National Tax Senior Manager - Quality Assurance and Risk Management

Overview

This role supports the National Tax team in Quality Assurance and Risk Management. Responsibilities include performing tax quality reviews from a technical and policy perspective, researching complex federal and state income tax topics, and helping to identify and mitigate tax risks both prospectively and retrospectively. This is a new role reporting directly to the Head of Tax Risk.

The employer operates as a hybrid firm. This position is considered remote, meaning it does not require job duties to be performed within proximity of an office location. Remote employees may be required to be present at an office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.

Responsibilities

• Perform tax quality reviews from a tax technical and policy perspective on a variety of return types and other deliverables
• Research complex federal and state income tax topics
• Curate technical topics from tax quality reviews to support training for tax team members
• Assist with tax risk presentations
• Serve as a tax technical resource to the Tax practice
• Draft and/or review technical memoranda and tax alerts
• Assist client teams with complex transactions to identify risk areas prior to execution
• Review and analyze tax returns and other information to identify tax risk mitigation items

Requirements

• Broad relevant experience in tax compliance, tax accounting, and/or tax consulting
• Strong technical skills in tax concepts and rules
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Strong documentation skills
• Ability to work effectively and independently with guidance in an environment of deadlines and concurrent projects
• 7+ years of experience and a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, EA, JD or LLM preferred
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills and intuition
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and various tax research and tax practice tools

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, EA, JD or LLM preferred

Compensation & Benefits

In Virginia, the salary range for a National Tax Senior Manager is $150,000 to $250,000. Actual compensation within the range will depend on skills, experience, qualifications, location, and applicable employment laws.

The total rewards package includes:

• Discretionary performance bonus
• Generous paid time off
• Expanded and inclusive parental benefits
• Access to learning and development platforms

Location

• Remote (with possible in-office presence required with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings)
• Virginia (salary range applies in Virginia)