Senior Real Estate Tax Manager
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Job summary
HireIQ is seeking a Senior Tax Manager to lead engagements for commercial real estate clients, focusing on partnership and corporate tax matters, tax compliance, and investor reporting. The role combines strategic advisory with engagement leadership and client relationship management.
The ideal candidate will manage complex CRE tax projects, mentor staff, and collaborate with partners to deliver high-quality service and growth opportunities within a dynamic public accounting environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field is required.
- Active CPA license is required.
- 8+ years of tax and accounting experience in public accounting.
- Current and substantial experience with commercial real estate clients.
- Strong knowledge of partnership and corporate taxation.
- Familiarity with Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations.
- Experience advising on tax structuring, compliance and planning.
- Strong analytical, research and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Engagement Manager for assigned client accounts, overseeing planning, execution, final deliverables, billing, and collections.
- Develop engagement work plans with budgets, timelines, staffing, and deliverables.
- Monitor engagement progress and communicate schedule or budget changes to management.
- Provide strategic oversight of complex partnership and corporate tax engagements for CRE clients.
- Advise clients on tax structuring, compliance, investor reporting, and other tax matters.
- Provide out-of-scope tax advisory services including research and technical consulting.
- Serve as primary contact for clients and ensure timely communication of progress and deliverables.
- Develop trusted client relationships through exceptional service and integrity.
- Provide direction to engagement teams and ensure quality communication.
- Review and oversee complex tax work maintaining high standards.
- Research complex tax issues involving IRC, Treasury Regulations, and related authorities.
- Mentor and develop tax professionals with technical guidance.
- Collaborate with internal teams to address complex client needs.
- Identify opportunities for additional tax advisory services to existing clients.
- Prepare timely and accurate bills for professional services.
- Monitor engagement economics, budgets and collections.
- Stay current on CRE taxation developments and broader tax environment.
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Job description
A leading public accounting firm is seeking an experienced Senior Tax Manager to join its growing tax practice, with a strong focus on commercial real estate (CRE) clients.
This opportunity is ideal for a seasoned tax professional with significant public accounting experience and a strong background advising commercial real estate clients on partnership and corporate taxation, tax compliance, tax structuring, and investor reporting.
The successful candidate will take ownership of complex client engagements, serve as a trusted advisor to senior-level client contacts, lead engagement teams, and provide strategic tax guidance across sophisticated commercial real estate portfolios.
As a Senior Tax Manager, you will serve as the Engagement Manager for key client accounts, overseeing engagements from pre-engagement planning and execution through final deliverables, billing, and collections.
You will provide strategic oversight of complex partnership and corporate tax engagements, advising commercial real estate clients on tax structuring, compliance, investor reporting, and other tax advisory matters.
This is a highly client-facing position requiring strong technical tax expertise, commercial awareness, leadership capabilities, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering an exceptional client experience.
- Serve as Engagement Manager for assigned client accounts, overseeing planning, execution, final deliverables, billing, and collections
- Develop detailed engagement work plans, including budgets, timelines, staffing requirements, and deliverables
- Monitor engagement progress against established work plans and communicate schedule or budget adjustments to management
- Provide strategic oversight of complex partnership and corporate tax engagements for commercial real estate clients
- Advise clients on tax structuring, compliance, investor reporting, and other tax matters across CRE portfolios
- Provide out-of-scope tax advisory services, including tax structuring, research, and technical consulting
- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients and ensure they remain informed regarding engagement progress, logistics, and deliverables
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with clients through exceptional service, high-quality work, and professional integrity
- Provide clear direction to engagement teams and ensure timely, accurate communication throughout the engagement
- Review and oversee complex tax work while maintaining high technical and quality standards
- Research complex tax issues involving the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, and related tax authorities
- Mentor and develop tax professionals, providing technical guidance and career support
- Collaborate with internal teams and firm leadership to address complex client needs
- Identify opportunities to provide additional tax advisory services to existing clients
- Prepare timely and accurate bills for professional services rendered
- Monitor engagement economics, budgets, and collections
- Stay current on developments affecting commercial real estate taxation and the broader tax environment
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field required
- Active CPA license required
- 8+ years of tax and accounting experience in public accounting
- Current and substantial experience working with commercial real estate clients
- Strong technical knowledge of partnership and corporate taxation
- Strong understanding of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations
- Experience advising clients on tax structuring, compliance, and planning
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving capabilities
- Exceptional client service and relationship management skills
- Demonstrated ability to establish credibility and trust with sophisticated clients
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities
- Excellent written, interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Experience with tax and engagement technology and workflow systems
- Experience with ProSystem fx or GoSystem preferred
- Experience with CCH Engagement a plus
- Ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven public accounting environment
- Competitive compensation and performance-based rewards
- Generous paid time off
- Flexible work environment
- Expanded parental leave
- Extensive learning and professional development opportunities
- Paid time off for employee volunteer activities
- Career development and leadership opportunities
- Exposure to sophisticated commercial real estate clients and complex tax engagements
- Collaborative team environment focused on professional growth
This is an attractive opportunity for a CRE-focused Senior Tax Manager who wants to combine sophisticated partnership and corporate tax work with significant client ownership and leadership responsibility.
The role offers exposure to complex commercial real estate portfolios, strategic tax advisory work, client relationship management, and engagement leadership- providing a strong platform for continued progression toward Director and ultimately Partner.
Manager
- Accounting
Full-time
- Accounting
- Auditing
- Tax
- Partnership Tax
- Corporate Tax
- Tax Compliance
- Tax Planning
- Tax Structuring
- Investor Reporting
- Tax Research
- Internal Revenue Code
- Treasury Regulations
- Client Relationship Management
- Engagement Management
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Microsoft Excel
- ProSystem fx
- GoSystem
- CCH Engagement
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