Excise Tax-Senior

About the role

The opportunity is to support excise tax compliance and advisory projects for clients in various industries including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Retail. The role involves preparing quality, practical approaches to client's tax situation, arriving at appropriate conclusions, and making informed decisions in complex and judgmental areas.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate an effective understanding of excise tax concepts and apply tax knowledge to client situations
• Support your team in developing and delivering quality tax planning approaches with timely and responsive services and work products that meet and/or exceed client expectations
• Affiliate with clients in opportunities for excise tax compliance, planning, and other special services
• Prepare quality, practical approaches to the client's tax situation and arrive at appropriate conclusions
• Develop recommendations and implementation plans and make informed decisions in complex and judgmental areas
• Build technical competence by keeping up to date on trends, developments and legislation that impact our clients
• Research advanced and complex tax issues and develop practical and effective solutions
• Collaborate with clients and colleagues to analyze tax issues, determine alternative methods of problem-solving and arrive at recommendations
• Support compliance team where needed with ability to analyze current data and benchmark historical data for compliance and tax calculation purposes and make recommendations to team on issues and other matters impacting the business
• Ability to analyse federal and state statutes and related regulations and advice; apply to current facts or issues to make conclusions and articulate to team members and clients

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree (Accounting, Business, Finance or equivalent degree preferred)
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a professional services or tax services organization
• Excellent organizational and verbal/written communications skills
• Effective time management skills
• Ability to work in fast paced professional services environment
• Strong research skills, ability to navigate Westlaw, CCH, RIA, etc.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Effective knowledge of excise tax concepts
• The ability to adapt your work style to work with both internal and client team members
• Computer software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

Qualifications

• We're interested in tax professionals with a genuine interest in providing outstanding services to some of the world's most influential people. Working with people from all backgrounds, from executives and entrepreneurs to investors and families, you'll use your experience and status as a trusted advisor to maintain and further our reputation for excellence.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package including medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Flexible vacation policy where you decide how much vacation time you need based on your personal circumstances.
• Team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model where most people in external, client serving roles work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Equal employment opportunities provided to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.