Grant Thornton Isle of Man · 3 months ago
Transaction Tax Senior Associate
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
2+ years expGrant Thornton is a professional services firm that offers tax and advisory services. The Transaction Tax Senior Associate will lead innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise on M&A projects for multiple clients, while collaborating with the Transaction Tax team to ensure effective engagement management.
Professional Services
Responsibilities
Manage, develop, train, and mentor Staff and Interns on M&A projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews
Maintain active communication during engagement to manage expectations, ensure satisfaction, make sure deadlines are met, and lead change efforts effectively and efficiently
Work closely with our Transaction Services colleagues, focusing on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions and other transactions-related work
Assist in conducting buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence, advising on tax efficient acquisitions and divestments, advising clients on tax efficient restructurings, reviewing taxes in financial models, and reviewing transaction documents
Be involved in researching tax issues, preparing written communication in a succinct and deal-driven manner, helping clients with responses to tax authorities, and assisting clients in strategizing on the tax aspects of the transaction
Assist Senior Managers on project development, client pursuit initiatives and the management of priority accounts
Perform analysis of a client’s tax attributes surrounding certain business events including tax basis of assets and stock, tax accounting for M&A driven transaction costs and corporate earnings and profits
Perform detailed analyses of net operating loss/tax credit carry forward limitations pursuant to IRC Section 382 for both private and public clients
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Minimum two to six years of progressive federal tax consulting and/or compliance experience in public accounting or a combination of corporate and public accounting experience
Alternatively, two to three years of qualified Mergers and Acquisitions tax services
Excellent analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP, tax compliance, corporate consolidated returns, consolidated federal tax returns, partnership returns, and combined state tax returns
Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships
Computer expertise including knowledge of tax software, technology, including spreadsheet modeling
Can travel as needed
Preferred
Master's in Taxation/LLM in Taxation strongly preferred
CPA or JD/active law license preferred
Experience in Corporate, S-Corp. and/or Partnership returns
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance programs
Employee assistance program
401(k) savings plan
Employee retirement plan
Minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave
Company
Grant Thornton Isle of Man
Grant Thornton Isle of Man is part of Grant Thornton Ireland.
1,001-5,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase