Tax Senior Manager, Core Tax Services

Tax Compliance

• Ensures clients comply with all applicable authorities while minimizing tax and reporting burdens.
• Responsible for resolving all tax issues with clients; involves specialists where appropriate.
• Plans for early recognition of material tax and compliance issues and consults with client and/or partner as appropriate.
• Identifies when research is needed; clearly and concisely frames issues to be researched and reports the analysis.
• Trains managers/staff on research skills and helps to appropriately frame tax issues for analysis.
• Helps others to learn and apply ASC 740-10 and Firm policies, standards, and BDO TQM regarding them.
• Reviews tax provisions – applies in-depth knowledge of ASC 740-10 if applicable to practice work.
• Reviews prepared workpapers and explains and discusses with the client components of the income tax provision and uncertain tax positions as well as other complexities surrounding ASC 740-10.

Tax Consulting

• Aids in developing, recommending, and implementing efficient and effective methods to maximize client benefits, especially by decreasing clients' current and future taxes.
• Applies tax knowledge and business/industry knowledge to recommend solutions.
• Manages written or phone inquiries from federal and state agencies with little or no assistance.
• Provides effective assistance with protests at the appeals level.
• Implements applicable Firm strategies.
• Manages client expectations.

Tax Specialization

• Develops an in-depth understanding of the technical and practical issues and opportunities regarding one or more areas of taxation, such as individual, corporate, property, sales, corporate, pass-through, state and local, international, expatriate, transfer pricing, credits and incentives, compensation and benefits, accounting methods, R&D tax benefits.
• May be required to organize and conduct, or participate in conducting, effective external CPE training sessions in area of specialization, involving Firm specialists, at a minimum of once per year.
• Trains and mentors managers/seniors/associates on specialization areas.

Strategy Development

• Introduces and develops new or improved ideas to improve the position of clients, the Firm, or Firm personnel, e.g., by reducing taxes or expenses or providing non-tax benefits.
• Researches and implements tax strategies, including experimentation with promising new strategies and ideas.
• Consistently makes suggestions as to how previous work products or approaches can be improved.
• May lead marketing campaigns, if applicable to role.
• Presents complex strategies to clients and prospective clients.