Senior Tax Consultant - State and Local Taxation

US FSO BTC - SALT-WAM - Tax Senior

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FSO- SALT WAM Senior

 

 

Job Purpose:

 

Develop, mentor and supervise Analysts and Advanced Analysts:

 

• Act as a counsellor for Analysts and Advanced Analysts
• Proactively recognize issues and recommend solutions
• Proactively seek opportunities to diversify client load and exposure to different teams
• Foster collaboration and constructive communication within the team
• Demonstrate basic presentation and public speaking skills, while actively participating in meetings
• Communicate in face-to-face situations, by phone and via email, and determine the appropriate mechanism for communicating, given the situation
• Communicate your progress and the project status to supervisors worldwide
• Take ownership of your schedule and proactively seek work when necessary to meet your annual chargeability goal
• Adhere to practice protocol and other internal processes consistently
• Explore the opportunity of going on rotation.

 

 

Your Responsibilities:

 

In addition to specific competencies required for your role, you will also focus on developing the following in relation to firm-wide competencies:

 

• Should have in great knowledge on the state tax compliance- Prepare and review state Tax returns and other relevant disclosure statements and jurisdictions.
• Should have knowledge about recent tax reforms, and how does it affect various state jurisdiction
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement
• Ensuring use of the methodologies, tools and technology specific to tax- Should have in depth knowledge using Go-systems.
• Understanding of State Withholding and Composite returns
• Strong knowledge about state nexus concepts, apportionment methods, unitary, combined, and consolidated filings
• Identify the issues on an engagement, try to resolve and bring it to the attention of the Assistant Managers or Managers.
• Encouraging others to ask critical questions and share their ideas and concerns openly
• Provide balanced and constructive feedback with specific behavioural examples to the team members
• Developing strengths and opportunities collaboratively with team members by encouraging people to take action following feedback
• Contributing to a positive team environment by demonstrating consistent commitment and optimism towards work challenges
• Maintaining focus of team members on work products; holding others accountable for timely completion of high-quality work
• Showing a sense of urgency in responding to clients and team needs by responding to all queries/concerns promptly
• Focusing team members on key quality drivers for work assignments
• Building positive relationships with internal professionals and client personnel by demonstrating integrity and genuineness

 

 

Additional skills requirements

 

• Graduate/Post graduate in a finance, numerical or statistical background
• EA certification will be an added advantage
• 3-4 Years of relevant State and local taxes experience.

 

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Experience Level

Senior Level