Transaction Tax Senior Manager
About the role
The Transaction Tax Advisory Senior Manager position at Weaver is a high-profile role within the firm, offering competitive compensation and career advancement opportunities. This role is ideal for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager with a focus on private equity or private equity-backed clients, who can manage tax due diligence engagements and lead the research and creative processes around evaluating various transactional alternatives.
Responsibilities
- Manage tax due diligence engagements, leading the M&A tax staff and coordinating with other Weaver teams to complete diligence reports, evaluate transactions, and perform other transaction-related engagements.
- Evaluate potential tax exposures and key tax considerations throughout the transaction process, including significant involvement in evaluating structuring alternatives.
- Assist clients in understanding and addressing tax implications during M&A transactions.
- Contribute to the continued growth of Weaver’s Transaction Advisory practice by managing, mentoring, and developing staff.
- Support and mentor all staff levels, playing a key role in the firm’s ongoing success.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Accounting or related field and/or LLM in taxation
- CPA or CPA candidate or Bar Admission
- 5+ years of federal and/or state tax experience, ideally with a focus on private equity or private equity-backed clients
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in M&A and private equity transactions
- Experience researching and writing technical tax issues
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Proven ability to manage, mentor, and develop staff
- Strong relationship management and practice development skills
- Ability to attract and service new clients and expand services to existing clients
Skills
- Technical tax knowledge
- Leadership and management skills
- Communication and collaboration abilities
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
Benefits
Weaver offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive health benefits, flexible scheduled time off, minimum of 56 hours of sick and safe leave, 11 holidays, and 2 scheduled recharge days. Additionally, Weaver supports professional development through in-house CPE and learning opportunities, and offers an internal leadership coaching program to train leaders to support other leaders across the organization.
Pay
Competitive compensation is offered for this position, reflecting the importance of attracting and retaining top talent.
Schedule
The schedule for this role is transaction-focused, with a busy season in the M&A space often different from a typical tax busy season. The candidate should be able to manage multiple concurrent assignments of varying sizes and complexities.