Transaction Advisory - Tax Manager

About the Firm

CohnReznick is one of the nation’s top professional services firms, offering rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax. The firm helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). With deep industry knowledge and relationships, the firm provides solutions to address clients’ unique business goals and risks, and insight on emerging market forces. CohnReznick has offices nationwide and serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.

About the Team

This position supports the rapidly growing Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) group, which conducts tax due diligence and tax transaction structuring/modeling engagements for clients across a wide range of industries. As a Tax Manager, you will collaborate with the TAS Tax practice leader to manage private equity and strategic buyer/seller engagements, including tax due diligence reviews, transaction structuring, research, and post-transaction planning and implementation.

Why CohnReznick?

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, people, and communities. The firm emphasizes work-life balance, offering a robust Total Rewards package that includes generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning and development opportunities, and paid time off for volunteering.

Responsibilities

• Manage buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence engagements for private equity and strategic corporate buyers.
• Identify potential state income and non-income tax exposures in tax due diligence engagements.
• Analyze proposed acquisition, sale, and restructuring transactions.
• Perform quantitative analyses to model and assess the tax consequences of specific transactions.
• Identify value-adding post-transaction planning opportunities and projects.
• Manage and mentor other TAS Tax staff members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 4+ years of tax experience in tax preparation and/or review, and/or prior TAS Tax experience.
• CPA, MST, JD, or LLM is a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge of C corporation, Subchapter S Corporation, and partnership taxation issues.
• Experience with non-income taxes, including sales taxes, employment taxes, property taxes, and escheat/unclaimed property.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a team-oriented environment.
• Action-oriented, decisive approach to work with a willingness to take a hands-on role to ensure deliverables are met on time with high quality.

Pay

In Illinois, the salary range for an Advisory Manager is $110,000 to $180,000. Actual compensation within the range will depend on the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and location, as well as applicable employment laws. Salary is one component of CohnReznick’s total rewards package, which also includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded and inclusive parental benefits, and access to best-in-class learning and development platforms.

Benefits

• Discretionary performance bonus.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• Flexible work environment.
• Expanded and inclusive parental leave.
• Paid time off for volunteering.
• Access to best-in-class learning and development platforms.