Manager, Business Tax Services - Real Estate

KPMG is currently seeking a Tax Manager to join our Business Tax Services practice.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of clients of varying size and scope and act as the point of contact for internal and external clients; build client relationships and demonstrate your knowledge of real estate investment funds and REITs
• Direct teams of tax professionals/assistants working on client projects
• Advise clients and be accountable for delivering high quality tax service and advice
• Provide support in assessing tax impacts on clients, develop tax arguments to support conclusions, and suggest plans to clients
• Participate in and contribute to market and business activities external to the firm, presenting a positive image of self and KPMG

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of recent experience as a tax manager with a public accounting firm; partnership tax experience in the financial services industry specific to real estate and real estate private equity funds
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university;
  Licensed CPA, EA or JD/LLM, in addition to others on KPMG’s approved credential listing; any individual who does not possess at least one of the approved designations/credentials when their employment commences, has one year from their date of hire to obtain at least one of the approved designations/credentials; should you like to see the complete list of currently approved designations/credentials for the hiring practice/service line, your recruiter can provide you with that list
• Extensive real estate tax technical and transaction skills, including partnership taxation, REIT taxation and qualification, partnership allocations, tax compliance, due diligence, acquisition/disposition planning and structuring
• Experience managing engagement projects, people, and budgets
• Knowledge of business development within the market
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex tax content; experience managing multiple client engagements and client service teams