Tax Manager

Conexus; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Conexus seeks a Tax Manager for its real estate portfolio, reporting to the head of tax and collaborating with CFO and asset management. The role oversees tax for 50+ properties, directing third-party CPA firms and JV partners rather than preparing returns in-house.

The candidate will review tax workpapers, prepare year-end projections, and manage ASC 740 provisions while ensuring compliance across funds, REITs, and Opportunity Zones.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of tax experience focused on real estate partnerships and funds
• Advanced partnership taxation knowledge
• Experience reviewing workpapers and returns prepared by outside CPA firms
• Proficiency with tax projections, K-1 estimates, and 704(b) tracking
• Strong communication with asset management and investors

Responsibilities

• Review quarterly and year-end reports from managers, CPA firms, and JV partners
• Review tax workpapers, returns, and vouchers by outside firms and ensure timely filings
• Prepare year-end tax projections, estimates, and K-1 estimates
• Monitor 704(b) and tax capital accounts for funds
• Prepare ASC 740 provision calculations and annual reporting packages
• Oversee REIT and Opportunity Zone compliance and withholding work
• Handle investor tax questions, notices, memos, and ad hoc requests from asset management

Skills

Advanced Excel

Tax knowledge

Tools

Tax waterfall models

Job description

Our client is an established, institutional real estate investment firm with a multi-decade track record as a U.S. commercial real estate investor, owner, operator, and lender. The firm pursues value-add and opportunistic strategies across both debt and equity and has deployed billions of dollars of capital. The platform is growing: it recently closed its latest opportunistic fund above target and has added senior investment leaders to expand its lending and equity businesses.

Role Overview:

This is a business-critical seat on a lean, high-caliber tax team. The Tax Manager reports directly to the head of tax and works closely with the CFO and the asset management team. The role owns JV, fund, and management company tax across a portfolio of 50+ properties. It is an oversight role, directing third-party CPA firms and JV partners rather than preparing returns from scratch.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing quarterly and year-end reporting packages from property managers, CPA firms, and JV partners
• Reviewing tax workpapers, returns, and payment vouchers prepared by third-party CPA firms, and ensuring all filings and payments are made on time
• Preparing year-end tax projections, estimates, and K-1 estimates
• Monitoring 704(b) and tax capital accounts for closed-end and open-end funds
• Preparing ASC 740 provision calculations and annual reporting packages
• Overseeing REIT and Opportunity Zone compliance and withholding work, including E&P computations and 1042 review
• Maintaining JV and fund tax leverage analyses and tax waterfall models
• Handling investor tax questions, tax notices, research, memos, and ad hoc requests from asset management

Experience Desired:

• 7–12 years of tax experience, with real estate partnership and fund tax as the core
• Advanced partnership taxation knowledge
• Experience reviewing workpapers and returns prepared by outside CPA firms
• Advanced Excel skills, including building and updating tax waterfall models