Tax manager

Job Description

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top professional services firms, CohnReznick creates rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax with team members who value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

CohnReznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). Together, the firm provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients’ unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Tax Manager to join our Transaction Advisory Services practice in one of our offices!

YOUR TEAM.

This position will support our rapidly growing Transaction Advisory Services group. This team conducts tax due diligence and tax transaction structuring/modeling engagements and supports clients across a wide range of industries. As a Tax Manager, you will work collaboratively with the TAS Tax practice leader to manage private equity and strategic buyer/seller engagements on a full spectrum of middle-market acquisition and disposition transactions, including tax due diligence reviews, transaction structuring, research, and post-transaction planning and implementation/coordination.

WHY COHNREZNICK?

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it’s working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your “why” at the firm.

We believe it’s important to balance work with everyday life – and make time for enjoyment and fun. We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer.

YOUR ROLE.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Manage buy-side and sell-side tax due diligence engagements for private equity and strategic corporate buyers;
• Identify potential 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; and
• Manage and mentor other TAS Tax staff members.
  
  

Your Experience.

The successful candidate will have:

• A 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, LLM 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; and
• Action-oriented, decisive approach to work required, with the willingness to take a hands-on role to ensure the deliverables are met on time with high quality.
  
  

In addition, please take a moment to review our Universal Job Standards.

Studies have shown that we are less likely to apply to jobs unless we meet every single qualification. At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

In Illinois , the salary range for a Transaction Advisory Tax Manager is $120,000 to $180,000. Salary is one component of the CohnReznick total rewards package, which includes a discretionary performance bonus, generous paid time off, expanded, and inclusive parental benefits, and access to best-in-class learning and development platforms, to name a few. To learn more about life at CohnReznick, visit Life at CohnReznick .

"CohnReznick" is the brand name under which CohnReznick LLP and CohnReznick Advisory LLC and their respective subsidiaries provide professional services. CohnReznick LLP and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (and their respective subsidiaries) practice in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. CohnReznick LLP is a licensed CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. CohnReznick Advisory LLC provides tax and business consulting services to its clients. CohnReznick Advisory LLC and its subsidiaries are not licensed CPA firms.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters.

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