Flexibility – Support – Opportunity – Collaboration
Over 100 years of superior client service and pure organic growth - without a single merger!
We are seeking a Transaction Advisory Services - Tax Senior or Supervisor.
Highlights:
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Crain’s Chicago 11th largest firm (2023), Accounting Today’s 54th largest firm in the US (2024), 10th in the Great Lakes region (2024).
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Come have a voice in the department and in your career!
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Large Firm Opportunities, Small Firm Culture.
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Receive mentorship and support from partners and opportunities for career advancement.
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Work on multiple engagements in various industries.
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Remote or hybrid work environment with offices in the Chicagoland area.
How You Will Contribute:
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Manage multiple concurrent buy-side and sell-side tax transaction advisory engagements primarily for lower middle market companies.
- Work closely with clients, target companies, investment bankers, and financial due diligence and core tax teams.
- Assist in the performance of tax due diligence, assist in acquisition and disposition structuring, evaluate the benefits of basis step-up elections, assess purchase price allocation methodologies and review purchase agreements.
- Perform complex, quantitative analyses to assess tax consequences of transactions.
- Responsible for execution of engagements within tight timelines and manage inflow of data and follow up requests.
- Prepare and review comprehensive tax due diligence reports.
- Identify issues affecting purchase price, deal structure, or deal termination.
- Up to 20% tax compliance reviewing acquisition year tax returns, perform purchase price allocations and communicate transaction details to tax team.
- Have strong federal tax knowledge of corporations, S corporations and partnerships.
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Have general knowledge of state and local taxation.
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Able to work on multiple engagement in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
About YOU!
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Bachelor’s or master’s degree in taxation.
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CPA preferred or eligible to sit (with 150 credit hours) and working towards obtaining CPA.
- 4 - 7 years of corporate and partnership tax experience, experience in tax transaction advisory is preferred.
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Strong tax technical knowledge of C Corporation, Subchapter S Corporation, and partnership taxation issues
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Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
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