Sr Tax Manager

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• for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we must keep the exact phrasing? We can keep the substance but not necessarily verbatim? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should keep the details, but we can rephrase slightly as long as we don't lose detail. Safer to keep the original sentences or bullet points. We'll extract the relevant text. About the role: The first paragraph: "Vivmark Residential exists to set the mark for what home can be. Formed through the merger of AvalonBay Communities and Equity Residential, Vivmark brings together two industry leaders with a shared commitment to excellence, innovation, and delivering exceptional living experiences. Our vision is to be the most trusted and best-performing rental housing company in America - one that continues to get better as it grows. And we're looking for people who want to help us do it. As an owner, developer, and manager of more than 180,000 apartment homes in major markets across the US, we have the scale to offer something most companies can't. At Vivmark, team members move up and across functions, markets, and disciplines, building lasting careers. We invest in team members' growth, development, and capabilities that make them and us better, and we hold ourselves to the highest standard as an employer. The best people want to work here. We hope you're one of them. The Sr Manager, Tax is responsible for leading a tax team through the successful completion of income, franchise, and other tax compliance obligations. This includes managing and overseeing the accurate and timely preparation and review of federal, state and local tax workpapers, tax returns, partner allocations and Schedule K-1 reporting for Vivmark Residential and its related entities. This role may also include strategic or consultative activities, such as research memos, budgets, schedules, etc. to support various transactions, initiatives, and information requirements of the Tax Department, other departments, and/or external customers. The Sr Manager, Tax is expected to leverage experience and judgement in risk assessment, decision making, department policy, and team development. As necessary, the Sr Manager, Tax also assists the supervisor in tax planning, process development, and internal documentation." We can keep that as prose in

  . Responsibilities: The "What You'll Do" sections with subheadings: Tax Return Compliance Reviews, Planning / Process Improvement, Supervisory / Leadership Responsibilities, Research, Analysis and Audit Documentation, Miscellaneous. We'll convert each bullet point under those headings into list items. We need to preserve all details. Let's extract each bullet: Under Tax Return Compliance Reviews: - Reviews internally and externally prepared tax filings before they are filed, focusing primarily on the timely and accurate filing of partnership tax returns. - Prepares or reviews any related correspondence with outside tax authorities. - Ensures department processes are appropriately followed in all matters. - Reviews partnership and corporation legal documents and correspondence as needed to ensure correct and timely preparation of tax returns. - Manages and reviews EQR's section 1031 exchange calculations, record-keeping and tax reporting. - Proactively tracks estimated taxable gains/losses on EQR transactions and the attendant tax consequences they create. - Prepares tax returns and various tax filings as necessary. Planning / Process Improvement: - Manages and monitors the due date database and develops and oversees compliance timeline for each filing period. - Looks for, recommends and implements process improvements and technology solutions in order to ensure greater efficiency and/or improved quality of the tax return process and greater integrity in the tax filings. - Keeps abreast of changes in tax legislation and filing requirements and communicates the impact of these changes to management and staff. - Incorporates changes into the compliance process. - Monitors the formation, dissolution, acquisition and transfer of entities in order to ensure that all tax filing obligations are captured in the due date database and late filings are avoided. - Considers the impact of entity changes and timely incorporates those changes into other areas, including apportionment, budget, non-resident withholding, etc. - Participates in planning for future events (acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, etc.), and incorporates these transactions into the compliance process and tax projections, and ensures proper tax return presentation. Supervisory / Leadership Responsibilities: - Partners with supervisor and other tax department leadership to accomplish objectives by recruiting, hiring, training and motivating a high-performing staff. - Supervises and is responsible for the workload, timeliness and productivity of staff including the preparation, review and filing of federal, state and local tax returns, estimates and extensions, and miscellaneous state and local filings, including franchise tax returns and annual reports. - Communicates job expectations, coaches and counsels staff on job performance and disciplinary issues. - Monitors individual and team performance against objectives. - Provides relevant and timely feedback for improvement, recommendations and guidance in defining career paths and professional development plans. - Maintains timely, regular, open and clear communication with Head of tax, supervisor, tax department team members, and customers. Research, Analysis and Audit Documentation: - Anticipates, analyzes and advises supervisor/s and senior management of the income and franchise tax impact of contemplated transactions and changes in tax law, providing schedules and supporting calculations. - Prepares and revises tax projections, forecasts, and budgets for Vivmark Residential and related entities. - Provides analysis of variances. - Conducts tax research as needed for the accurate preparation of tax returns. - Gathers and reviews management and accounting information. - Obtains any necessary clarification, requests additional information and communicates with various departments concerning any problems that arise. - Determines workpaper presentation and standards for tax workpaper files and filing system. - On occasion participates in ASC 740 compliance and calculation of the effective tax rate, deferred tax assets and liabilities and tax reserves, as directed by the supervisor. - Reviews and directs compliance with tax department's Sarbanes-Oxley 404 internal controls. - Provides information in support of any tax audit to which Vivmark Residential and related entities may be subject. - Works with outside tax counsel engaged for audit defense under direction of supervisor. - Contacts outside accounting firms periodically concerning the resolution of tax issues and presentation of tax and financial accounting information. - Responds to review points raised by the auditor on tax returns and tax provision. Miscellaneous: - Represents the Company in a professional manner at all times. - Consistently maintains a professional courteous attitude when dealing with residents, coworkers and the general public. - Performs other duties as necessary. We'll put each as

• . Requirements: Knowledge/Experience bullet points: - Bachelor's degree in accounting or master's degree preferred. (But we might move education to Qualifications; but we need to avoid duplication. Let's keep education in Qualifications, and requirements as experience/technical.) Thus Requirements bullets: - Approximately six (6) plus years of