Consultant, Real Property Tax

Ryan; Glendale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Options

Award-Winning Culture

Generous PTO Benefits

14-Weeks Paid Leave for New Parents

Gym Membership Reimbursement or Gym Up

Benefits Eligibility Day One

401K with Employer Match

Tuition Reimbursement After One Year

Fertility Assistance Program

Sabbatical Eligibility After Five-Year

Job summary

Ryan is seeking a Property Tax Consultant to join a collaborative team focused on identifying tax savings opportunities for clients. The role emphasizes research, data reconciliation, and detailed calculations to support client service and revenue growth.

The ideal candidate brings analytical skills, problem solving, and strong communication, aligning with Ryan’s values of Pursue Excellence and Build Trust. Travel is up to 10–20% with hybrid work options available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate (preferred), Finance, Business Administration/Management, or related field.
• Must have 6 hours of Accounting or Economics or Real Estate or Finance with a minimum 2.8 GPA or higher.
• Relevant work experience preferred (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs) or Bachelor’s degree and one to three years audit or tax related experience.
• Desire to perform in a high-energy team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create a positive team member experience.
• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.
• Works effectively with clients and taxing authorities on a national basis.
• Attends client meetings and property inspections.
• Reviews client property tax records.
• Applies software knowledge to efficiently work with client data.
• Researches tax issues.
• Prepares and reviews property reports and renditions.
• Analyzes assessment notices and determines potential assessment reductions.
• Files appeals.
• Determines liability for development projects.
• Works with tax incentive issues for clients.
• Interacts frequently with team members.
• Communicates effectively in writing and verbally.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Verbal and written communication

Team orientation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate or related field

Accounting/Finance coursework (6 hours) with 2.8 GPA

Audit or tax-related experience (1–3 years)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Why Ryan?

• Hybrid Work Options
• Award-Winning Culture
• Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
• 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
• Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
• Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
• 401K with Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
• Fertility Assistance Program
• Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service

The Property Tax Consultant (“Consultant”) works with a team to identify tax savings opportunities for clients and to gain an understanding of how the client computes each component of property tax. This includes researching issues, reconciling databases, and completing detailed calculations. The taxing authority verifies the issues, and the Consultant assists the team with this process. The Consultant is responsible for creating positive team member experiences, which lead to excellent client service and drive revenue and profit for the Firm.

The ideal candidate with have analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with strong people skills. The successful candidate will be effective in researching issues, reconciling databases, and completing detailed calculations. Successful Ryan team members embrace and live Ryan’s values of Pursue Excellence, Wired to Win, Generosity Matters, Build Trust and Integrity Always and will embody and demonstrate accountability.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan’s Key Results

People:

• Create a positive team member experience.

Client:

• Responds to client inquiries and requests from tax authorities.

Value:

• Works effectively with clients and taxing authorities on a national basis.
• Attends client meetings and property inspections.
• Reviews client property tax records.
• Applies software knowledge to efficiently work with client data.
• Researches tax issues.
• Prepares and reviews property reports and renditions.
• Analyzes assessment notices and determines potential assessment reductions.
• Files appeals.
• Determines liability for development projects.
• Works with tax incentive issues for clients.
• Interacts frequently with members of a team.
• Communicates effectively through written and verbal channels.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate (preferred), Finance, Business Administration/Management, or related study.
• Must have (6) hours of Accounting or Economics or Real Estate or Finance with a minimum 2.8 GPA or higher.
• Relevant work experience preferred (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs) or Bachelor’s degree and one to three years audit or tax related experience.
• Desire to perform in a high-energy team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem solving, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage ambiguity.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have intermediate knowledge of Microsoft® Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver’s license required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm in person and via e-mail and telephone.
• Position requires regular interaction with clients and interface with external vendors in person and via e-mail and telephone.
• Independent travel requirement: Up to 10-20%.

Compensation:

For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $68,600 - $85,800.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran