Tax Associate, State and Local Tax - Mergers and Acquisitions - JD | Multiple Lo

Join Our State & Local Tax Practice

At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the world's top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMG's extensive network of specialists and enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges. Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because it has an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm. KPMG is currently seeking an Associate to join our State & Local Tax practice.

Responsibilities :

• Work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team that focuses on delivering transaction-related tax due diligence and acquisition structuring services to buyers and sellers.
• Advise private equity and commercial clients on transaction-related SALT matters as they pertain to mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
• Identify and estimate historical and current SALT exposures related to income tax, indirect taxes (sales / use tax, gross receipts tax, franchise tax, employment tax) and unclaimed property; identify SALT opportunities related to acquisition or disposition structuring steps.
• Research tax laws and form position on the application of such laws to specific facts presented during the transaction; stay current on state and local tax legislative, judicial and administrative developments.
• Identify and deliver / support post-transaction integration opportunities and work to develop new client relationships with newly acquired business entities.
• Draft due diligence reports and / or memorandums capturing areas of risk and addressing the application of law to facts.
• Read and draft comments on transaction related documents (e.g., purchase agreements, acquisition structure deck, 100 Day Plan, etc.) based on information obtained during tax due diligence and other transaction related services.
• Build capabilities in key technologies that enable tax professionals for client service delivery such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI and more.

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