Specialty/Competency: State & Local Tax (SALT)
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Time Type: Full time
Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

A career in our State and Local Tax Financial Services practice, within State and Local Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients solve their business issues related to business restructuring, adoption of new tax laws, and communicating local tax developments. You’ll help with assessing our client’s state and local tax burden and recommend solutions that support their overall business objectives to ensure that their filling positions are consistent with good business practices and with the states applicable tax laws and rules. Our team helps our Financial Services clients transform risk and compliance related to state and local taxes into a business advantage by aligning their state tax plan with the business strategy. You’ll focus on issues related to abandoned and unclaimed property, income and franchise tax, payroll and employment tax, credits and incentives, and indirect tax.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

A role within State and Local Tax services will provide you an opportunity to help our clients solve their business issues related to business restructuring, adoption of new tax laws, and communicating local tax developments. You’ll help with assessing our client’s state and local tax burden and recommend solutions that support their overall business objectives to establish that their filling positions are consistent with good business practices and with the states applicable tax laws and rules.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Required Fields of Study:
Accounting, Taxation

Minimum Years of Experience:
5 year(s)

Certification(s) Required:
CPA, Member of the Bar or other tax, technology, or finance-specific credentials may qualify for this opportunity

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Master Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas: partnership tax compliance, public accounting practices, production of tax returns and their supporting work papers for the financial services industry, audit defense, and tax consulting.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in the preparation of partnership tax forms, including K-1s, FAS 109, FIN 48, tax controversy and tax structuring. 

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in identifying and addressing client needs, building solid relationships with clients, developing an awareness of firm services, communicating with clients in an organized and knowledgeable manner, delivering clear requests for information, demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks, and communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor. 

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success to identify target clients and generate new business or expand current service offerings while collaborating across different teams and business units.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team member, understanding personal and team roles, and contributing to a positive working environment by building solid relationships with team members. Ability to proactively seek guidance, clarification, and feedback while providing guidance, clarification, and feedback to less-experienced staff.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a tax technical professional, researching business and industry trends to develop a point of view to leverage in assisting with proposals, considering opportunities across multiple lines of service.

Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success automation & digitization in a professional services environment including but not limited to:

• Innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions, working with large, complex data sets to build models and leverage data visualization tools; and,
• Exposure to pricing, client value and the negotiation process - including reviewing contracts and finding opportunities to introduce new pricing options.

We are transforming the way we deliver tax services. Find out more about what we do on our Tax Career Page at pwc.to/whatwedotax

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Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

The salary range for this position is: $119,300 - $328,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance