State & Local Tax Principal – Income & Franchise Tax | Residency & Tax Controversy

Overview

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Job Description:

Responsibilities

Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing public accounting firms?

If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly as a State and Local (SALT) Tax Principal. In this role you will be focused on the delivery of a full range of SALT Services for multiple clients in a wide variety of industries. Our services are focused on income and franchise tax, real and property tax, sales and use tax, unclaimed property and voluntary disclosure and remediation. Your responsibilities will include interacting closely with clients to provide innovative tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise; developing and managing staff; working closely with staff on client management, practice development and business development activities; and formulating and delivering innovative tax planning and savings strategies. You will work side-by-side with firm leadership and our associates to serve clients and build the business, having a direct impact on the firm’s success. You will be a valued mentor and coach to a group of talented staff, utilizing your expertise to help develop their technical and professional skills. As one of the fastest growing firms in the nation, BT has the ability to provide you with an amazing ownership experience working with some of the most entrepreneurial partners in our field. Our SALT Practice is a National Practice, with team members based out of many of our offices; and we are opened to where you can be based as well.

You will enjoy this role if:

- You are able and excited to drive growth and able to market source new clients and new business and want to partner closely with Baker Tilly colleagues across all disciplines and help drive forward our strategy
- You are excited about having a direct impact to grow our SALT Practice
- You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm which is growing, growth means more opportunity
- You are passionate about contributing to your team’s professional growth and your continued development, creating endless opportunities now, for tomorrow

What You Will Do:

- Oversee SALT responsibilities for clients; plan, execute, direct, and complete SALT projects in a wide variety of industries; provide tax planning, consulting, and compliance expertise to clients; and manage to budget
- Actively participate in business development efforts to include working collaboratively with other partners and marketing professionals to target and build relationships with client prospects
- Manage, supervise, train and lead the staff through counsel, guidance and coaching. Evaluate performance and work efforts; participate in performance review process

Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree in accounting required; Masters or advanced degree highly desirable
- CPA and/or JD required
- Fifteen plus years of public accounting experience in State and Local (SALT) Tax including multistate corporation income and franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, credits and incentives and indirect tax experience. We will look at candidates who have public accounting and large corporate international experience
- Excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal and communications skills, ability to effectively manage and mentor a staff
- Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills
- Ability to travel as needed for client engagements and team meetings