Associate Manager Tax Controversy
About the role
Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Drive responses to tax authority requests and notices (e.g., IDRs, NOPAs, proposed adjustments, protests), ensuring accuracy, consistency, and a strong technical story.
- Own controversy documentation: organize workpapers, correspondence, and issue trackers using audit management tools.
- Build strong relationships across Treasury, Legal, HR, and business stakeholders to quickly translate facts into defensible tax positions.
- Research and analyze complex federal tax issues—plus select international and transfer pricing topics—to support positions, quantify exposure, and evaluate settlement options.
- Cook up strategies, manage deliverables, and keep matters moving toward resolution.
- Spot opportunities to streamline—improving templates, trackers, and workflows—and leverage technology to raise the quality and speed of our controversy support.
- Partner with tax planning, transfer pricing, compliance, and finance to build audit-ready files and deliver crisp, well-supported responses to IRS and state inquiries.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in public accounting (Big 4 strongly preferred) or in-house, with a focus on US federal corporate tax; controversy/exam experience is a plus.
- CPA, admission to the bar of at least one state, or other professional certification strongly preferred.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and handle multiple competing deadlines.
- Self-motivated and an ability to work independently.
- Comfort with common tax/accounting systems and audit/controversy tools (e.g., Corptax, HFM/OneStream, Bloomberg Corporate Tax Analyzer, Deloitte Tax Controversy Manager, or similar).
- A clear, confident communicator who can distill technical issues for both tax and non-tax audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively handle and resolve tax-related issues.
- Ability to maintain strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, external advisors, and tax authorities.
Qualifications
High-visibility ownership: you’ll run real issues end-to-end and see your work directly influence audit outcomes.
A strong fit for Big 4 or Big law talent: bring your federal technical chops and client-service instincts in-house—without losing the pace or complexity.
Cross-functional exposure: partner with planning, transfer pricing, finance, legal, and business teams to build fact patterns and craft positions.
Room to build: help improve templates, trackers, and processes—leaving the function stronger than you found it.
Skills
- Experience in public accounting (Big 4 strongly preferred) or in-house, with a focus on US federal corporate tax; controversy/exam experience is a plus.
- CPA, admission to the bar of at least one state, or other professional certification.
- Project management and organizational skills.
- Communication and problem-solving skills.
- Technical proficiency with tax/accounting systems and audit/controversy tools.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range: $100,000 - $134,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
- A comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care.
- On-the-job/cross-training opportunities.
- An encouraging and collaborative team environment.
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy.
Pay
Hiring salary range: $100,000 - $134,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
Schedule
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