Senior Manager, Indirect Tax, Unclaimed Property Tax

Are you a strategic and creative Unclaimed Property Tax professional who enjoys working on complex state unclaimed property tax issues? Ready to make a greater impact by combining tax consulting solutions and innovative technologies that align the tax function with business objectives?

About the role

As an Unclaimed Property Tax Senior Manager within the Indirect Tax group, you will provide tax consulting and compliance services to a diverse client base across various industry sectors. You will work directly with clients, manage the tax engagement team, and have access to an elite group of specialists. This role connects you to a strong support system from firm leadership to ensure success in your role and career.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients' state and local tax burden and recommend solutions that support their overall business objectives, ensuring compliance with applicable tax laws and rules.
• Assist multi-state companies with state unclaimed property matters, including audit defense, voluntary compliance, annual reporting, developing policies and procedures, and consulting.
• Review unclaimed property compliance processes and make recommendations for improvement.
• Assist Deloitte audit teams with review and analysis of unclaimed property reserves.
• Support multi-state companies during unclaimed property audits by preparing clients for discussions with auditors, reviewing document requests, assessing audit findings, and representing clients at meetings.
• Research and draft technical memoranda regarding jurisdictional unclaimed property compliance rules.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop staff.

About the team

Deloitte's Indirect Tax group is the largest practice in the United States, with over 1,000 professionals nationwide. Our Unclaimed Property team includes former state tax auditors and administrators, industry personnel, tax practitioners, accounting specialists, and technology experts with extensive multistate tax experience. We offer services in state income and franchise tax, indirect tax, business restructuring, credits and incentives, sales and use tax outsourcing, excise tax, property tax, state strategic tax review, and state tax controversy.

Qualifications

• Ability to work within a hybrid model, co-locating in person 2-3 days per week.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in state and local tax, with a focus on Unclaimed Property tax.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• One of the following active accreditations (obtained, in process, or willing and able to obtain):
  • Licensed CPA in the state of practice/primary office (if eligible to sit for the CPA exam).
  • Licensed attorney (if not CPA eligible).
  • Enrolled Agent (if not CPA eligible).
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
• Ability to travel up to 10%, on average, based on client and industry needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree such as a Master’s in Taxation, JD, and/or LLM.
• Demonstrable tax knowledge across a wide range of state and local tax areas, including compliance, planning, analysis, and research.
• Previous consulting experience from a large accounting or law firm.
• Adept communicator with advanced writing skills, comfortable creating and delivering presentations across all organizational levels.
• Advanced knowledge of OneSource, GoSystems, or similar tax software, with a strong interest in learning new technology.

Pay

The wage range for this role is $174,025 to $288,375. This range considers factors such as skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and business needs. Compensation decisions depend on individual and organizational performance. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance.