Tax Manager

Atlas Search; Beverly Hills (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search, an established alternative investment platform in Los Angeles, seeks a hands-on Tax Manager to join a dedicated investment management team. The role centers on ASC 740 tax provisions, partnership taxation, and real estate fund tax, with exposure to REITs and private funds.

Open to candidates from public accounting or industry, collaborating with accounting, asset management, and external CPA firms.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–15 years of tax experience within public accounting, investment management, real estate, or another relevant financial services environment
• Strong knowledge of partnership taxation
• Experience supporting private funds, investment partnerships, or alternative investment structures
• Real estate, REIT, or real estate fund tax experience strongly preferred
• Experience with 704(b), tax capital accounts, and book-to-tax reconciliations
• Experience preparing and/or reviewing partnership tax workpapers and returns
• Strong Excel skills and ability to work with complex tax calculations and models
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across accounting, tax, investment, and external advisory teams

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review ASC 740 tax provision calculations and reporting
• Review quarterly and year-end tax reporting across fund, joint venture, and investment structures
• Prepare tax projections, estimates, and K-1 estimates
• Review tax workpapers, partnership tax returns, and payment calculations prepared internally or by external CPA firms
• Maintain and review 704(b) and tax capital accounts
• Reconcile book-to-tax differences across investment and fund entities
• Support complex partnership tax allocations across fund and joint venture structures
• Monitor tax compliance requirements across real estate investments, REIT structures, and other investment vehicles
• Assist with federal, state, and local tax notices and related tax research
• Coordinate closely with accounting, asset management, external CPA firms, joint venture partners, and other service providers
• Assist with tax planning, analysis, and special projects across the investment platform

Skills

Partnership taxation

Excel

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

We are working with an established alternative investment platform that is looking to add a Tax Manager to a dedicated Los Angeles-based investment management team.

This is a hands-on tax role supporting a sophisticated alternative investment business with exposure across real estate funds, joint ventures, partnership structures, REITs, and other private investment vehicles.

The ideal candidate will have strong ASC 740 / tax provision experience along with a solid foundation in partnership tax. Real estate, REIT, or real estate fund tax experience is highly preferred, although candidates with broader private fund or alternative investment tax experience will also be considered.

The role is open to candidates coming directly from public accounting as well as professionals with a combination of public accounting and industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review ASC 740 tax provision calculations and reporting


• Review quarterly and year-end tax reporting across fund, joint venture, and investment structures


• Prepare tax projections, estimates, and K-1 estimates


• Review tax workpapers, partnership tax returns, and payment calculations prepared internally or by external CPA firms


• Maintain and review 704(b) and tax capital accounts


• Reconcile book-to-tax differences across investment and fund entities


• Support complex partnership tax allocations across fund and joint venture structures


• Monitor tax compliance requirements across real estate investments, REIT structures, and other investment vehicles


• Assist with federal, state, and local tax notices and related tax research


• Coordinate closely with accounting, asset management, external CPA firms, joint venture partners, and other service providers


• Assist with tax planning, analysis, and special projects across the investment platform

Qualifications

• Approximately 5–15 years of tax experience within public accounting, investment management, real estate, or another relevant financial services environment


• Strong knowledge of partnership taxation


• Experience supporting private funds, investment partnerships, or alternative investment structures


• Real estate, REIT, or real estate fund tax experience strongly preferred


• Experience with 704(b), tax capital accounts, and book-to-tax reconciliations


• Experience preparing and/or reviewing partnership tax workpapers and returns


• Strong Excel skills and ability to work with complex tax calculations and models


• Strong communication skills and ability to work across accounting, tax, investment, and external advisory teams

Why Consider This Opportunity

This is an opportunity to work directly alongside the tax and finance leadership of a sophisticated alternative investment manager while gaining broad exposure across fund tax, real estate investments, joint ventures, tax provision work, partnership taxation, and complex investment structures.

The position offers a strong combination of technical tax work, investment industry exposure, and interaction with senior professionals across tax, accounting, and asset management.