Corporate Tax Senior Manager

Job Title: Corporate Tax Senior Manager for Multiple Openings

Approved Locations: 2501 E Enterprise, Suite 300, Appleton, WI 54913

Job Description:

Your day-to-day will include:

• Direct the assignment of tax engagement responsibilities across the team; allocate operational and compliance tasks to subordinate staff and ensure their work aligns with engagement timelines, budgets, and objectives. 

• Manage multiple client engagements simultaneously, overseeing staff workload and ensuring efficient execution of projects. 

• Plan, coordinate, and review all aspects of corporate tax compliance, including federal, state, local, and international tax filings. 

• Ensure work is performed in accordance with U.S. tax regulations, GAAP, and applicable reporting standards. 

• Provide strategic guidance on complex tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and international tax planning. 

• Supervise, coach, mentor, and develop tax staff, assessing performance during engagements and formal reviews. 

• Provide guidance on technical tax matters, foster professional growth, and build a strong, capable tax team within the firm. 

• Lead in-house training sessions on tax compliance, accounting for income taxes, and emerging tax regulations. 

• Support ongoing learning initiatives to ensure the team’s technical knowledge and skills remain current with industry standards. 

• Participate in recruiting efforts for the Corporate Tax group, helping to attract and retain top talent. 

• Oversee quality reviews of staff work, provide constructive feedback, and foster a collaborative and high-performing work environment. 

• Oversee the identification of tax issues and risks, lead technical research, and provide expert recommendations to clients on tax strategies, compliance solutions, and risk mitigation. 

• Serve as a trusted advisor, offering insights to optimize client tax positions and support business objectives. 

• Direct the preparation, review, and analysis of client tax provisions, returns, and related documentation. 

• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with relevant accounting and tax standards. 

• Present key findings and recommendations to senior client management to support strategic decision-making. 

• Serve as the primary liaison between clients and the tax team, managing communications, setting expectations, and providing updates on project status. 

• Develop tailored tax strategies to meet client goals and ensure high levels of client satisfaction. 

• Manage communication between clients and staff; direct the development of strategies and communications to manage client expectations and keep them abreast of the status of audit projects.

• Supervises 3-5 direct reports – Senior Associates/Associates.

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Requirement – Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, a related field, or a foreign equivalent.

• Relevant experience – 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any tax/accounting related job titles.

• Experience must have included: (1) Tax compliance and consulting in public accounting sector or a combination of industry and public accounting sector; (2) corporate and individual income tax laws and regulations, including US GAAP; (3) Advising clients within the construction industry on tax impacts of business decisions; (4) Driving processes for tax compliance engagements using GoSystem and CCH; (5) developing training materials on corporate taxes and the construction industry; (6) working with state and local and international income tax law; (7) Responding to inquiries from the IRS and state tax authorities; (8) Process improvement and streamlining tax processes for efficiency and accuracy. 

• Must live within a commutable distance to the assigned Grant Thornton Office location to meet 3 days per week work from office requirement.

Compensation for role: $197,800 – $255,904 per year