Sr. Manager, Real Property Tax

Duties and responsibilities

• Create a positive team member experience.
• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Manages and monitors all aspects of the annual property tax cycle for assigned real and personal property accounts.
• Demonstrates superior knowledge in the annual compliance process, valuation techniques, assessment reviews, jurisdictional expertise, and client industry expertise.
• Schedules, coordinates, and leads all status calls and client presentations and consistently updates clients on recent activities including compliance, reviews, appeals and status of engagements.
• Led the review and management of client audits conducted by tax jurisdictions.
• Attends hearings, settlement conferences, and negotiations, through settlement.
• Reviews and manages client contract terms, scope of services and fees.
• Manages client billing and ensures timely collection of receivables (less than 90 days).
• Supervises and provides guidance to team and acts as mentor to new Managers.
• Ensures team compliance with Firm policies, practice guidelines, and standards.
• Gives timely performance feedback to team members and addresses, documents, and escalates performance issues.
• Ensures workload is property distributed among team members and holds team members accountable for completion of assigned projects.
• Actively involved in business development of new clients, maintaining existing clients, and focusing on cross selling efforts.
• Participates actively in professional organizations and seeking speaking opportunities and writing articles to build eminence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education And Experience

• University Degree, College Diploma, or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Real Estate, Business Management or other degree with MBA, MST or JD required and at least seven years of property tax related experience required.
• Candidates with appropriate valuation designations preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates And Licenses

• Valid driver’s license required.
• Manager should maintain professional designations such as Certified Member of the Institute (CMI), and Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), or equivalent, and keep active in professional organizations on a local and national level.