Consultant - Director of Tax

Arootah; New York (NY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Director of Tax, where you will leverage your extensive experience in tax compliance and reporting to support prestigious Hedge Fund and Family Office clients. This role offers the flexibility to work remotely and the opportunity to shape tax strategies while collaborating with a team of experts. You will be instrumental in developing policies and procedures, managing audits, and advising on tax planning opportunities. If you are ready to take your career to the next level in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Remote work option

Choice of assignments

Qualifications

• 10+ years as Director of Tax for Hedge Funds or Family Offices.
• Experience with tax preparation and fund accounting.
• Strong understanding of Subchapter K and financial products.

Responsibilities

• Manage preparation of U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns.
• Advise on vendor selection and oversight for tax services.
• Lead North American payroll tax process and audits.

Skills

Tax Compliance

Tax Reporting

Tax Planning

Team Leadership

Client Advisory

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

CPA designation

Advanced Degree (MST)

Tools

ProSystem fx

CCH Access Tax

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

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This range is provided by Arootah . Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$250.00/hr - $400.00/hr

Join our experienced roster of consultants that support Hedge Funds and Family Offices. Arootah is a personal and professional development leader in the Investment and Financial Services industry. Our mission is to provide top business advisory services to our hedge fund client base. We focus our Business Consulting on the multi-faceted needs of Hedge Funds and Family Offices. Arootah was founded by Rich Bello, the Co-Founder and COO of the industry-leading $10 billion hedge fund, Blue Ridge Capital. Rich brings more than 30 years of experience, including leadership positions at Morgan Stanley, Tiger Management, and Ernst & Young.

Visit us at https://arootah.com/hedge-fund-advisory/ for more information.

WHO WE NEED:

Arootah is searching for experienced Directors of Tax to consult to our highly prestigious client base. As a consultant, you will work with our Hedge Fund and Family Office clients to provide expert advice. Having previously served in this leadership role, you have specific, hands-on experience developing, implementing, and maintaining complete Tax-Compliance and Tax-Reporting policies and processes for a leading Hedge Fund or Family Office.

What You'll Do

• Best practice reviews.
• Developing realistic and effective action plans.
• Breaking apart goals into actionable steps.
• Advising on vendor selection and oversight.
• Creating and implementing policies, procedures, and control measures.
• Evaluating each client’s advancement toward goal actualization through key performance indicators (KPIs) and scoring matrices.
• Special projects or other areas of need.
  
  
  
  
  

Who You Are

• All aspects of the day-to-day management and oversight of preparation of outsourced U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as well as outsourced international tax filings, statutory accounts, private property, and business licenses for all funds and business entities.
• Establish and maintain the policies and procedures for tax workpapers, allocations and tax returns, as well as perform research to advise on transactional and tax planning opportunities, including aggregate allocations, trader vs. investor determination, and identifying necessary federal, international, and state investor reporting.
• Oversee, review, and approve outside service providers’ preparation and filing/delivery of estimated and final fund returns, management-company returns, and K-1 reporting in accordance with ASC 740 and IAS 12.
• Lead a team that owns the North American payroll tax process (ensures accurate and timely filing of weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tax returns, respond to and resolve employee tax issues, notices, and audits).
• Select and manage all third party domestic and international tax service providers and vendors.
• Manage U.S. federal, state and local as well as international tax audits and exams by preparing/reviewing responses and appropriate analyses with internal teams, outside tax service providers and external auditors to resolve open items.
• Complete and review various analysis and reports throughout the year to assist with the quarterly/annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Advise Portfolio Managers and executive leadership on the business impact of proposed and new tax laws, regulations, decisions, and legislation.
• Collaborate with reporting and tax advisors, finance team, and additional business unit leaders, including IT to manage tax data requirements to maintain full responsibility over the tax reporting and compliance process.
• Serve as the subject matter expert to provide assistance to limited partners, investors, and their constituents on tax reporting needs, including periodic estimates and year-end reporting requirements.
  
  
  
  
  

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field.
• CPA designation and/or advanced degree (MST).
• 10+ years of prior work experience, specifically as a Director of Tax for a Hedge Fund or Family Office.
• 5+ years of proven experience with tax preparation, fund accounting, general ledger accounting or previous Big 4 accounting/tax experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of Subchapter K, financial products, wash sale and constructive sale rules, as well as familiarity with aggregate allocations.
• In-depth understanding of the tax treatment for various investment types, asset classes, financial instruments and vehicle structures.
• Extensive compliance experience with regulatory and reporting agencies including the IRS and foreign tax authorities.
• Expertise with Microsoft applications (Word and Excel) and some tax planning/preparation software (ProSystem fx, CCH Access Tax, etc.).
  
  
  
  
  

Become part of a well-funded disruptor in the finance and technology space.

The ability to work remotely.

Flexible hours and the ability to choose your assignments.

The hourly consulting rate of pay is expected to be a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $400, per hour. The hourly rate will be determined by several factors which may include, but are not limited to, the length of the individual engagement, level of difficulty, level of specialization required, professional designations, skills, and years of experience.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail

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