Manager, Tax Research and Planning

KPMG - Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time - Manager

Pittsburgh, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Manager, Tax Research and Planning at KPMG is responsible for overseeing tax research and compliance efforts within the Finance & Accounting Partner Taxes organization. This role involves maintaining research resources, developing tax impact models, collaborating with various departments to ensure compliance with tax laws, and documenting tax research positions. The position is crucial for ensuring that the firm's tax strategies align with current regulations and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain research-related resources and tools for current tax law changes and developments.
• Develop excel-based models to project the tax impact of proposed or enacted tax law changes.
• Collaborate with members of PTM/PTS to ensure tax positions are properly reflected in tax returns and compliance deliverables.
• Document and organize tax research positions.
• Coordinate with Finance, Human Resources, and GLES to maintain compliance with tax credits and incentive programs; review data reports to substantiate compliance.

Requirements

• Minimum four years of recent federal, or multi-state and local tax experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required; Masters degree in tax or accounting preferred; enrolled Agent or CPA preferred.
• Technical skills in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Adobe Acrobat Pro required.
• Detail-oriented and collaborative-minded professional.
• US Citizenship required.

Nice-to-haves

• High net worth individual tax experience preferred.
• Federal and state partnership experience preferred.

Benefits

• Medical and dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year
• Firmwide breaks during the year
• Comprehensive benefits package to support mental health.