State and Local Tax - Income Franchise - Manager

Tax Manager

At PwC, our people in tax services focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on tax planning, compliance, and strategy. These individuals help businesses navigate complex tax regulations and optimise their tax positions. Those in local taxes at PwC will focus on providing advice and guidance to clients on local tax matters. Your work will involve analysing and interpreting local tax laws and regulations, assisting businesses in complying with local tax requirements and optimising their local tax positions.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member's unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to :

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

The Opportunity As part of the Income Franchise team you work on multi-state income tax planning, compliance, preparing returns, income tax accounting, controversies, restructuring, due diligence, and audit defense. As a Manager you lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for securing project success and maintaining exceptional standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member's unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and principles in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Responsibilities - Working on multi-state income tax planning and compliance - Leading teams and managing client accounts with strategic planning - Mentoring junior staff to enhance their professional growth - Maintaining project success and upholding standards of quality - Motivating and inspiring team members to deliver exceptional results - Leveraging team strengths to meet client expectations - Identifying opportunities that contribute to the firm's success - Embracing technology and innovation to enhance service delivery

What You Must Have - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting - 4 years of experience - CPA, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity

What Sets You Apart - Master's Degree in Taxation, Political Science preferred - Knowledge of multi-state income tax planning and compliance - Experience in FAS 109 and unitary filing - Building and maintaining client relationships - Managing resource requirements and project workflow - Supervising teams and encouraging improvement and innovation - Developing new relationships and selling new services - Familiarity with a CRM system - Knowledge of automation and digitization in professional services

Travel Requirements Up to 20%