PricewaterhouseCoopers - Washington, DC
posted 5 months ago
About the position
A career within United States National Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients gain valuable insight into emerging tax issues and trends, as well helping them implement successful tax strategies in response to legislative, federal, and judicial tax developments that will impact their business. Our Mergers and Acquisitions team helps our clients assess tax obligations related to acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures, and initial public offerings. You'll focus on managing acquisition and merger risk, structuring acquisitions to optimise net cash flows, carrying out pre-acquisition or pre-sale due diligence, and ensuring that tax compliance requirements are met throughout the deal. To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to: - Develop new skills outside of comfort zone. - Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively. - Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development. - Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations. - Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations. - Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations. - Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making. - Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients. - Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties. - Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points. - Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct. We're leading the way as technology-enabled tax advisors who provide value through digitization, automation and increased efficiencies - all made possible by equipping our professionals to succeed in a world where transactions are faster, more complicated and require a deeper level of sophistication. PwC Tax provides unparalleled technical knowledge and specialization and industry insights, coupled with the One Firm knowledge that brings everything PwC offers to solve our clients' needs.
Responsibilities
- Manage acquisition and merger risk.
- Structure acquisitions to optimise net cash flows.
- Carry out pre-acquisition or pre-sale due diligence.
- Ensure tax compliance requirements are met throughout the deal.
- Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
- Resolve issues which prevent the team from working effectively.
- Coach team members and encourage personal development.
- Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build meaningful recommendations.
- Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
- Develop a point of view on key global trends and their impact on clients.
- Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes.
- Simplify complex messages and summarise key points.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree required; Juris Doctorate (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), or Master's degree in Accounting or Taxation may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor Degree in Accounting.
- Minimum 4 years of experience required.
- CPA, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity.
Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrated extensive-level knowledge in mergers and acquisition practices, including corporate mergers and acquisitions, private equity, post deal integration, bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.
- Extensive abilities in tax consulting and planning, transaction structuring for tax issues, restructuring, due diligence, strategy formulation and financial modeling.
- Familiarity with a CRM system.
- Knowledge of automation & digitization in a professional services environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- 401k plan
- Paid holidays
- Professional development opportunities
