Tax Services Manager, Real Estate & Construction

EY; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation and benefits

Generous paid time off

Job summary

EY's FSO EDGE Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction (RHC) practice delivers specialized tax assistance for real estate clients across the United States. You will collaborate with experienced professionals to ensure accurate tax compliance and strategic consulting.

The Services Manager role focuses on managing tax delivery, coordinating with senior staff, and guiding teams to meet client deadlines while maintaining high-quality work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Tax, Law, or Economics.
• Minimum of 5 years in a professional services or tax services organization in the financial services industry.
• Broad exposure to real estate tax technical and transaction skills, including partnership taxation, REITs taxation and qualification, partnership allocations, tax compliance, due diligence, acquisition/disposition planning and structuring
• Experience managing budgets, people, and projects
• Excellent teaming, leadership, organizational, and verbal/written communication skills
• CPA, EA or licensed attorney

Responsibilities

• Consult with clients and escalate complex tax and client relationship matters to senior management and subject-matter professionals, coordinating efforts and managing expectations about timing.
• Deliver and manage compliance and consulting delivery services to meet deadlines for client deliverables.
• Lead projects and work independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations.
• Incumbent has specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise.
• Support effective long-term client relationships by demonstrating knowledge of the real estate, hospitality, and construction industry; communicate with client tax liaisons and teams to gather information and enable timely production of tax information statements and returns.
• Manage engagement deliverables and team resources to achieve timely and accurate delivery of tax compliance services while managing engagement economics.
• Advise and provide direction on complex tax matters, set expectations, coordinate daily work activities, and assign tasks to staff and seniors.
• Review and evaluate the work of staff to ensure accuracy, completeness, and regulatory compliance.
• Provide leadership, feedback, and coaching to team members.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Project management

Client presentation

Education

CPA / EA / attorney

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business/Tax/Law/Economics

Job description

EY's FSO EDGE Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction (RHC) practice delivers specialized tax assistance for real estate clients across the United States. You will collaborate with experienced professionals to ensure accurate tax compliance and strategic consulting.

The Services Manager role focuses on managing tax delivery, coordinating with senior staff, and guiding teams to meet client deadlines while maintaining high-quality work.