FY 27 BTS SALT - Assistant Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Roles & responsibilities:

• Review and oversee State & Local Tax (SALT) compliance engagements for corporate and pass-through entities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to filing deadlines across multiple jurisdictions.
• Perform detailed reviews of state income and franchise tax returns, apportionment calculations, nexus analyses, and supporting workpapers, identifying and resolving technical and compliance-related issues.
• Coordinate with Federal, International, and other tax teams to address multistate tax matters and ensure seamless execution of client deliverables.
• Manage multiple engagements simultaneously by monitoring project status, reviewing team outputs, providing timely feedback, and ensuring compliance with quality and risk management standards.
• Coach, mentor, and train associates and seniors on SALT compliance procedures, technical concepts, and best practices while supporting continuous process improvement and technology-driven efficiencies
  
  
  

Experience & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA/Master’s) and EA/CPA certification preferred.

5-7 years of progressive experience in State & Local Tax (SALT) compliance within a public accounting firm, corporate tax department, or professional services

environment, including experience reviewing complex multistate tax engagements and managing engagement teams.

• Strong technical, analytical, and critical-thinking skills with experience reviewing complex tax work products, resolving technical issues, leveraging MS Office applications and third-party tax reporting software, and ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory, and client service standards.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engagements, prioritize competing deadlines, monitor project progress, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with experience coaching and mentoring team members while fostering collaboration and professional development.
  
  
  

Federal Tax

Demonstrates the ability to lead a team of individuals to complete a project

Ability to perform effective self-review / review of the Associate / Senior associate work to produce a quality work product with minimal errors.

Demonstrates application of research, critical thinking and analytical skills to identify issues, perform complex calculations, develop conclusions and articulate issues of moderate complexity

Advanced tax technical, tax compliance knowledge and technology skills in 1-2 focus areas such as Partnerships, Corporate, State or International.

State and Local Tax

Demonstrates broad state and local tax technical experience and understanding of multi-jurisdictional, income franchise and indirect tax concepts.

Advanced proficiency in Utilization of state tax resources including filing matrix, e-file summary chart, partnership matrices, Fund of Funds templates, and State Compliance Workbook, and participating in updating the resources

Knowledge of intermediate partnership and corp. state concepts such as lower-tier withholding and entity-level taxes, separate vs. combined filings, franchise taxes, etc.

RESPONSIBILITIES

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA/Master’s) and EA/CPA certification preferred.

5-7 years of progressive experience in State & Local Tax (SALT) compliance within a public accounting firm, corporate tax department, or professional services

environment, including experience reviewing complex multistate tax engagements and managing engagement teams.

• Strong technical, analytical, and critical-thinking skills with experience reviewing complex tax work products, resolving technical issues, leveraging MS Office applications and third-party tax reporting software, and ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory, and client service standards.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple engagements, prioritize competing deadlines, monitor project progress, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with experience coaching and mentoring team members while fostering collaboration and professional development.
  
  
  

Federal Tax

Demonstrates the ability to lead a team of individuals to complete a project

Ability to perform effective self-review / review of the Associate / Senior associate work to produce a quality work product with minimal errors.

Demonstrates application of research, critical thinking and analytical skills to identify issues, perform complex calculations, develop conclusions and articulate issues of moderate complexity

Advanced tax technical, tax compliance knowledge and technology skills in 1-2 focus areas such as Partnerships, Corporate, State or International.

State and Local Tax

Demonstrates broad state and local tax technical experience and understanding of multi-jurisdictional, income franchise and indirect tax concepts.

Advanced proficiency in Utilization of state tax resources including filing matrix, e-file summary chart, partnership matrices, Fund of Funds templates, and State Compliance Workbook, and participating in updating the resources

Knowledge of intermediate partnership and corp. state concepts such as lower-tier withholding and entity-level taxes, separate vs. combined filings, franchise taxes, etc.

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