Manager - Tax Controversy

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s National Tax practice, supporting the National Tax Group. The position involves assisting clients with IRS and state tax controversy matters and helping resolve them as favorably as possible.

As a Tax Controversy Manager, you will play an integral role in providing tax controversy services, serving as a technical resource to the tax practice, and supporting internal and client-facing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in IRS and other authorities’ tax controversy matters, including interacting with clients, engagement team members, and IRS/state personnel
• Research complex federal and state tax topics and draft and/or review technical memoranda and tax alerts
• Ensure timely handling and identification of technical topics for training tax team members
• Assist client teams with complex transactions to identify risk areas prior to transactions being executed
• Assist clients and engagement teams in identifying potential risk areas
• Support internal and external presentations
• Serve as a tax technical resource to the Tax practice
• Assist in reviewing and enhancing tax policies and procedures to enhance quality and reduce risk

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, EA, JD, or LLM preferred
• 6+ years of broad, relevant experience in tax compliance, tax accounting, or tax consulting
• IRS or solid tax controversy experience desirable
• Strong technical skills in tax concepts and rules
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and intuition
• Ability to work effectively and independently with guidance, while meeting deadlines and managing concurrent projects
• Team player
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and various tax research tools

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, EA, JD, or LLM
• IRS or solid tax controversy experience

Compensation & Benefits

The organization offers a Total Rewards package including:

• Generous PTO
• Flexible work environment
• Expanded parental leave
• Extensive learning and development
• Paid time off for employees to volunteer

Location

National (offices nationwide)