Director, Partnership Tax- National Tax
About the role
Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. As an independent member of Baker Tilly International, the firm operates in 141 territories with 43,000 professionals and a combined worldwide revenue of $5.2 billion.
Within Baker Tilly’s National Tax team, you will serve as a firmwide resource for partnership tax and related matters and lead a wide range of issues and projects utilizing your deep technical expertise and experience. Our partnership team advises on a broad range of federal income tax matters including mergers and acquisitions involving partnerships, partnership restructurings, complex partnership allocation structures, and related complex matters. Must be located close to a Baker Tilly office.
- You are a strong technical specialist who enjoys learning new concepts and proactively monitoring new tax technical and procedural developments
- You are a strong technical writer and enjoy preparing memoranda, tax analyses, and opinion-related work products
- You are an analytical problem solver eager to understand the client’s partnership tax and financial planning needs and assist in developing practical solutions tailored to the client’s situation
- You like deciphering federal tax regulations and other guidance and can explain it to others
- You enjoy collaborating with others and are eager to help experienced professionals make a significant impact on tax strategy and go-to-market efforts via targeted tax intelligence products
- You enjoy partnering with other tax professionals in the firm, researching complex tax issues, offering suggestions for tax planning and proper structuring of transactions, and analyzing new developments to provide explanations and planning recommendations
- You have a visionary mindset for continually contributing to growth, experience, and institutional knowledge
Responsibilities
- Outreach and engagement with professionals in the tax service line is a high priority
- Conduct in-depth technical research and analysis of complex partnership tax matters and lead consultations with other professionals on such matters
- Research and interpret statutes, regulations, administrative guidance, case law, and other authoritative sources to develop technically sound positions and practical recommendations
- Monitor and evaluate new and proposed tax legislation, regulations, administrative guidance, and judicial decisions, and assess their potential impact on clients and the firm’s tax practice
- Serve as a national technical resource, collaborating with practice leaders, subject-matter specialists, and client-facing teams to provide guidance on partnership tax matters that are complex, significant, or material in nature in addition to helping on other matters where Baker Tilly colleagues need additional resources
- Utilize your entrepreneurial skills to network and build strong relationships internally and externally