Tax Director - Financial Services State and Local Tax (SALT)
About the role
EisnerAmper has experienced significant growth and is seeking a Tax Director for our Financial Services State & Local Tax team. The role involves both new business opportunities and servicing existing clients in a compliance/consulting role. It also includes thought leadership opportunities, technology initiatives, and developing and mentoring staff.
Responsibilities
- Building a Financial Services State and Local Tax group
- Multistate consulting and compliance services, including:
- Technical review of partnership and corporate state and local tax returns, with attention to multistate tax issues such as allocation, apportionment, modifications, nexus, unitary filings, and flow-through taxation
- Residency issues
- State tax consulting, including nexus and taxability studies
- Audit defense
- Research and writing
- Due diligence
- Collaborating with other in-house tax professionals, as well as clients
- Reviewing and consulting on pass-through entity issues including estimated payment, withholding and composite tax calculations as well as investor packages including state K-1s and grids and related filings
- Researching and analyzing state tax legislation and analyzing the impact to clients
- Assisting with various tax consulting projects including research and writing projects related to tax planning, restructuring, and accounting for income taxes
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent field
- CPA, EA, or JD
- 10 + years of experience in state taxation
- 5+ years of supervisory experience
Preferred/Desired Qualifications
- Financial Services and Asset Wealth Management client experience within SALT
- Master’s degree in Accounting or equivalent field
- State income tax experience
- Experience with state tax planning, tax research, and tax analysis
- Experience with tiered flow-through entities and investment vehicles
Benefits
We strongly believe in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, EisnerAmper is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or protected veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.
About Our Tax Team
As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper’s Tax Group provides trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients, creating new opportunities for employees to grow both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way. A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation, and transparency.
About EisnerAmper
EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firms in the U.S., with nearly 4,500 employees and more than 450 partners across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today, and position them for success tomorrow. Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers and investors who serve these clients.