Senior Associate 1

Our Private Equity Portfolio Company practice serves both partnership and corporate companies, the majority of which are owned by Private Equity Funds. This particular role offers the opportunity to join the C-Corp, a high-performing, high-growth team that advises clients on their tax strategy and compliance obligations using both industry and technical expertise with our cross-functional teams, especially our Financial Services team. Our professionals help to guide their clients through M&A transactions and capital account analysis, all while delivering digitally-enabled services in conjunction with our world-class tax technology offerings.

As a Tax Senior Associate with RSM, you will be responsible for the following job duties which are focused around two core concepts: your technical & quality expertise and delivering excellent client service.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare high quality federal, state corporate income tax returns and workpapers
• Detail review simple, moderate tax returns/workpapers.
• Advise clients on a full spectrum of corporate and partnership tax services, including planning, research, compliance, and general mergers and acquisitions activities
• Develop, motivate, and train staff level team members
• Develop and sustain strong client relationships
• Review and research tax questions related to income tax compliance for federal, state, purposes
• Keep up to date on current tax practices and changes in tax law
• Provide industry knowledge and expertise

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) / Bachelor of Business Management (Finance)
• Must have at least 2+ of corporate federal tax compliance and tax consulting experience pertaining to planning, research and general mergers and acquisitions activities
• Experience of preparing simple, moderate, and complex tax returns/workpapers and doing detail review simple and moderate tax returns/workpapers
• Very good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in a public accounting firm

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration (Finance), a plus
• CPA or EA, a plus
• A proven record of simultaneously managing multiple projects and engagement teams for various clients
• Prepare high quality federal, state partnership returns, S Corporation returns and workpapers, a plus
• Prepare and review the calculation of ASC 740 tax provisions, a plus
• Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills
• Project management and critical thinking skills
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills required
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize multiple assignments
• Strong attention to detail
• Familiarity with tax research tools (Bloomberg BNA, RIA/Thompson Checkpoint, CCH Answer Connect etc.) and tax preparation technology (CCH Axcess preferred)
• Experience with OneSource Tax Provision Software
• Experience with OneSource Income Tax tax return preparation
• Experience with CCH Access tax return preparation
• Experience with ASC 740 Purchase Accounting
• Experience with M&A Purchase Price Allocations and Gain Calculations
• Experience with large multi-state consolidated C corporations