BDO USA, LLP

Tax Manager, Transaction Advisory Services (M&A)

BDO USA, LLP$120K — $140K *
Troy, MI 48084In-Person
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics
  • JD or LLM focused on tax preferred
  • Master's degree in Accounting or Tax preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in professional services required
  • 1+ years of TAS specific experience preferred
  • CPA, Attorney, or IRS EA certification required

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key member of client engagement teams for due diligence and structuring transactions
  • Identify and analyze tax risks and opportunities, advising clients on tax strategies for transactions
  • Review merger agreements and provide opinion letters
  • Assess tax computations in financial models and assist in tax data analysis for transactions
  • Manage risk and financial performance of engagements including budgeting and billing
  • Collaborate with colleagues from BDO offices worldwide
  • Develop and mentor junior staff to support career growth

Benefits

  • Career mentorship and development opportunities
  • Opportunity to work on high-profile M&A transactions
  • Collaboration with a global network of professionals
  • Exposure to a variety of industries and tax regimes
  • Dynamic work environment with diverse deliverables
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Summary:

The Tax Manager, Transaction Advisory Services is an essential team member that will work to ensure engagements are executed timely and that client expectations are met, if not exceeded and support the overall delivery of the national TAS strategy. Our M&A Tax (TAS) practice services include deal structuring, due diligence, post-deal integration, tax attribute management, and opinions and ruling requests.

Job Duties:
  • Serves as a member of multiple client engagement teams, participating in due diligence and structuring engagements related to transactions that private equity and strategic corporate entities pursue
  • Identifies and analyzes tax risks and opportunities while advising both strategic and private equity buyers and sellers on alternative tax strategies for acquisition, disposition, and restructuring of businesses
  • Assists in reviewing and analyzing merger agreements and providing opinion letters
  • Reviews, assesses and advises clients regarding the tax computations reflected in their financial models, and assists clients in the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the tax data in their financial projections for the transaction
  • Manages risk and financial performance of engagements including budgeting, billing and collection
  • Works closely with and manages colleagues from BDO offices around the world
  • Develops and mentors subordinates in order to support career satisfaction and progression
  • Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • Supervises staff on all projects and engagements

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree, required; major in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics, preferred
  • Juris Doctor (JD) or Master of Laws (LLM) with a focus on tax, preferred
  • Master's degree in Accounting or Tax, preferred

Experience:
  • Five (5) or more years of experience in professional services, required
  • One (1) or more years of TAS specific experience, preferred

License/Certifications:
  • CPA certification, Attorney (admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction), or Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent ("EA"), or the equivalent of one of these designations, required
  • Possession of other professional degrees or certifications applicable to the role, preferred

Software:
  • Strong Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills, preferred

Language:
  • N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
  • Experience managing multiple client engagements an client service teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to articulate complex information when providing crucial negotiation insights, etc.
  • Strong self-motivation with the ability to work in a dynamic, time-sensitive environment with varying deliverables and changing requirements
  • Must be technically competent across multiple US federal, international and state income tax disciplines
  • Fundamental working knowledge of all or essentially all non-income based federal, state and foreign tax regimes, including but not limited to indirect, payroll, property and ad valorem taxes
  • Understanding of US GAAP, including the accounting for income tax principles
  • Experience with tax controversy and procedure
  • Ability and willingness to travel, when necessary


Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

Colorado Range: $120,000 - $140,000

About BDO USA, LLP

BDO USA, LLP is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. BDO USA has more than 60 offices and over 5,000 employees throughout the United States. The company is a member of the BDO International network, which has more than 1,500 offices in over 160 countries.
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