What Your Day Will Look LikeYou will be leading a consulting team to provide the highest-level service to clients through accurate data analysis and industry-leading results throughout the property tax cycle. They will provide strong client engagement skills and be able to teach those skills and hold others accountable for those skills. They have a keen eye for detail and an intuition to see things others do not. In general, you can expect to:
- Possess an expert-level understanding of state tax laws and regulations.
- Ability to serve as a leader who communicates, demonstrates, and enforces the firm's Mission Statement and goals throughout their team.
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and strong self-motivation and motivate the team. Must be able to work independently but also effectively delegate work.
- Able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects, activities, and deadlines.
- Deep experience working with Excel or Access, PowerPoint required.
- Able to manage overall client relationships and ensure managers are cultivating a positive and motivating team environment.
- Able to demonstrate and apply superior analytical ability and technical expertise with an ability to provide insightful analysis.
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and persuasively.
- Able to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; make effective decisions, identify underlying or hidden problems and patterns, and apply creativity and innovative thinking.
- Able to anticipate new situations and/or changing demands and respond proactively.
- Demonstrate initiative to accomplish financial goals and manage the economics of the overall book of business as well as economics of individual project engagements.
- Some travel out of town, overnight for internal or client meetings and/or conferences
You are perfect for this role if you have successfully proven:- Strong client engagement skills.
- History of running and executing client engagements.
- Ability to interact with, and provide exceptional customer service to, clients and stakeholders.
- Ability to build, elevate and coach strong high-performing teams.
- Ability to learn quickly, retain information and train others.
- Exacting standards of accuracy and organization.
- Exceptional service delivery to our clients/stakeholders.
- Meeting deadlines.
- Negotiating with confidence.
- Thinking critically and recognizing when something is off.
- Communicating complicated topics with ease and simplicity.
- Understanding approaches to the valuation of property.
- Working well independently and as part of a team, while building strong internal and external working relationships.
- Managing your time well and prioritizing tasks effectively.
What You Bring:- Bachelor's (or advanced) degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration
- 10+ years of relevant experience as a consultant
- Exceptional communication skills (interaction with government officials, C-Suite, and staff/colleagues)
- Proven Business Development skills
- Analytical and able to solve complex problems in tight timelines
- Able to coordinate, delegating, and managing others
- Deep industry expertise of applicable taxes and regulations
- Goal-driven personality with the ability to deliver measurable results
- Understanding of accounting/finance and covered industries
While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to:- Travel up to 10% to sites beyond the corporate office. Valid driver's license.
- Perform sedentary work - exerting up to 15 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
- See, hear, talk, and perform tasks requiring manual dexterity and visual acuity; sit, stand, walk, reach, pull, push and other similar.
- Operate standard office/computer equipment.
What We ProvideAt Merit, we ask a lot of our employees, which is why we give so much in return. In addition to your competitive salary, generous PTO program, medical/dental/vision plan, and matching 401(k), you'll enjoy company-sponsored events, continuous learning opportunities, and the flexibility to manage your work/life balance.
