Tax Senior Manager - Private Client

Overview

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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Job Description:

 

Responsibilities

Are you interested in joining one of the fastest growing public accounting firms?
Would you like the ability to focus on one industry sector and further become an expert for your clients?

If yes, consider joining Baker Tilly (BT) as a Tax Senior Manager with a specialty in fiduciary taxation and estate planning to service high-net-worth individuals and families. This role involves managing a team of professionals, providing strategic guidance to clients, ensuring compliance with tax laws and regulations, collaborating with the client’s other financial advisors, and fostering strong client relationships. The Senior Manager plays a key role in overseeing complex tax situations, handling planning & compliance, developing and implementing complex estate planning strategies to help clients preserve and transfer wealth efficiently.

You’ll enjoy this role if:

• You are looking for an opportunity to build your career in a specific industry, becoming an industry expert to the clients you serve
• You can see yourself as a trusted business advisor, working face-to-face with clients to find creative solutions to complex accounting and business challenges
• You want to work for a leading CPA advisory firm that serves middle market clients and whose owners have both their clients’ and employees’ best interests in mind and are transparent in their decisions
• You value your development and want to work for a firm that provides you the autonomy to own your schedule and career through structured programs (ask us about My Time Off, My Development and Dress for Your Day!)
• You want to contribute to your engagement team’s professional growth and develop your own leadership skills to build a career with endless opportunities now, for tomorrow

What you will do:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, addressing their concerns and inquiries while overseeing tax planning and compliance for individuals, trusts, family investment partnerships, and private foundation tax returns.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with high-net-worth clients and their families.
• Understand clients' financial goals, objectives, and family dynamics.
• Provide expert advice on trust and estate planning strategies tailored to individual client needs.
• Provide guidance, training, and support to team members.
• Review complex trust and estate planning documents prepared by attorneys to ensure consistency with family’s goals.
• Develop and implement sophisticated trust and estate planning strategies to minimize tax liabilities and achieve clients' objectives.
• Collaborate with legal professionals to construct and review trust agreements, wills, and other estate planning documents.
• Assist clients in transferring wealth to future generations efficiently and in accordance with their wishes.
• Provide guidance on gifting strategies, charitable giving, and philanthropic endeavors.
• Stay updated on changes in tax laws and advise clients on tax-efficient strategies.
• Work closely with legal professionals, financial advisors, and investment managers to coordinate comprehensive wealth management services for clients.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-year degree
• CPA, Law License, Enrolled Agent required
• Eight (8) years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or law, or a similar degree in business, masters or advanced degree desirable
• Eight (8)+ years’ experience providing federal tax compliance and consulting services in a professional services firm
• Five (5)+ years’ of supervisory experience, mentoring and counseling associates
• Demonstrated management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills
• Ability to lead and supervise others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects
• Highly developed software and Microsoft Suite skills
• Eligibility to work in the U.S. without sponsorship preferred

The pay ranges for this position are listed below. This range represents a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation the firm expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend on a variety of relevant factors, including an applicant’s skills, experience, qualifications, professional certifications, work arrangements, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, and compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Baker Tilly offers a compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.

In New York, NY: pay rate range is $132,400 to $225,200

In Uniondale, NY: pay rate range is $127,100 to $216,200

In Iselin, NJ: pay rate range is $121,800 to $207,200

In West Palm Beach, FL: pay rate range is $105,900 to $180,100

In Boca Raton, FL: pay rate range is $105,900 to $180,100