SALT Senior Manager - Income/Franchise

Cherry Bekaert has been proudly providing Accounting and Advisory services to our clients for over 75 years. As a State and Local Tax (SALT) Senior Manager you will have the opportunity to work within the National Specialty Tax Practice of Cherry Bekaert.

As a key member of the team, you will work closely with the National SALT Practice Leader playing an integral role implementing various SALT initiatives. Additionally, the Senior Manager will participate in developing the vision, strategies, and action plans to continue the growth of this Practice that serves all Cherry Bekaert offices throughout the nation.

The successful candidate will interact collaboratively with partners and staff and be responsible for the delivery of state and local tax services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries by innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise. Other important responsibilities include contributing to practice development and business development activities as well as supervising and developing staff on a firm-wide basis.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

Tax Consulting, Research and Compliance

• Deliver a full range of multi-state and local tax consulting services, addressing various issues primarily in the income/franchise area

• Identify opportunities to minimize clients’ multi-state tax burden through optimal filing methods, exemptions, credits/incentives, structuring alternatives, etc.

• Research complex state and local tax issues using state statutes, regulations, case law and other relevant authorities/guidance.

• Draft tax technical memorandums, client correspondence and other various work products.

• Conduct nexus reviews and work with clients to remediate tax exposure.

• Provide state and local audit defense assistance to clients.

• Provide technical assistance to the tax compliance function in order to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Provide quality control reviews of select SALT returns prepared by core tax team.

• Develop and deliver SALT training throughout the firm.

• Develop external webinars on various SALT topics for delivery to clients and targets.

• Provide significant contributions to the writing and publishing of SALT articles and participation in public speaking engagements.

• Drive growth of the income/franchise practice through identification and execution of targeted initiatives.

• Keep abreast of significant current developments and new legislation within multi-state income/franchise taxation.

• Analyze and provide written summaries of significant developments to be used for Cherry Bekaert newsletters and website postings.

• Identify developments having a potentially significant impact on client base, and follow up with internal and/or external communications as deemed appropriate.

• Take responsibility for subordinates’ activities and chargeability.  Effectively delegate and manage work given to staff.

What you need for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

• CPA and/or JD; Masters in Taxation (MST) or LLM in Taxation

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive State and Local Tax consulting and/or compliance experience in a Big 4 or large public accounting firm.

• Strong tax research and writing skills.

• Solid organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task.  

What you can expect from us:

• Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust, and mutual respect

• The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you

• A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development

• Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing

• Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work

• Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures

Benefits Information:

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is included below. Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Pay Range:

About Cherry Bekaert

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. For more details, visit https://www.cbh.com/disclosure/ 

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. https://careers.cbh.com/legal-disclosures/ contains further information regarding the firm's compliance with federal, state and local recruitment and hiring laws. 

This role is expected to accept applications for at least five calendar days and may continue to be posted until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.   

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the United States. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position. 

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at  https://careers.cbh.com/ and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.  

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