Managing Director Corporate Tax Solutions

As the Managing Director, Corporate Tax Solutions you’ll deliver personalized relationship driven services to create demand in the Pittsburgh market while leading engagement teams for Corporate Tax Solutions all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You’ll collaborate with other team members and specialists in our tax practice, including our Washington National Tax Office (WNTO), to support all areas of the client’s tax functions, because together is how we succeed. From day one, you’ll be empowered by our tools, technology, training, and support from other team members to take responsibility to work with and lead multiple engagement teams and help you achieve more, confidently.  

Your day-to-day may include:

• Utilize previous consulting and industry experience to help companies set and achieve their long-term goals

• Lead multiple client service delivery teams in the active execution of engagements to help ensure compliance with firm and practice unit service delivery standards

• Manage, develop, train, coach and mentor staff on projects and assess performance for engagement and year-end reviews

• Perform engagement management responsibilities, including performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project financials, quality review and client management

• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization), sales targets for new and follow-on work as well as managed revenue targets

• Lead and support business development activities, such as identification, proposal development and other pursuit activities at clients

• Working at a client site, with your team in the office or remotely.  We empower teams to listen first to expectations of clients and teammates; then you and your team can determine when and where to work.  No matter when or where, you will have the support you need to thrive. 

• Adhering to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality

• Working closely with Grant Thornton Partners, Managing Directors, and other team members to promptly identify and resolve client problems or issues

• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Master's degree in taxation, LLM in Taxation or JD preferred 

• A minimum of 10 plus years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing clients at a national level 

• Relevant certification such as a CPA or JD is required.  If you do not hold a relevant certification at time of hire, you must be able to earn one within 18 months of starting with Grant Thornton. 

• Experience in corporate income tax and strong ASC 740 Accounting for Income Taxes skills 

• Excellent analytical, technical, and tax accounting/technology skills with proficiency in US GAAP and corporate income tax laws and regulations 

• Strong working knowledge of broad-based statutory income tax compliance and consulting including state and local income taxes, taxation of international activity, and transfer pricing 

• Exceptional client service, communication skills, interpersonal, and presentation skills 

• Prior business development and sales experience is required

• Prior experience in practice and team development is required

• Extensive experience in the manufacturing industry required

• Strong analytical skills and ability to perform quantitative analysis and develop business cases

• Ability to travel as needed