Job Title: Corporate Tax Senior Manager for Multiple Openings

Approved Locations: 2501 E Enterprise, Suite 300, Appleton, WI 54913

Job Description:

Your day-to-day will include:

Direct the assignment of tax engagement responsibilities across the team; allocate operational and compliance tasks to subordinate staff and ensure their work aligns with engagement timelines, budgets, and objectives.
Manage multiple client engagements simultaneously, overseeing staff workload and ensuring efficient execution of projects.
Plan, coordinate, and review all aspects of corporate tax compliance, including federal, state, local, and international tax filings.
Ensure work is performed in accordance with U.S. tax regulations, GAAP, and applicable reporting standards.
Provide strategic guidance on complex tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and international tax planning.
Supervise, coach, mentor, and develop tax staff, assessing performance during engagements and formal reviews.
Provide guidance on technical tax matters, foster professional growth, and build a strong, capable tax team within the firm.
Lead in-house training sessions on tax compliance, accounting for income taxes, and emerging tax regulations.
Support ongoing learning initiatives to ensure the team’s technical knowledge and skills remain current with industry standards.
Participate in recruiting efforts for the Corporate Tax group, helping to attract and retain top talent.
Oversee quality reviews of staff work, provide constructive feedback, and foster a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
Oversee the identification of tax issues and risks, lead technical research, and provide expert recommendations to clients on tax strategies, compliance solutions, and risk mitigation.
Serve as a trusted advisor, offering insights to optimize client tax positions and support business objectives.
Direct the preparation, review, and analysis of client tax provisions, returns, and related documentation.
Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with relevant accounting and tax standards.
Present key findings and recommendations to senior client management to support strategic decision-making.
Serve as the primary liaison between clients and the tax team, managing communications, setting expectations, and providing updates on project status.
Develop tailored tax strategies to meet client goals and ensure high levels of client satisfaction.
Manage communication between clients and staff; direct the development of strategies and communications to manage client expectations and keep them abreast of the status of audit projects.
Supervises 3-5 direct reports – Senior Associates/Associates.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

Requirement – Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, a related field, or a foreign equivalent.
Relevant experience – 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any tax/accounting related job titles.
Experience must have included: (1) Tax compliance and consulting in public accounting sector or a combination of industry and public accounting sector; (2) corporate and individual income tax laws and regulations, including US GAAP; (3) Advising clients within the construction industry on tax impacts of business decisions; (4) Driving processes for tax compliance engagements using GoSystem and CCH; (5) developing training materials on corporate taxes and the construction industry; (6) working with state and local and international income tax law; (7) Responding to inquiries from the IRS and state tax authorities; (8) Process improvement and streamlining tax processes for efficiency and accuracy.
Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Grant Thornton Office location to meet 3 days per week work from office requirement.

Compensation for role: $197,800 – $255,904 per year

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