Senior M&A Tax Strategy Consultant

Baker Tilly US; New York (NY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly US is seeking a Manager in our Transaction Services Tax team. Open to location, you will develop and implement transaction advisory services for a diverse client base including private equity, banks and corporate clients.

You will interact with Partners, model financial transactions, and prepare detailed analyses to support acquisitions, restructurings, and post‑acquisition planning. This role offers broad exposure across industries and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related field required; or a graduate degree and 2 years of related work experience.
• 2+ years of work-related experience in a mid to large-size professional services firm
• CPA or JD/LLM required.
• Tax due diligence, deal structuring and post-acquisition planning experience and/or inbound and outbound transaction consulting with international tax research, planning and compliance experience
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills required.
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of duties

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with Partners on matters related to client and engagement management
• Modeling financial transactions to be used in valuation, structuring and negotiation
• Prepare detailed memoranda and presentations describing the key attributes of client companies and industries
• Assist in the review and analysis of the tax aspects of acquisition and merger agreements and draft tax opinion letters and memoranda
• Identify and analyze tax risks and opportunities while advising on alternative tax strategies for acquisition, disposition and restructuring of businesses
• Review, assess and advise clients regarding tax computations reflected in their financial models; and assist clients in the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the tax data in their financial projections for the transaction
• Data gathering, document review and preparation of reports
• Research & financial analysis of target companies
• Due diligence for both buy side and sell side transactions
• Transaction structuring for tax and accounting issues
• Negotiation support
• Communication with business owners to ensure delivery of exceptional client service
• Participate in various marketing and recruiting activities of the firm

Skills

Analytical

Problem-solving

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Communication

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Graduate degree (e.g., MBA, JD/LLM) with relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Baker Tilly US is seeking a Manager in our Transaction Services Tax team. Open to location, you will develop and implement transaction advisory services for a diverse client base including private equity, banks and corporate clients.

You will interact with Partners, model financial transactions, and prepare detailed analyses to support acquisitions, restructurings, and post‑acquisition planning. This role offers broad exposure across industries and ongoing professional development.