Tax Director - Real Estate

Job Description

At EisnerAmper, we look for individuals who welcome new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you’re starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you’ll love from top to bottom – we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals. 

EisnerAmper is seeking a Tax Director to to help lead and expand our Real Estate Tax practice. This individual will work closely with partners and firm leadership in serving sophisticated real estate clients, providing technical guidance, identifying growth opportunities, and developing high-performing teams. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in one or more areas of real estate taxation, including REITs, REPE funds, institutional real estate, partnerships, real estate developers, and closely held real estate enterprises.

Professionals with experience in REITs, REPE, Real Estate Funds, Partnership Tax, Real Estate Developers, Owner-Operators, Institutional Real Estate, and Complex Real Estate Transactions are encouraged to apply.

What it Means to Work for EisnerAmper: 

• You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry
• You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance
• You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards
• We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions
• We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation
• Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work

What Work You Will be Responsible For:  

• Lead complex real estate tax engagements and client relationships
• Serve as a trusted advisor to real estate owners, investors, funds, and operating businesses
• Provide technical guidance on sophisticated tax matters
• Review and oversee compliance and consulting engagements
• Advise clients on transactions, restructurings, acquisitions, and dispositions
• Mentor Senior Managers, Managers, and Staff
• Collaborate with partners on practice growth initiatives
• Participate in business development and market-facing activities
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and service offerings

Basic Qualifications:  

• CPA required or preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Tax, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive public accounting experience
• Demonstrated leadership of client engagements and tax professionals
• Experience managing complex client relationships
• Proven business development and practice growth experience preferred

Preferred/Desired Qualifications: 

• Master’s Degree in Taxation or relevant field  
• Experience using GoSystems or CCH Axcess tax software
• Experience serving one or more of the following:
  • REITs
  • UPREIT Structures
  • Real Estate Private Equity Funds (REPE)
  • Private Investment Funds
  • Opportunity Funds
  • Institutional Real Estate Investors
  • Real Estate Developers
  • Family-Owned Real Estate Enterprises
  • Owner-Operator Real Estate Companies
  • Real Estate Joint Ventures

• Technical experience with:
  • Partnership Taxation
  • 704(c) Allocations
  • Built-In Gain Matters
  • Section 721 Transactions
  • Section 754 Elections
  • Partnership Structuring
  • Tax Planning
  • Transaction Advisory
  • REIT Compliance and Testing
  • ASC 740
  • Tax Provision Work
  • Real Estate Fund Taxation

EisnerAmper is proud to be a merit-based employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of veteran or disability status or any protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.

About Our Tax Team: 

As the largest service line within the firm, EisnerAmper’s Tax Group does not only provide trusted and innovative tax solutions to its clients, but it creates new opportunities for employees to grow, both personally and professionally. With a range of specialties based on location and industry, employees have the flexibility to focus on the work they want to do and the autonomy to shape their careers in a fulfilling way.    

A hybrid between a general tax practice and a hyper-specialized firm, our culture is based on collaboration, innovation, and transparency. For us, success is defined by working together, sometimes across specialties, to provide the best tax solutions to meet our clients’ unique needs.   

Tax regulations and procedures are always changing, and so are we. All EisnerAmper tax employees are empowered to challenge the status quo by thinking outside the box and bringing new ideas to the table. Because when we can identify creative ways to reduce filing turnarounds or streamline compliance work, we're able spend more time conducting impactful business advisory services for our clients.

About EisnerAmper:

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with approximately 450 partners and 4,500 employees across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today and position them for success tomorrow.

Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who serve these clients. EisnerAmper is proud to be a merit-based employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of veteran or disability status or any protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law. 

Should you need any accommodations to complete this application please email: [email protected].

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