwc.to / whatwedotax

We are transforming the way we deliver tax services. Find out more about what we do on our Tax Career Page at pwc.to / whatwedotax

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

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• national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status;

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Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage.

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The salary range for this position is : $119,300 - $328,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws.

PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link : https : / / pwc.

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