National Tax - Manager - Quality Assurance and Risk Management

CohnReznick - Hartford, CT

Full-time - Mid Level

Hartford, CT

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation's top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do! We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Tax Manager - Quality Assurance and Risk Management to join the team in our National Tax practice. This is a virtual position, meaning job duties do not need to be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. However, as a virtual employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or training. In this role, you will support our National Tax Group and play an integral role in identifying and mitigating tax risks for our organization both retrospectively and prospectively. This position is embedded in our largest clients, and the ideal candidate should have a strong foundation in tax concepts and regulations. You will participate in prospective transactional planning and assist significantly in the firm's retrospective inspection processes, delivering exceptional tax risk mitigation services overall. This is a new role in our National Tax team and will report directly to the Head of Tax Controversy and Risk.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and analyzing tax returns and other information to identify risk mitigation items
• Researching complex federal and state tax topics and drafting and/or reviewing technical memoranda and tax alerts
• Assisting with the tax compliance inspection process, including the preparation of the inspection documentation for all stakeholders
• Participating in tax inspection calls and meetings
• Assisting client teams with complex transactions to identify risk areas prior to transactions being executed
• Assisting clients and engagement teams in identifying potential risk areas
• Ensuring timely handling and identification of technical topics for training tax team members
• Assisting with internal and external presentations
• Being a tax technical resource to the Tax practice

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, EA, JD or LLM preferred
• IRS or solid controversy experience desirable
• 6+ years of broad, relevant experience in tax compliance, tax accounting, or tax consulting
• Strong technical skills in tax concepts and rules
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills and intuition
• Team player; ability to work effectively and independently with guidance in an environment of deadlines and concurrent projects
• Proficiency in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and various tax research tools

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• Flexible work environment
• Expanded parental leave
• Extensive learning & development
• Paid time off for employees to volunteer