Tax Manager Commercial Real Estate Group in White Plains

Experienced Tax Manager

Cohn Reznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation's top professional services firms, Cohn Reznick creates rewarding careers in advisory, assurance, and tax with team members who value innovation and collaboration in everything they do! Cohn Reznick helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through Cohn Reznick LLP (assurance services) and Cohn Reznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services).

Together, the firm provides leaders with deep industry knowledge and relationships, solutions to address clients' unique business goals and risks, and insight on how emerging market forces can drive opportunity. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia. We currently have an exciting career opportunity for an Experienced Tax Manager to join our Commercial Real Estate team located in one of our New York Metro offices.

Cohn Reznick is a hybrid firm and most of our professionals are located within a commutable distance to one of our offices. This position is considered hybrid which means team members are expected to be thoughtful and intentional in how they create opportunities for in-person collaboration. While the cadence of in-office presence is determined at the team level, our professionals are encouraged to be in the office/together in person on average 3 days a week.

This position will support our Real Estate Industry Group and more specifically, the Commercial Real Estate team. Cohn Reznick is proud to be one of the country's largest real estate advisory firms, offering fully integrated opportunities and cross-functional learning to fast-track your career. Aligning yourself to this industry group allows you to work with clients driving community development, addressing inequities, and propelling the industry forward with market-leading technologies and processes designed to better serve the people who live, work, and trust within their spaces.

At Cohn Reznick, we're united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, our people, and our communities. Whether it's working alongside your peers to solve a client challenge, or volunteering together at the local food bank, there are so many ways to find your "why" at the firm. We believe it's important to balance work with everyday life - and make time for enjoyment and fun.

We invest in a robust Total Rewards package that includes everything from generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning & development, and even paid time off for employees to volunteer.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Manage tax compliance and tax advisory engagements in the NYC Commercial Real Estate Industry group.
• Determine resource requirements and work with a team to ensure exceptional client service
• Manage expectations with team members and monitor engagement progress
• Lead the review of partnership heavy compliance (1065/K-1s) and related corporate filings, managing complexity across real estate structures and state filings
• Research tax issues and filing requirements that affect tax compliance
• Research complex tax issues using internal revenue code, treasury regulations and other relevant authorities/guidance
• Draft tax technical memorandums and share knowledge to develop team members
• Identify opportunities to expand the scope of current engagements through identification of current client needs and target client requirements
• Actively participate in proposal development, at the direction of management, and take a lead role responding to requests for proposal
• Demonstrate initiative, vision, resourcefulness, creativity and independent thinking. Lead by example

The successful candidate will have:

• Bachelor's Degree required;
  Master's in Accounting/Taxation preferred
• CPA, JD or EA required
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant tax experience
• 2+ years of managerial experience
• Current experience with commercial real estate clients including real estate, private equity and joint ventures
• REIT experience is helpful but not required
• Strong tax research skills
• Excellent communication and…