State & Local Tax Experienced Associate​/Franchise; Consulting

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards.

Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Baker Tilly, one of the fastest growing CPA advisory firms in the nation, has an incredible career opportunity for a State & Local Tax Associate (Income Franchise) to join our growing State & Local Tax (SALT) practice!

Our SALT practice is made up of 300+ professionals across the U.S., providing a full spectrum of services including Income & Franchise, Sales & Use, Real & Personal Property, and Unclaimed Property. As a member of this talented team, you will help clients capitalize on strategic ideas and planning techniques that ensure state and local tax compliance, reduce expenses and enhance cash flow, and effectively manage their multistate income and franchise tax obligations.

Locations:
Denver, Houston or Dallas.

You will enjoy this role if:

• You like working directly with CFO’s & owners of middle market clients and SALT leaders of Fortune 500 clients to help them solve their most complex state & local tax challenges.
• You want to continue to expand your leadership experiences and hone your technical and consulting skills as a comprehensive SALT professional with opportunities spanning state income and franchise tax compliance and consulting, nexus, sales sourcing, apportionment, tax research, ruling requests, process review, reverse audits, voluntary disclosures, credits & incentives, and other multistate tax matters.
• You enjoy balancing technical consulting with hands‑on oversight of state income and franchise tax compliance, including reviewing apportionment and sourcing work papers and performing initial quality reviews of returns.
• You crave a leadership opportunity to help build a fast growing, entrepreneurial State & Local tax practice who is also down‑to‑earth and thrives in collaboration.
• You want to be part of firm that values specialty tax practices and is invested in your success, providing the resources and support for you to grow now and for tomorrow.

What you’ll do:

• Be a trusted advisor to middle market and Fortune 500 clients by providing strategic state and local tax consulting and compliance services that lower their effective tax rates, ensure compliance, manage risk, and provide value across the spectrum of state and local taxes.
• Build, review, and analyze state income tax compliance work papers including apportionment calculations, state‑specific modifications, pass‑through entity tax calculations,…