Chief Internal Tax Strategy Partner

RSM US LLP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Total rewards information at rsmus.com

Job summary

RSM US LLP is seeking a Head of Internal Tax Partner to shape the tax strategy of a global professional services partnership and advise senior leadership. This role leads internal tax planning, risk management, and operational execution across domestic and international matters.

The leader will collaborate with Finance, Legal, HR, Treasury, and regional leadership to ensure timely, accurate, and confidential tax services, while driving continuous improvement and managing broad compliance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, tax, or related discipline.
• CPA, CA, law degree, or equivalent professional credential.
• Deep technical knowledge of U.S. partnership taxation, including partner allocations, Schedule K-1 reporting, guaranteed payments, distributive share reporting, multistate partnership tax matters, and partner mobility issues.
• Experience leading tax compliance, planning, risk management, and tax governance for a complex organization with domestic and international activity.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on complex tax, operational, regulatory, and business matters.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage priorities, develop talent, oversee budgets, and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior enterprise leader for RSM’s internal tax function, setting strategy, priorities, operating expectations, and execution plans for the team.
• Advise firm leadership on internal tax strategy, tax risk, operational priorities, and the tax implications of firmwide business decisions.
• Lead the firm’s U.S. partnership tax function, including oversight of federal, state, and local partnership tax compliance, reporting, Schedule K-1 reporting, partner allocations, guaranteed payments, and distributive share information.
• Oversee complex multistate partnership tax matters, including filing positions, apportionment, composite and withholding tax regimes, state-specific elections, nexus, sourcing, partner residency, and partner mobility matters.
• Lead the firm’s broader domestic and global tax compliance obligations, including income tax reporting, sales and use tax, VAT/GST, withholding tax, information reporting, and other federal, state, local, and international filing obligations.
• Provide strategic oversight for partner tax services, including coordination of partners’ personal income tax return preparation across federal, state, local, and international jurisdictions.
• Ensure partner tax services are delivered in a timely, accurate, confidential, and service-oriented manner, including support for estimated tax planning, mobility, admissions, retirements, distributions, and international reporting.
• Manage and mitigate tax, operational, regulatory, and business risk through sound judgment, practical solutions, responsive escalation, and effective governance.
• Represent the firm in tax authority interactions and other significant internal or external matters requiring credibility, expertise, accountability, and executive judgment.
• Advise Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Treasury, and firm leadership on tax matters related to compensation programs, benefit plans, employee policies, restructurings, strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and transfer pricing.
• Lead complex programs, teams, and functional priorities that require significant cross-functional coordination and have firmwide impact.
• Steward departmental resources responsibly, including people leadership, budgets, process effectiveness, operational expenses, and external service provider relationships.
• Build a high-performing internal tax team by setting expectations, developing leaders, coaching talent, strengthening functional capability, and supporting inclusive talent practices.
• Use data, technology, digital workflows, automation, and disciplined processes to improve accuracy, consistency, insight, efficiency, and decision-making within the internal tax function.
• Model firm values, enterprise mindset, courage, collaboration, confidentiality, accountability, and sound leadership through change and complexity.

Skills

U.S. partnership taxation

Leadership

Tax strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive presence

Education

CPA/CA or law degree

Tools

Tax compliance systems

Job description

RSM US LLP is seeking a Head of Internal Tax Partner to shape the tax strategy of a global professional services partnership and advise senior leadership. This role leads internal tax planning, risk management, and operational execution across domestic and international matters.

The leader will collaborate with Finance, Legal, HR, Treasury, and regional leadership to ensure timely, accurate, and confidential tax services, while driving continuous improvement and managing broad compliance